It Looked Like a Beer Belly. It Turned Out He Had a 77-Pound Tumor.

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You Don’t Want French Fries With That

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Belgium Investigates Doctors Who Euthanized Autistic Woman

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Battle Against Ebola in Congo Pits Medical Hope Against Local Chaos

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Juul’s New Product: Less Nicotine, More Intense Vapor

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Only Romaine From Central and Northern California Is Unsafe, F.D.A. Says

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Chinese Scientist Claims to Use Crispr to Make First Genetically Edited Babies

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Social Security Runs Short of Money and Ideas Fly on How to Repair It

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AP Exclusive: First Gene-Edited Babies Claimed in China

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This City’s Overdose Deaths Have Plunged. Can Others Learn From It?

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Federal Ban on Female Genital Mutilation Ruled Unconstitutional by Judge

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Chickenpox Outbreak at School Linked to Vaccine Exemptions

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Do Not Eat Romaine Lettuce, Health Officials Warn

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When Will We Solve Mental Illness?

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How Long Can People Live?

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Why Don’t We Have Vaccines Against Everything?

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How Can We Unleash the Immune System?

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Why Are We Still So Fat?

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Will We Ever Cure Alzheimer’s?

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The Fight Against Malaria Has Reached a Standstill

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Masks, Purifiers and Other Steps to Reduce the Harmful Effects of California’s Smoke

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Meditation Helps Vets With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Ohio House Passes Bill to Criminalize Abortions on Fetuses With a Heartbeat

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Rapid Cure Approved for Sleeping Sickness, a Horrific Illness

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The Price of Cool: A Teenager, a Juul and Nicotine Addiction

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She Couldn’t Quit Smoking. Then She Tried Juul.

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Q&A: The ABCs of E-Cigarettes

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F.D.A. Seeks Restrictions on Teens’ Access to Flavored E-Cigarettes and a Ban on Menthol Cigarettes

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When Hospitals Merge to Save Money, Patients Often Pay More

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Juul Will Stop Selling Most E-Cigarette Flavors in Stores and Halt Social Media Promotions

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Heart Meeting Features Fish Oil, Vitamin D, Cholesterol News

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F.D.A. Plans to Seek a Ban on Menthol Cigarettes

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Dementia Is Getting Some Very Public Faces

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Goodbye, Tampon Tax (at Least for Some)

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F.D.A. Plans to Ban Most Flavored E-Cigarette Sales in Stores

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The Ecosystem in Immigrants’ Guts Is Shaped by the Place They Call Home

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Three Deep Red States Vote to Expand Medicaid

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Dogs Can Detect Malaria. How Useful Is That?

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Cancer Society Executive Resigns Amid Upset Over Corporate Partnerships

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Spanking Is Ineffective and Harmful to Children, Pediatricians’ Group Says

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F.D.A. Approves Powerful New Opioid Despite Warnings of Likely Abuse

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Where ‘Yes! To Affordable Groceries’ Really Means No to a Soda Tax

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It’s Not Just Pre-Existing Conditions. Voters Weigh Many Health Issues on State Ballots

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Major Study Finds ‘Some Evidence’ of Link Between Cellphone Radiation and Brain Cancer

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