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Brown Recluse Spider: How Exactly Does it Affect Your Body and How You Can Identify One

The Brown Recluse spider has spread a widespread fear across the nation after a 21-year-old student of Texas Christian University, Nikki Perez was reportedly by one and she almost lost her sight and an ear. Experts are now considering naming it the most dangerous species among spiders, perhaps even more dangerous than the widely-known Black Widow.So what exactly happens when a person gets bitten? How can you identify a Brown Recluse Spider?
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A laboratory worker of Silimed factory checks silicone in Rio de Janeiro, in this picture taken on March 27, 2003.

New Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implant Gets FDA Approval

The privately held Sientra Inc. on Friday joined the publicly traded Allergan Inc. and Johnson & Johnson (Mentor Worldwide LLC) as the only three companies to have won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals to market controversial silicone gel-filled breast implants.
A doctor works at the organ transplant operation theatre at Mansoura University hospital, 210 km (130 miles) north of Cairo, December 24, 2009.

Immune System Tricked to Accept Donor Organs: Study

Scientists have found a way to trick the immune system into accepting organs from a mismatched, unrelated organ donor, a finding that could help patients avoid a lifetime of drugs to prevent rejection of the donated organ.
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Utah Abstinence-Only Sex-Ed Bill Bans Public School Talk of Gays, Condoms, STDs

Legislators passed a controversial bill this week in the Utah Senate, which would allow public schools to offer an abstinence-only sexual education curriculum - or no sex-ed program at all. The measure would prohibit Utah public schools from teaching students that contraceptives can be used as a means of preventing pregnancy and infection from sexually transmitted diseases. It would also ban teachers from discussing homosexuality.
Leishmaniasis - Adam Spencer

The Face Eating Parasite That Almost Killed A Man [PICTURES]

Twenty-three-year-old Adam Spencer of Oregon was happily travelling through South America with his new fiancé, Shalynn Pack, when a scab appeared on his face. What Spencer didn't realize was that this scab wasn't a normal wound, but instead a horrifying flesh-eating parasite.
An undated handout file photo shows ''Otzi'', Italy's prehistoric iceman.

DNA Data Helps to Flesh out 'Otzi' the Alpine Iceman

The first complete genome-sequencing of "Otzi," Italy's prehistoric iceman, is revealing a wealth of details about the man who roamed the Alps 5,300 years ago and could unleash a frenzy of activity among scientists thanks to open data.
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Celine Dion Cancels More Vegas Shows: Throat Infection Muzzles Singer

The incomparable Celine Dion has canceled upcoming Las Vegas shows at Caesars Palace on account of a virus infection in her throat. The singers says the virus is causing inflammation of her vocal cords and can no long keep up the grueling pace of her Vegas show. Dion will cancel shows for six to eight weeks. She'll resume performances on June 9, if all goes as planned.
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Study Supports Single Flu Super Vaccine to Wipe Out Infections

In a new study, researchers observed for the first time that a universal vaccine could allow for a more wide-scale prevention of flu by restraining the ability of the influenza virus to spread and mutate. According to experts, the new study is a first attempt to understand the population consequences of the next generation of vaccines as regards the epidemiology and evolutionary impact on the virus.

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