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Medical Examiner
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Do Abortions Cause Breast Cancer?
The shaky science behind Kansas’ House Abortion Act.
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Germ Porn, Hand-Washing, and the Hygiene Hypothesis
An excerpt from A.J. Jacobs’ new book, Drop Dead Healthy.
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Are TV and Video Games Making Kids Fat?
The effects of "screen time" on childhood obesity.
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Is It Time for T?
An ad campaign encourages men to get tested for low testosterone.
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The End of Illness
A new book on proteomics, and how getting a dog can improve your health.
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Baby on Bed
What Mayim Bialik's new parenting book doesn't tell you about co-sleeping.
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Check Your Head
Does testing athletes for concussion with fancy software do any good?
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The Very Real Paranoia Over Genetically Modified Foods
Can your body "absorb information" from lab-engineered fruits and vegetables?
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Kiddie Cholesterol
A dangerous new plan to screen 11-year-olds for their risk of heart disease.
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Stolen Notebooks and a Biochemist in Chains
How did the study of chronic fatigue syndrome come to this?
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The Cover-Up Artist
Why is the CEO of Merck leading the sex-abuse investigation at Penn State?
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Lipitor Rage
If statins carried a rare but serious side effect, would we ever find out?
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A Womb Without a View
Major birth defects come as a surprise for most parents, but they don’t have to.
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The Doctor and the Pomegranate
Antioxidants don't work, but no one wants to hear it.
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Café or Nay?
Some studies say coffee is good for you; others say it's bad. The scientists are just as confused as we are.
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