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Mayo Clinic researchers have identified interleukin-23 receptor (IL-23R) as a significant biomarker of cellular senescence ...

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Reflecting on my mother's decade-long nursing career, I often wonder why so many nurses leave the profession after just a few years.

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Faced with the rapid spread of avian flu through California dairies, health officials are now doing weekly testing of every ...

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