LIFE

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• Do You Want to Know What Viruses You've Had? There's an Upcoming Test for That

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• Jun 05, 2015 10:25 PM EDT

• There’s already a test that can determine most of the viruses you’ve ever had in your life, and it costs no more than $30.

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• Schools In South Korea Close Down Due To Outbreak Of MERS Virus

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• Jun 05, 2015 11:13 AM EDT

• More than 900 schools have reporteldy been closed down in South Korea.

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• The world’s health system still is not prepared for a big outbreak

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• Jun 05, 2015 03:12 AM EDT

• The world is still not ready for another epidemic like Ebola. Doctors Without Borders says that developed nations must create a plan for a coordinated response and the drugs that will be needed to fight neglected diseases.

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• First Skull and Scalp Transplant from a Human Donor Successful

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• Jun 04, 2015 11:31 PM EDT

• It was a transplant that took almost two years in the making. Now that it’s over and is successful, it’s giving a man a new lease in life.

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• Should Chimpanzees Be Cooking Their Own Food?

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• Jun 04, 2015 03:01 PM EDT

• Chimpanzees have the ability to cook their own food.

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• Will You Die within 5 Years?

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• Jun 03, 2015 10:59 PM EDT

• Death is certainly the great equalizer. It doesn't matter whether you're rich, less fortunate, young, or old-at some point we're all going to die unless science will remarkably catch up and teach us how to live forever.

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• Kids Can Now Become Marvel Superhero Iron Man With ‘Disney’s Playmation’

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• Jun 03, 2015 11:21 AM EDT

• "Disney's Playmation" will be hitting stores in October.

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• Are We Getting Type 2 Diabetes All Wrong?

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• Jun 02, 2015 11:18 PM EDT

• Is it time to throw everything we’ve learned so far about type 2 diabetes off the window?

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• 92-year-old Is the Oldest Marathon Runner

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• Jun 02, 2015 10:40 PM EDT

• At first glance, she looks like a typical fun-loving groovy grandma—until you learn that she’s the oldest marathon runner at 92.

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• Medical text by Galen found scattered around the world

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• Jun 02, 2015 05:26 PM EDT

• A hidden translation of an important early medical textbook has been reassembled after pages were found around the world. The text is by Galen, considered to be one of the fathers of medicine, who died in 200 AD.

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• Protein biomarker for checkpoint inhibitor drugs may not be reliable

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• Jun 02, 2015 05:18 PM EDT

• Checkpoint inhibitors and protein biomarkers were all the news at a major oncology meeting. But proposed tests to determine which patients benefit most from the new drugs may not be reliable.

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• Average Person Spends ‘Half Of Their Waking Life’ Consuming Media: Is This Right?

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• Jun 02, 2015 11:24 AM EDT

• People reportedly spend an average of 492 minutes a day consuming media.