| About This Book |
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| TOP 10 BREAKTHROUGHS 2001 |
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Scientists Read the Letters of Life |
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14 | (8) |
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Stem Cells Raise Hopes and Fears |
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22 | (6) |
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Cloning Promises Cures and Conflict |
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28 | (6) |
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Smart Drugs Zero in on Cancer |
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34 | (4) |
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Biochips Tell Your Genetic Fortune |
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38 | (4) |
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Better Ways to Take Your Medicine |
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42 | (6) |
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48 | (4) |
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Robots Join the Surgical Team |
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52 | (6) |
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New Views Furnish Lifesaving Clues |
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58 | (8) |
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Vaccines: The Next Generation |
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66 | (6) |
| ADVANCES OF THE YEAR |
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72 | (20) |
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74 | (3) |
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A Vaccine to Protect Against Alzheimer's? |
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Brain Scans Show Telltale Signs of Early Alzheimer's |
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Attention Deficit-Hyper-Activity Disorder |
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77 | (1) |
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New Test May Put ADHD Controversy to Rest |
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78 | (2) |
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Better Seizure Prediction on the Horizon |
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80 | (2) |
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Migraine Patch Promises Easy Relief |
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New Drug Halts Migraines with Fewer Side Effects |
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82 | (2) |
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Pinpointing the Cause of Memory Loss |
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84 | (2) |
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First-Ever Therapy for Severe, Progressive Form of MS |
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Smarter MS Treatment Spares the Immune System |
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86 | (1) |
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Researchers Find Chemical Clue to Narcolepsy |
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86 | (3) |
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Reversing Parkinson's with Gene Therapy |
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Parkinson's Patients: Like the Canary in the Coal Mine? |
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89 | (1) |
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Is Sleep Apnea Causing Your Snoring? |
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90 | (2) |
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New Hope at Last for Spinal Cord Injury |
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92 | (26) |
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94 | (2) |
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New Vaccine Targets Aggressive Form of Brain Cancer |
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Secrets to Chemotherapy Success |
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96 | (2) |
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Ductal Lavage: A Pap Test for the Breast? |
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Computer-Assisted Mammograms Detect More Breast Cancers |
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Vaccine Could Cripple the Virus that Causes Cervical Cancer |
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New Test Helps Clarify Inconclusive Pap Results |
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Cancer Vaccine Shows Early Promise |
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Breast Cancer Drug Approved for Colon Cancer |
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Experimental Drug Gives New Hope to Patients with Advanced Colon Cancer |
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Breakthrough Leukemia Drug Zeros In on Cause of Cancer |
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Harnessing a Poison's Powers |
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106 | (2) |
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PET Scans Help Cancer Patients Get Smarter Treatment |
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Study Finds That Fish Wards Off Cancer |
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108 | (2) |
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Cancer Drug Takes Aim at Hodgkin's Disease |
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Combination Therapy Boosts Survival Rates in Cancer Patients |
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110 | (2) |
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Simple Blood Test May Spot a Silent Killer |
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Aspirin May Join the Arsenal in the War Against Cancer |
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112 | (3) |
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One Gene, Four Mutations, and 127 Utah Families |
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Better Seed Mapping Improves Radiation Treatment for Prostate Cancer |
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Aspirin-like Drugs Make Cancerous Prostate Cells Self-Destruct |
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115 | (1) |
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Early Warning System for Deadliest Skin Cancer |
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116 | (2) |
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``Keyhole'' Surgery Benefits Testicular Cancer Patients |
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Rebuilding Bone Marrow After Chemotherapy |
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118 | (14) |
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120 | (3) |
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For Diabetics, an Easier Way to ``Watch'' Your Blood Sugar |
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Human Pincushions No More |
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Stopping Diabetes Before It Starts |
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Turning Up the Heat on Heartburn |
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124 | (2) |
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Better Defense Against Deadly Hepatitis C |
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
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126 | (2) |
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Painless Camera-in-a-Pill Spots Intestine Troubles |
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128 | (2) |
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Intestinal Rescue on the Way |
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Candy Cane Cure for Kids with IBS |
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130 | (2) |
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``Keyhole'' Surgery Better Alternative to Stomach Stapling |
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132 | (12) |
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134 | (1) |
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Laser Device Clears Up Cataracts in Record Time |
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135 | (2) |
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Two New Drugs Offer Options for Glaucoma Patients |
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137 | (3) |
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Now Hear This: Implantable Hearing Aid Approved |
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New Device Lets the Brain Do the Hearing |
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140 | (2) |
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First Artificial Retinas Implanted in Blind Patients |
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142 | (2) |
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Drug Slows Vision Loss in CNV Patients |
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Adjustable Glasses for the Masses |
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Heart and Circulatory System |
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144 | (24) |
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146 | (1) |
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Antibiotics for Aneurysms |
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147 | (2) |
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Laser Surgery Improves Life for Chest Pain Patients |
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Super-Aspirin May Prevent Cardiac Death |
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149 | (2) |
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Wearable Aid for Failing Heart |
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Heart ``Jackets'' May Keep Risk in Check |
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New Cholesterol Guidelines Should Mean Fewer Deaths from Heart Disease |
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Man Receives the First Totally Implantable Artificial Heart |
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Clearer Future for Stents |
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New MRIs for Early Heart Disease Detection |
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Adult Stem Cells Used to Grow New Heart Tissue |
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Deep Vein Thrombosis/Pulmonary Embolism |
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Trial to Shed Light on Preventing Life-Threatening Blood Clots |
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158 | (3) |
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New One-Shot Clot Buster Safer Angioplasty on the Way |
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161 | (1) |
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Deep Breathing Lowers High Blood Pressure |
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162 | (5) |
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Therapy Helps the Brain Recover after a Stroke |
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Helping Hands for Stroke Survivors |
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167 | (1) |
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New Laser Surgery for Varicose Veins |
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168 | (14) |
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170 | (2) |
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Drug Curbs Craving for Alcohol |
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172 | (1) |
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Do Cigarettes Make You Nervous? |
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173 | (2) |
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Like Asthma, Depression May Be Chronic Illness |
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Depression Is Bad for Your Health |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
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175 | (1) |
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Painkiller Is New Weapon Against Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
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176 | (2) |
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Schizophrenia Drug Gets a Second Look |
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Anti-Psychotic Medication Finally Wins Approval |
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178 | (2) |
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Trying to Quit? Your Doctor Could Be Your Best Friend |
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180 | (2) |
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Friends---Nature's Stress Busters |
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Muscles, Bones, and Joints |
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182 | (14) |
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184 | (3) |
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Study Backs Use of Glucosamine for Arthritis |
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Have a Little Faith---Studies Show It Helps |
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Feeling It in Your Bones---But Why? |
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187 | (1) |
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Gulf War Veterans Provide Clues to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
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188 | (1) |
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Fibromyalagia Patients ``Remember'' Pain All Too Well |
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189 | (1) |
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Shocking Treatment Relieves Foot Pain |
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190 | (2) |
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Critical Discovery May Lead to Lupus Treatment |
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192 | (2) |
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More Accurate Lyme Disease Test Puts Confusion to Rest |
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Persistent Lyme Disease: A Horse of a Different Color |
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Vaccine for Children Is under Review |
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194 | (2) |
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Balloons for Osteoporosis Patients |
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Reproductive and Sexual Health |
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196 | (14) |
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198 | (4) |
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Building a Better AIDS Drug |
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Finally, Hot on the Trail of an AIDS Vaccine |
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Hormone-Releasing IUD Offers Five Years of Contraception |
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New and Improved Injectable Contraceptive |
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The First-Ever Contraceptive Patch |
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204 | (1) |
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Diabetes Drug May Prevent Miscarriage in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome |
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205 | (1) |
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HRT May Not Protect Against Heart Disease in Postmenopausal Women |
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206 | (2) |
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St. John's Wort May Ease PMS |
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New Heat Patch Eases Menstrual Cramps |
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208 | (2) |
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New Viagra-Type Drug Is for Women, Too |
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Promising Treatment for Erectile Dysfunction |
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210 | (8) |
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212 | (2) |
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Spray Away the Common Cold |
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Shortening the Life of a Cold |
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214 | (3) |
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Flu Drugs Help Protect the Healthy, Too |
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217 | (1) |
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New Weapon Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria |
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Skin, Hair, Nails, and Teeth |
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218 | (12) |
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220 | (2) |
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Tiny Warriors in the Fight Against Gum Disease |
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222 | (2) |
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First New Eczema Drug in 40 Years |
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224 | (1) |
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Nail Lacquer Proven to Kick Nail Fungus |
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225 | (1) |
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Better Hair-Removal Treatment for Dark Skin |
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The Lifesaver That Became a Face-saver |
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226 | (1) |
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Breakthrough Drugs for Psoriasis May Offer Best Treatment Yet |
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227 | (3) |
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Laser Zaps Wrinkles without ``Burn Victim'' Results |
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Wholesome Foods Ward Off Wrinkles |
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230 | (12) |
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232 | (2) |
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Solving a Personal Problem---Permanently |
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Urinary Incontinence? Pull Up a (Magnetic) Chair |
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234 | (2) |
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Blood Pressure Drug Cuts Side Effects of Dialysis |
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Anti-Rejection Insurance for Transplant Patients |
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236 | (2) |
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The New Stone-Stopping Diet |
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A Kinder Cut for Kidney Stone Surgery |
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238 | (3) |
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Shrinking the Prostate Without Drugs or Surgery |
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Next-Generation Drugs Promise Better Relief of BPH |
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241 | (1) |
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Vaccine Protects Against Urinary Tract Infections |
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| Resource Directory |
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242 | (4) |
| Credits |
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246 | (2) |
| Index |
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