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• New, Promising Cystic Fibrosis Drug Needs Funding

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• Real Housewives Star Kyle Richards Opens Up About Her Struggle with Fibromyalgia

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• What is Sepsis?

  Sepsis is a serious medical condition characterized by an exaggerated immune response towards an infection. This response causes the release of chemicals, which results in widespread inflammation and blood clotting in different parts of the body. Sepsis may result in sudden drop in the blood...

• What is the Oedipus complex?

  Introduction In terms of psychoanalytic theory, Oedipus complex is said to be a desire for sexual involvement with the parent of the opposite sex. It can be said as with the parent of the same sex, there is an affiliated sense of rivalry which can happen. In the process of normal development, it is...