Swimmer Needs 20 Stitches After Pelican Crashed Into Her
Debbie Shoemaker, 50, was swimming off the Florida coast in Treasure Island waters, near St. Petersburg, when a pelican which was apparently diving for fish crashed into her by mistake and tore a gash into Shoemaker's cheek with its long beak...
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Untreated Depressed People Have Fewer Serotonin & Opioid Receptors, And Variation Is Linked To Symptoms And Treatment Response
Depressed people may have far fewer of the receptors for some of the brain's "feel good" stress-response chemicals than non-depressed people, new University of Michigan Depression Center research shows...
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New Genetic Models Could Be Key To Understanding Underlying Mechanisms Of Cardiac Arrhythmias, Sudden Cardiac Death
A new study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital provides much-needed insight into the molecular mechanisms that cause arrythmia, or irregular heartbeat, and how it triggers sudden cardiac death, one of the nation's leading killers...
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