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ReCell, a spray-on skin product, is designed to treat burns with a slurry of the patient's own skin cells.

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Health news

FDA approves first spray-on skin product

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Health news

Alzheimer's cases to nearly triple by 2060, CDC says

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World

Proposed circumcision ban rattles Jews, Muslims in Iceland

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Health news

FDA warns about flea pills for dogs and cats

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Asian America

This professor began studying Alzheimer's caregivers. Then her mother showed symptoms.

Daily aspirin could be harmful for healthy, older adults, new studies find

Nightly News

Daily aspirin could be harmful for healthy, older adults, new studies find

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Heart Health

Healthy older adults may not need daily aspirin

A person smokes a Juul e-cigarette in New York on July 8, 2018.

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Health news

Teen vaping: We're behind the curve, principal says

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Hurricane Florence

Why the Carolinas may face even more danger in Florence's floodwaters

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Wellness

Why three-day weekends are better than longer vacations

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Diet & Fitness

Why you should work out like Ruth Bader Ginsburg