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Continue reading »Appendix removal: does it really increase your risk of getting Parkinson’s disease?
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An estimated one in ten Australians were taking antidepressants in 2015. That’s double the number using them in 2000, and
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In 1950, men and women at age 65 could expect to live about 11 years more on average. Today, that
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