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The U.S. National Institutes of Health begun as a one-room Laboratory of Hygiene in 1887, and today the NIH is one of the world’s foremost medical research centers. The NIH is one of the many agencies of the US. Department of Health and Human Services. Today, the NIH serves our country and ...

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Although difficult to imagine a short 24 months ago, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives irrevocably. It continues to dominate the headlines, altering supply lines, phone lines, even the “chalk lines.” In many parts of the country, ‘COVID Fatigue’ has set in, people slipping ...

Urology Pearls: A serial killer in Jerusalem

Jerusalem. 1981. Evening. The wind blew gently bringing fresh, crisp air. The streets were empty and dark. The city was on alert as it has always been, barely containing the forces that had shaped it—the tensions between the sacred and the secular; Jews and Palestinians; the old, walled ...

Wary, weary world slams doors shut, fearing omicron variant

BRUSSELS — Taking an act-now-ask-questions-later approach, countries around the world slammed their doors shut again to try to keep the new omicron variant at bay Monday as more cases of the mutant coronavirus emerged and scientists raced to figure out just how dangerous it might be. Japan ...

Something hidden

MARQUETTE — When you think of addiction, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Most people will say drugs, alcohol, maybe gambling. But what about sex addiction? Believe it or not, this type of addiction does exist. Precisely, nearly 12 million Americans struggle with sexual ...

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In just two days, we will be blessed to celebrate our annual Thanksgiving Day. This is a special time when many of us will have the opportunity to be thankful as we gather together with family and friends. Certainly, many of us also have much to be thankful for as we enjoy our great Upper ...