What Is Autism?
Medicine / Health
Autism is not a disease, but a developmental disorder of brain function. People with classical autism show three types of symptoms: impaired social interaction, problems with verbal and nonverbal comm continue reading this fact
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What's So Bad About Cholesterol?
Medicine / Health
Cholesterol has a worse reputation than it deserves. This waxy lipid (a kind of fat) is essential to good health. It builds the membranes that hold cells together. It's used in making certain hormones continue reading this fact
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Mother Nature's Own Brand of Bioterror
Medicine / Disease
We've been hearing a lot about smallpox lately, as a possible bioterror attack. But Mother Nature has her own brand of bioterror. Smallpox has been with us for about ten thousand years, since the earl continue reading this fact
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