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The CDC study provides the largest window to date into how the bird virus first detected in March in dairy cows may be ...

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With heart attacks, every second counts. A new blood test diagnoses them in minutes rather than hours and could be adapted as a tool for first responders and people at home. "Heart attacks require ...

In the race against time that characterizes ALS diagnosis and treatment, researchers have made a breakthrough that could dramatically change how we identify this devastating neurological disease. A ...

A simple test that checks the levels of a certain protein in the blood could “reliably rule out” Alzheimer’s in those being investigated for the disease, according to its developers.

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