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	May 23, 2017	What You Need to Know About Thyroid Cancer Often, thyroid cancers are small and do not turn out to be serious. But if surgery takes place on a higher-risk tumor, monitoring levels of the thyroglobulin protein for 6 to 12
	March 28, 2017	Breathing All Night Long: Cystic Fibrosis and Increasing Treatable Cases Even when there is no family history of CF, a person can be a carrier without knowing it. Identifying disease-causing mutations by carrier testing may people find out
	March 21, 2017	Not Just Skin Deep: the Hidden World of Vascular Anomalies Vascular anomalies are often the result of abnormal development in blood vessels. About one in 5,000 people experiences some kind of vascular anomaly, sometimes as an inherited
	March 14, 2017	You, Zebrafish, and Liver Cancer: What's The Connection? You may have seen zebrafish in aquariums: small, striped, darting fish, originally found in slow streams and rice paddies in the Indian subcontinent. Did you know they’re also our
	March 6, 2017	You’re Not Alone; Strep Resides in Your Throat and Beyond There are many strep species, and fortunately, most are treatable with antibiotics. They exist as microscopic spheres and other unseen shapes on and below our own surfaces.
	February 22, 2017	Everybody Should Tune Into This Beat: Genetic Heart Conditions If a genetic disorder is found early in a young child, the person can be monitored and a healthy life may result.