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  Feature

  'Could you poison your child?': images from a century of medical propaganda

  By Amar Toor on April 12, 2013 02:39 pm + 47 comments

  The US National Library of Medicine is much more than a library about medicine. Founded in 1836, the Continue reading…

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  Article

  Lasers used to turn off cocaine addiction in rat brains, may translate into human therapy

  By Carl Franzen on April 3, 2013 06:27 pm + 23 comments

  Kicking a cocaine addiction may be as simple as beaming a laser straight into the brain — at least Continue reading…

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  Article

  Scientists say child has been 'functionally cured' of HIV infection with early treatment

  By T.C. Sottek on March 3, 2013 06:03 pm + 95 comments

  Medical researchers announced today that, for the first time, a child born with HIV appears to have Continue reading…

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  Article

  US bird flu research to resume under new restrictions

  By Carl Franzen on February 24, 2013 06:47 pm + 31 comments

  Back in January 2012, the US government announced it was joining with scientists around the world Continue reading…

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  Article

  Obama plans decade-long research effort to map the human brain and explore consciousness

  By T.C. Sottek on February 18, 2013 09:52 am + 182 comments

  The New York Times reports that the Obama administration plans to spearhead a scientific effort over Continue reading…