Candice Marie Britton

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• Simple Diet Changes Can Treat Hypertension

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• A Cure for Crohn’s. How Hopeful Should We Be?

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• What Is Akathisia and How to Treat It?

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• Multiple Sclerosis and Smoking - Warnings on the Link Between the Two

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• Jerry Lewis Remembered for his Role in Muscular Dystrophy Fundraising

  Comedian and entertainer, Jerry Lewis, died Sunday, August 20, 2017 at age 91. And one of the things he will be most remembered for is his work with the Muscular Dystrophy Association. While more than $2.5 billion were raised from 1966 to 2010 through the annual telethons that Lewis hosted, some of...