FDA Approves Mechanical Heart for Dying Patients

Heart patients who do not qualify for a transplant and are not expected to survive longer than a month now have the possibility of extending their lives with an implantable artificial heart.

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Effects of Substance Use Spans Generations

In a long-term study conducted across three generations, researchers found that substance use in one generation was associated with problem behaviors and later substance use in the following generation. In turn, the substance use in the second generation was related to problem behaviors in the third generation.

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Australian scientists begin human tests on 'bionic eye'

Australian researchers developing a "bionic eye" say early tests have succeeded in stimulating limited visual sensation in people suffering a rare form of genetic blindness.

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10 Years of Meth Use

Here is a series of 10 photos in 10 years of what someone looks like when using meth.

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Want to Improve Education? Let Kids Sleep

This controversy over early school start times is raging in hundreds of communities today, pitting parents against unbending school bureaucracies. Surveys of teen's parents in school districts with early start times find that as many as 90% favor a later starting bell. Research confirms that lack of sleep in adolescents has become a problem.

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