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For The Love Of Local Food

Renowned Chef Alice Waters Teaches Students To Cook - And Grow

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Sexual Assault In Military Draws Attention

Case Numbers Rise As More Women Join Armed Forces; VA Increases Treatments For Victims



Study Raises Fear Of TB In Immigrants

Shows Foreign-Born Residents Far More Likely To Carry Tuberculosis, Including Drug-Resistant Types



Viagra Good For Orgasm Problems In Women?

A Study Shows Women On Anti-Depressants May Benefit From Pfizer's Riser

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Male Infertility Treatment Skips Surgery

Varicocele Treatment May Reduce Need For Surgery Or In Vitro Fertilization



Heart Imaging Tool Under The Microscope

Usefulness Of CTA Screening Unknown In People With No Symptoms

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Using Plants To Grow Lymphoma Vaccines

Scientists 'Grow' Personalized Vaccines In Tobacco Plants For Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Patients



Savage Defends Remarks Questioning Autism

Talk Show Host: I Was Trying To "Awaken" Parents To Over-Diagnosis By "Greedy" MDs, Drug Cos.

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Massachusetts Woman Tested For Mad Cow

A Patient In Cape Cod Has A Rare Brain Disorder Sometimes Linked To Mad Cow Disease



Twin Sisters "Team," Have Triplets

Husband Of One Of The Sisters Fertilized Eggs; One Sister Has Twins, The Other A Girl

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Removing Tattoos: Who Does It And Why

Study Shows More Women Than Men Decide To Get Rid Of A Tattoo



Topamax May Raise Risk Of Birth Defects

Small Study Shows Increase In Birth Defects When Epilepsy/Migraine Drug Is Used During Pregnancy



Salmonella Linked To Jalapenos

FDA Finds Strain Responsible For Food-Poisoning Outbreak In Mexican-Grown Pepper

Play VideoVideo: FDA Lifts Tomato Warning



Cholesterol Drug Fails Cardio Test

Vytorin Doesn't Lower Risk Of Major Heart Valve Problems, According To Large-Scale Study



Singapore Considers Legal Kidney Trading

Controversial Idea Would Allow Payments For Donations From Third Parties


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