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New images of Albert Einstein’s brain have shown some amazing differences when compared with a normal brain. 14 recently discovered images of his brain have been discovered in the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Maryland. They were then studies by Florida State University evolutionary anthropologist Dean Falk, and his team of researchers. They compared the […]
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New research out of Canada has found a scary possibility: Ebola could become airborne. The testing was done by The Public Health Agency of Canada, together with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and led by Dr. Gary Kobinger. The researchers used an experiment with pigs and monkeys. The pigs carried the virus and were placed in […]
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Lisa Welchel has confirmed via Twitter that she has a confirmed case of West Nile Virus. Her post read, “Dr. just called with blood test results… I have West Nile. Ugh. I’m fine, just tired. Takes a year to recover.” After support and well-wishes came flooding in, she further tweeted, “I’ve been very touched by […]
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Matthew Scheidt, 18, has been convicted of four felonies after impersonating a physician’s assistant. The Florida teenager had been working in a hospital emergency room for weeks before he was arrested. The issue started when Scheidt was given the wrong work badge. He went to the hospital to receive a work badge for his job […]
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The polio vaccine program is showing signs of success in Pakistan. The country has been facing international pressure to allow workers to attempt to eradicate Type 3 polio. With only a handful of Type 3 cases active around the world, it could be possible to destroy this strain of the illness. Previously, Type 2 polio was eradicated […]
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