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When family demands affect work performance or work demands undermine family obligations, the resulting stress may contribute to decreased heart
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Temporarily disabling a single protein inside our cells might be able to protect us from the common cold and other
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Vaccines have saved tens of millions of lives but immunization rates have stagnated in recent years due in part to
Continue reading »Baby awaits surgery to ‘unfuse’ her webbed fingers and toes
Baby born with webbed fingers and toes will have life-changing surgery to ‘unfuse’ her digits in hope of allowing her
Continue reading »Pancakes, waffles and crepes that have 3x more calories than a Big Mac
Revealed: The pancakes, waffles and crepes that contain THREE TIMES more calories than a Big Mac and as much sugar
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