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• Is Ovarian Cancer Genetic?

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• What Is a Normal Heart Rate?

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• Bill Gates Speaks Out to Alzheimer’s Patients

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• Lupus and Pregnancy: An Improving Outlook

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• Is Arthritis Hereditary?

  Arthritis is a very uncomfortable health condition that includes a variety of inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The cause of arthritis can sometimes be infection, but there are also genetic...