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Dog chewing on a rubber toy

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Illustration of genetic scientists manipulating a strand of DNA

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Health & Family, Your Health Checkup

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An elegant, gold-trimmed mirror on a wall.

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Baseball player for the Mets swinging a bat

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Health & Family, Healthy Weight, Healthy Mind

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Doctor comforts a patient.

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Health & Family

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Health & Family, Your Health Checkup, Your Weekly Checkup

Your Weekly Checkup: Should You Get Lasik Surgery?

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Health & Family, Your Health Checkup, Your Weekly Checkup

Your Weekly Checkup: Medical Device Malfunction or Degeneration

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Thermometer measuring cholesterol levels

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Health & Family, Your Health Checkup, Your Weekly Checkup

Your Weekly Checkup: Learning from Nature to Reduce Cholesterol

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Health & Family, Healthy Weight, Healthy Mind

Healthy Weight, Healthy Mind: The Difference Between Motivation and Desperation

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History, Medicine, The 1960s

The Man Behind America’s First Heart Transplant

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Man holding a drawing of a smile in front of his face

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Humor, Personal Essay

Dentists Without Borders

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Sleeping woman

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4 Sly Sleep Tips

Post Editors

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March/April 2017 Limerick Laughs Winner and Runners-Up

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Gallery

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Gallery Cover Gallery: America’s Wildlife

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