Illegal drugs such as Ecstasy made into cartoon-shaped pills

Drugs shaped like Snoopy, Transformers and President Barack Obama’s head recently showed up on Kansas City area streets, adding to a trend that worries police and health experts.

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I just got off the phone with my health insurance company. I had just received an Explanation of Benefits showing my deductible was not met, and a bill from a doctor showing that I owed the whole thing. Now this seemed curious. I have breast cancer and have already been through multiple imaging procedures, surgery,…

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One Common Problem — Four Expert Solutions….

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Stranger to Myself: I Don’t Feel Like a Real Person

There are many analogies Sandy Gale uses to describe her affliction: It’s as if she is separated from others by an invisible barrier, as though her “self ” doesn’t completely fill out her skin, or that she is like a Xerox of a Xerox of a Xerox.

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A bipartisan group of senators at work on health care reported progress Thursday in holding the cost of legislation to their $1 trillion target, but Republicans quickly added there was no agreement on even the outlines of a bill.

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Under Development: Micromagnetic-Microfluidic Blood Filter

The Ingber Lab at Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston has developed a magnetic blood filtering system to get rid of microbes from blood in situ. This system works by adding plastic-coated iron-oxide beads that are coated with antibodies for a specific pathogen. The beads will then strongly adhere to the pathogen in the blood

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Grey hair may be protecting us from cancer

Loss of hair color may be unwelcome, but the processes that produce it could be protecting us from damaged DNA

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Cancer: shock breakthrough

Two patients with inoperable prostate cancer have made dramatic recoveries after receiving one dose of an experimental drug that is creating excitement among cancer specialists.

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Did TSA Confiscate HIV+ Gay Air Force Vet’s Job Hopes?

As a gay man, Michael Lamarre was encouraged by President Obama’s decision to extend certain benefits to the same-sex partners of gay federal workers. But Lamarre, a 43-year-old Oakland Park, Fla., biking enthusiast and Air Force veteran, sees an inconsistency in the president’s action and the harsh realities far away from the Oval Office.

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