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Doctor after doctor said removing the tumor causing Pamela Shavaun Scott’s unrelenting headaches would require cutting open the top of…
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The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000…
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Clinically dead woman revived after 42 minutes
Australian doctors have saved the life of a woman who was clinically dead for 42 minutes. The miracle patient was…
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Facebook, Google team up to design cancer research game
Scientists from a British cancer charity are teaming up with technology gurus from the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google…
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Deaths decline after Massachusetts health care reform
Massachusetts’ near-universal health coverage has resulted in reduced death rates in the state, particularly lowering the death rates among people…
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Hepatitis C may become a “rare” disease in the U.S. in about 20 years, according to a new computer model.…
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Stanford University scientists still searching for longevity gene in humans
What’s the secret to living a long life? After four years of exploring just that, a team of geneticists at…
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Cell transplant helps paralyzed man walk with frame
A Bulgarian man who was paralyzed from the chest down in a knife attack can now walk with the aid…
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Scientists have developed a new chemical compound that they say shows extraordinary promise in restoring muscle function in spinal cord…
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