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Snow's map led him to the source of a London cholera outbreak in 1854

Cholera, John Snow and the Grand Experiment

A British physician first determined that cholera spread through contaminated water in the 1850s, but the disease remains a major health risk today

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The Truth Behind Beer Goggles

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Whooping Cough on the Rise in Several States

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Three Classes Wannabe Doctors Should Take Before Med School

Using scaffolds and a patients own cells grown in a laboratory, researchers are building replacement body parts.

Organs Made to Order

It won't be long before surgeons routinely install replacement body parts created in the laboratory

Contact lenses that act as computer screens face an obstacle: power.

Embedded Technologies: Power From the People

Energy harvested from our bodies will make possible mind-boggling gadgetry

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New Technology Could Let Disabled Communicate by Sniffing

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An Unbelievable Accent

Doctors AMA Centennial 3-cent 1947 issue U.S. stamp, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the American Medical Association (AMA).

A Medical Lab on a Postage Stamp

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Please Cover Your Mouth When You Sneeze

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In Search of a Tuberculosis Vaccine

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You Don't Know the Back of Your Hand

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A Spoonful of Pickle Juice...Helps Muscle Cramps Go Down

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Wearing a Water Filter

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Mestizos and Medicinas: Race-Based Medicine in Latin America

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Clean Hands, Clear Conscience

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The Bacterial Evidence on Our Keyboards

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Odd Malaria Risk Factor: Drinking Beer

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Vaccines Don't Cause Autism

Ongoing studies of Neanderthal skeletons unearthed in Iraq during the 1950s suggest the existence of a more complex social structure than previously thought.

The Skeletons of Shanidar Cave

A rare cache of hominid fossils from the Kurdistan area of northern Iraq offers a window on Neanderthal culture

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