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Daily Archives: February 26, 2013

Heart Health Awareness Month

By Raquel Laura Iglesias
Posted: February 26, 2013
Category: Aggregators, General, Images, Media, Topic Focus | Tagged Awareness, blog, cardiovasular disease, coronary artery disease, health, heart health | Leave a comment

This Week in PLOS Medicine: mHealth challenges; Syphilis and pregnancy

By Michael Morris
Posted: February 26, 2013
Category: PLoS Medicine Week by Week | Tagged maternal and perinatal health, mhealth, syphilis | Leave a comment

Breaking the Cheetah Curse – Part II

By Zahra Hirji
Posted: February 26, 2013
Tagged Adrienne Crosier, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Cheetah, Laurie Marker, Smithsonian National Zoo, Steve Bircher | Leave a comment

Evolved Fists or the Best Weapons at Hand?

By John Rennie
Posted: February 26, 2013
Category: Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Martial Arts | Leave a comment

The Problem with “Fighting” Cancer

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: February 26, 2013
Category: cancer | Tagged cancer, language, public health, words | Leave a comment
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