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Food Additive May Be Worsening Clostridium Difficile Epidemic
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Can You Hear Me Now? Perhaps A Breakthrough In Treating Tinnitus
Human Cadavers in Hotel Ballrooms
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'Video Gaming Disorder' Is Just Like 'Dinosaur...
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Some Bad Flu News: H3N2 is a Major Player this Year

Chemicals & Environment

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Air Pollution Lowers IQs ... Of Reporters Who Write About It
Barbara Demeneix Could Link Autism To Touchdown Passes
Brewing Up A Better Gasoline Additive With Beer?
Les Miserable Chemists: Will The French Replace Glyphosate With Something 'Worse?'
Inside the Clever Chemistry of Cranberry Harvesting
Pot's Secondhand Smoke Gets a Free Pass
Silver: A Sterling Element By Any Measure
Thanksgiving Dinner Chemical Terrors In Every Course - 'Organic' Or Not
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Food & Nutrition

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Before Taking Icy Plunge, Just Know 'Cold-Shock' Health Risks
New Year Resolutions Are Back, And So Am I
Tobacco Co's Can Still Reach Kids
5 Simple Ways to Be Healthier in 2018
Obesity-Associated Cancers Are Increasing
Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements Still Do Not Prevent Fractures
Dog Tips for the Holidays
French Kiss Food Waste Goodbye
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Biology & Biotech

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Butterfly Wings Inspire Chemical Weapons Sensors
Could Medical Advance Come By Studying Penile Stiffness?
All I Want for Christmas is Golden Rice
Left-Handers Have Advantage in Sports with High Time Pressure
Astronauts' Core Body Temperature Increases on Extended Space Missions
Insect Outsources Key Metabolism to Bacterium with a Tiny Genome
Black Friday Bioterrorism: If Tom Clancy's 'The Division' Were Real, How Could It Happen?
World's First Cloned Dog Has Been Cloned Again
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Health & Medicine

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Did You Know That Was Even Physically Possible?
With Orrin Hatch Retiring, Alternative Medicine Is Losing Its Biggest Senate Supporter
What Hollywood Taught (Or Didn’t Teach) Us About Disease This Year
10 Intriguing Medical Cases of 2017
It's Men's Turn — Hormonal Contraceptive to be Tested in '18
All I Want For Christmas Is Truth In Medical Advertising
Top 8 Med, Tech Advances of 2017. Plus, Prediction For Future.
The FDA Endorsing Acupuncture: No Way, Right?
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Policy & Ethics

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Congress Is Forming a Bipartisan Alternative Medicine Caucus
Eisenhower's Less Famous Warning: Government-Controlled Science
Let's Make 'GMO' Politically Incorrect
Lying Politicians Is One Thing. Lying Scientists Is Another
The Farce of The Self-Described ‘World-Renowned’ Medical Expert
Did Sex Therapist Break Privilege Speaking About Matt Lauer?
Patient's Tattooed Directive is Stark Reminder to Plan Your Demise
A Smoker's Paradise: Map of World's 50 Busiest Airports
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Harm Reduction

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A New Year’s Resolution To Restart Your Heart
You Will Slip & Fall; 4 Ways to Avoid a Fracture
Algorithm Could Reduce Radiation from Medical X-Rays by Thousands-Fold
E-Cigarettes: A 3.5-Year Study Shows No Negative Health Impact, With Caveats
The Worst Possible Faulty Product? Faulty Fire Extinguishers
Congratulations to Dr. Stan Young, and the EPA
Working Adults Are Smoking Less - Except In These Occupations
Governor Cuomo is a Public Health Enemy
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Disease

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Food Additive May Be Worsening Clostridium Difficile Epidemic
Viruses May Help in the Fight Against Hard-to-Treat Cancers
'Video Gaming Disorder' Is Just Like 'Dinosaur Obsession Disorder'
What to Do About Accidentally Finding Cancer
Decline of Chickenpox a Problem for Millennials?
Repurposing Another Drug: Metformin Could Be Useful for Some Breast Cancer Treatments
Any Scientific Value from Those Believing They Have CTE?
For Game of Thrones Fans. Some facts about dwarfs (Don't call them elves!)
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Neuroscience & Social Sciences

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Widely-Touted Aids Don't Help Prevent Dementia
Mental Health Counselling Doesn't Work Long Term
The Dancer's Sixth Sense: Interoception
Men with Slightly Longer Legs Are More Attractive to Women
Fertile Women Can't Penetrate Your Man's Loyalty Force Field
Are Companies Named After Their Founders More Successful?
Sleep Science Plagued by Hype, Contradiction
Monday Is for Suicide, But Sunday Is for Murder
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News & Views

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With So Many Guidelines, How Does a Physician Practice Evidence-Based Medicine?
Can You Hear Me Now? Perhaps A Breakthrough In Treating Tinnitus
Human Cadavers in Hotel Ballrooms
Some Bad Flu News: H3N2 is a Major Player this Year
President Trump To Have Customary Physical Exam in January. But, Does It Matter?
It's Time for Those End-of-Year Lists
Two Lotteries Worth More Than $300 Million
Will Lawyers Destroy Science?
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Parents & Kids

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When it Comes to Toys, Less May Be More
Bruises and Scars Tell Their Own Story (Which Might Not Be What You Think)
Placenta Eating Has No Benefit, Some Risk And Is Ridiculous
Wrist Injuries in HS Sports are Common, and Often Severe
7-Year-Old Future Brain Surgeon Better Science Communicator Than Many ‘Experts’
The Death of Fun
Parents May Rethink Football For Kids Under Twelve
Some Good News On Vaccination Stats
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In The Media

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Science Is A Vast Corporate Conspiracy And More Media Links
Reason, WaPo, Men's Health And More Media Outreach
Priorities Magazine Fall 2017
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Health Scares Vs. Health Threats

TIME Has A Science Article Based On A Yogic Flying Instructor: Here Are More Ideas They Can Use
If Seattle Smokers Follow King County's Health Advice, They Will Die
European Union Still Drinking the Acrylamide Kool-Aid
NY Times Goes Mac & Cheesy with Science
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Celebrities Vs. Science

Stephen Hawking Now a Doomsday Prophet
Jessica Chastain, Please Don't Use Doctors In Your Political War
No, Newsweek's Kurt Eichenwald Didn't Predict Hurricane Irma with Math
No, Brian Williams, Your Job Isn't to Scare People
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Groups Who Hate Us

Ideological Conflicts of Interest Are Worse than Financial Ones
Dear EWG, This Is Why Real Scientists Think Poorly of You
Embrace of 'Golden Rice' Globally Remains Frustratingly Slow
Gary Ruskin, GMO Labeling Movement Funded by Anti-Vaxxers
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Free Speech Zone

Wishing You A Ron Swanson Christmas
Helium Beer And Hilarity? Maybe
Your Adrenals Are Not Fatigued, You Are
Netflix Is The Last Place You'll Find A Pro-Science Documentary
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