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• Breaking: Asthma Drugs may not Actually Cause Birth Defects

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• Apical Pulse: Definition, Location and How It's Taken

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• Drugs That Reduce Stickiness of Blood May Reduce Dementia by 48 Percent

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• Is Lyme Disease Preventable?

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• Robotic Arm Gives Teen with Muscular Dystrophy A New Lease on Life

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