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McLean Hospital's Dr. Staci Gruber has been researching how early marijuana use may lead to difficulty with decision-making ...

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Over 500 million years ago, a small marine creature swam through Cambrian waters. Its name: Mollisonia symmetrica. Long ...

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A Kansas City toddler defied great odds after undergoing a trailblazing surgery for a neural tube defect known as spina ...

Millions of people worldwide suffer from hydrocephalus, or a buildup of excess cerebrospinal fluid in the brain, and which ...