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All sorts of science-y sounding brain drugs are used to treat serious depression: serotonin reuptake inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants, serotonin/neuropinephrine reuptake inhibitors, atypical antipsychotics, et cetera. But what about using a bacterial toxin that paralyzes your face muscles? Botox, the wrinkle-smoothing drug sold by Allergan that was a major factor in that company [...]

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New Fixes for Worn Knees

Millions of people damage their knees. Scientists are testing implanting an artificial meniscus or inducing the body to grow a new one.

Scientists have created artificial replacements for arms, legs, joints and other body parts. But developing an artificial meniscus—the shock-absorbing cartilage pad in the knee that millions of people damage every year—has eluded modern medicine.

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Too Young to Have Cancer. . . “At just 26, no one thought my searing heartburn could be anything serious. It turned out to be early-stage gastric cancer.”

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Cancer screening: An example of when less can be more, experts say

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When teenagers drink large amounts of alcohol, they may permanently affect the way their brains develop, according to new research published in the American Journal of Psychiatry and presented here in Toronto at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. “They weren’t drinking heavily,” says Lindsay Squeglia, an assistant professor [...]