A joint effort led by the Royal Ontario Museum and McMaster University discovered a malignant bone cancer for the first time in a dinosaur — in the species Centrosaurus apertus. This discovery is the first of its kind where a case of osteosarcoma, a malignant bone cancer, had been studied in a dinosaur with modern […]
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Increased heart rate. Rapid breathing. Struggling to sleep. Feeling weak and tired. Sweating or trembling. These are the signs and symptoms of anxiety. One or more of these symptoms might be familiar to everyone because of the current pandemic. Anxiety disorder is real, and it has escalated quickly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Anxiety is characterized
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In 2012, model Lauren Wasser lost one of her legs after contracting Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) when she was 24. In January 2018, the model amputated her other leg because of lingering complications. Back in November, Wasser wrote an op-ed for Instyle.com revealing that the loss of her left leg was inescapable — all because she used
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Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen that has caused a global outrage in the world of clinicians. The recent rise in the incidence of infections with these bacteria has resulted in an increase of infectious diseases that are extremely difficult to cure. Research has not been able to conclude much about the possible mechanisms by
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