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80-Year-Old Japanese Climber Becomes Oldest to Summit Mount Everest
By Makini Brice | May 24, 2013 03:32 PM EDTLet this be a lesson to never say that you are too old to do something.
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Genetically Engineered Polio Virus May Be Able to Defeat Devastating Type of Brain Tumor
By Makini Brice | May 24, 2013 02:56 PM EDTResearchers genetically engineered the virus to be harmless against healthy cells, but devastating to cancerous ones.
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Five of the Weirdest Reasons People Have Faked their Own Deaths
By Makini Brice | May 24, 2013 02:30 PM EDTDue to a lack of death certificate or burial site, it is believed that the rapper Tim Dog faked his own death to avoid paying restitution payments to various women whom he had swindled.
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'Operation Swill' Uncovers NJ Restaurants that Served Rubbing Alcohol, Dirty Water in Place of Premium Liquor
By Makini Brice | May 24, 2013 01:24 PM EDTWhat happens when you drink rubbing alcohol or dirty water?
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TX Woman Gives Birth to Now-Healthy Baby While Dead, Comes Back to Life
By Makini Brice | May 24, 2013 12:37 PM EDTIn her case, the now three-month-old was born while her mother was technically dead.
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Cockroaches' Sudden Evolutionary Trick Makes Sugar Bitter
By Makini Brice | May 24, 2013 10:00 AM EDTThe research may be apply to fields as diverse as malaria treatment and health problems in humans.
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Married Parents Are Linked to Lower Levels of Childhood Obesity
By Makini Brice | May 23, 2013 03:32 PM EDTThe benefits of marriage may extend surprisingly to matters of health - and the waistline of children.
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Scientists Scratch the Surface of the Science of Itchiness
By Makini Brice | May 23, 2013 02:59 PM EDTResearchers suspected that the culprit was a chemical produced by nerve cells called a neurotransmitter.
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'Viagra for Women' Could Boost Libido for Women, Provide Aid for Monogamy
By Makini Brice | May 23, 2013 02:26 PM EDTDespite the fact that researchers have been looking into a similar cure for women since the release of Viagra, nothing has ended up on shelves yet.
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Doctors Fashion 3-D Printed Airway for Baby, Giving Him Breath of Life
By Makini Brice | May 23, 2013 01:52 PM EDTKaiba has a rare birth defect called tracheobronchomalacia, which occurs when the walls of the airway are so weak, that they collapse when a person is breathing or coughing, cutting off a person's air supply.
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CDC: Teen Birth Rate Has Dropped by 30 Percent
By Makini Brice | May 23, 2013 12:35 PM EDTThough the teen birth rate in the United States is still by far the highest in the industrialized world, health officials are applauding a significant decline in teen births over the past five years.
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Software Company Starts Drive to Add More Workers with Autism
By Makini Brice | May 23, 2013 10:00 AM EDTThe move will mean that about 1 percent of the company's workforce will have autism spectrum disorder.
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California Doctor Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison After Selling Phony Cancer Cures
By Makini Brice | May 22, 2013 02:14 PM EDTThe herbs purported to serve as a cure for various illnesses, like late-stage cancer, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.
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Bad Weather Could Elevate Blood Pressure by Up to 35 Percent
By Makini Brice | May 22, 2013 01:51 PM EDTA new study has found that ugly weather may not just affect the mood - it may affect the blood pressure.
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Just Six Days After Arm Took Six Years to Heal, Unlucky UK Man Breaks Arm Again
By Makini Brice | May 22, 2013 12:52 PM EDTSome people have such bad luck.
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