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VB News Desk: What Is Ebola?

Posted on 8/17/19 by Lukas Bowditch
If you’ve been keeping up with recent global medical news, you may have noticed that Ebola has been making a comeback over the past couple of months. The last time Ebola was a significant concern was 2013-2016, during the Western African Ebola virus ...
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VB News Desk: Skin Cancer and FDA Sunscreen Regulations

8/3/19 by Katie McKinley
In recent years, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has developed a clearer understanding of the effects of the sun and the skin’s absorption ...
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VB News Desk: Of Placentas, Platelets, and Platypuses

7/27/19 by Laura Snider
When was the last time you talked about the human placenta, platelets, and the majestic platypus in one sentence (or even one conversation)? Unless ...
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VB News Desk: The Secret to Athletic Performance Enhancement Could Be in Marathon Runners' Guts

7/20/19 by Katie McKinley
The secret to athletic performance enhancement may lie in marathon runners’ guts. For years, scientists have been studying the correlation between ...
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VB News Desk: Horns?! Nope, just an enlarged external occipital protuberance.

7/13/19 by Laura Snider
Here at Visible Body, we enjoy keeping up with the latest scientific research. When we heard there was a study saying that young people were growing ...
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VB News Desk: No Sleep? No Good.

6/29/19 by Adelaide Elkin
Often romanticized in books and movies, the ambiguity of night owls has enticed viewers for decades. However, those who lurk during later hours may ...
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VB News Desk: The Limits of Human Endurance

6/22/19 by Katie McKinley
A new study published this month in Science Advances revealed the limit of human endurance and attributes it to the constraints of the human ...
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VB News Desk: Advances in Diagnosing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

6/15/19 by Laura Snider
CTE — or chronic traumatic encephalopathy — is a neurodegenerative disease that occurs as a result of repeated head trauma. Concussions can play a ...
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VB News Desk: The Facts on the Fabella

6/8/19 by Laura Snider
Did you know that 39% of people have an extra bone in their knee called the fabella? The fabella is a small sesamoid bone that sits behind the ...
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VB News Desk: Anatomy and Physiology in Space!

6/1/19 by Laura Snider
What does space travel have to do with anatomy and physiology? More than you might think. Just this April, a groundbreaking study investigating the ...
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