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In former college and professional football players, a new study has found higher levels of inflammation were associated with ...

A new, daily oral tablet that combines two current HIV treatment medications, bictegravir and lenacapavir (BIC/LEN), could ...

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When researchers studied Norwegians who thought tick bites caused their chronic health problems, they found no objective ...

A University of Queensland study has found that almost 90% of people killed and injured by landmines and similar weapons are ...

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