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A Dozen Girls at One High School Suffering From Mysterious Tourette's Like Illness (January 12, 2012): A dozen high school students, all girls, have developed symptoms similar to Tourette's Syndrome in the past several months at a high school located near Buffalo, New York.

Nanoscale Biological Coating Can Stop Bleeding Within Seconds (January 10, 2012): MIT engineers say they have developed a nanoscale biological coating which can stop bleeding in the seconds.

Bacteria Can Use Fungi as Bridges (January 7, 2012): Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that bacteria and fungi enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship.

MIT AgeLab Creates Suits That Simulate Old Age (January 4, 2012): MIT's Agelab created suits, called Age Gain Now Empathy System (AGNES), that simulate the effects of old age.

FDA Ban on Primatene Mist Goes Into Effect on January 1st (December 30, 2011): An FDA ban on Primatene Mist will begin on January 1, 2012.

New Report Reveals Many Major Household Products Contain Toxic Chemicals, Carcinogens (December 29, 2011): A new report has found that many common household products contain toxic chemicals.

Two People Die From Brain Eating Amoebas After Using Neti Pots (December 16, 2011): Time reports that two people have died from Naegleria fowleri, a brain eating amoeba, after using neti pots.

New Laser Surgery Can Turn Brown Eyes Blue (November 3, 2011): Laguna Beach doctor Gregg Homer has developed a new surgery technique that can turn brown eyes blue.

Flammable Halloween Costumes Pose Danger to Children (October 25, 2011): The Today Show did a segment on the safety of children's Halloween costumes, which was pretty horrifying.

CDC Publishes Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic Graphic Novel (October 24, 2011): The CDC wants everyone to know what to do should an actual zombie threat materialize.

Human Skin Grown on Lab Mice to Cure Skin Diseases (October 17, 2011): Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid are conducting research to study how to make use of the potential for auto regeneration of stem skills from skin.

Second Case of Locally Acquired Dengue Fever Reported in Palm Beach County (October 17, 2011): The Palm Beach Post is reporting that a second case of locally acquired dengue fever has been reported in Palm Beach County.

Mystery Condition Causes Woman to Age 50 Years in a Few Days (October 14, 2011): Doctors are baffled by a strange condition which made a 23-year-old woman look about 50 years older in just a few days.

FDA Approves Gel to Stop Blood Flow During Surgery (October 10, 2011): The FDA has approved LeGoo, a gel that enables surgeons to temporarily stop blood flow during surgery.

Third Worker at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Dies (October 10, 2011): A third worker at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan has died.

Researchers Discover Many Unknown Viruses in Raw Sewage (October 7, 2011): Researchers from the University of Michigan and Spain are excited about their discovery of unknown viruses in raw sewage.

Da Vinci Surgical Robot Peels a Grape (September 29, 2011): A Da Vinci surgical robot was on display at Southmead Hospital on September 28 2011 to help raise awareness of men's cancers.

Scientists Reconstruct Rough Images of Movie Clips People are Watching From Brain Scans (September 25, 2011): Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, have used brain scans to reconstruct rough computer reconstructions of videos that people are watching.

WellPoint, IBM to Use Watson Supercomputer to Diagnose Patients (September 13, 2011): WellPoint, Inc.

Kate Winslet Admires Infectious Disease Experts (September 12, 2011): Actress Kate Winslet played Dr.

Glowing Cats Will Help Fight Feline AIDS and HIV (September 12, 2011): Mayo Clinic researchers announced they have developed a genome-based immunization strategy to fight feline AIDS.

Credit Card Sized mChip Can Diagnose Disease in the Field (August 31, 2011): Nature reports that a new credit card sized device, called mChip, can be used to diagnose diseases like HIV and syphilis in minutes.

Researchers Say Bacteria Responsible for Black Death During Middle Ages is Extinct (August 30, 2011): Researchers say a flea that lives on rats was the culprit for the Black Death that killed many humans during the Middle Ages.

Researchers Use Spider Silk to Create Human Skin That is Nearly Bulletproof (August 21, 2011): Dutch artist Jalila Essaidi and the Forensic Genomics Consortium Netherlands combined spider silk with human cells to create a stronger human skin that was nearly bulletproof.

Researchers Grow Functional Anal Sphincters in Mice Using Human Cells (August 18, 2011): Researchers have grown the very first functional anal sphincters in the lab.