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A new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease not only helps diagnose the condition, but it may also indicate how far it’s progressed.The test measures levels of a s ...

The World Health Organization ( WHO) has denied the reports of a new virus causing some patients in Russia to cough up blood.

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