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Ancient Maya Dentists Used Antibiotic Cement to Set Jade Teeth and It Still Holds After 1,000 Years

A tiny piece of green stone is sitting exactly where an ancient Maya dentist put it more than a thousand years ago. The strange part is not only the jade. It is what held it there. Researchers studying Maya dental work have found complex plant-based sealants packed with organic compounds, including substances known for antibacterial…
The Last Person In America Living Inside An Iron Lung Is Gone

A five-year-old girl woke up on a sunny morning in Oklahoma in 1953 and could barely move her neck. Four days later, Martha Ann Lillard could not breathe. She would spend the next 73 years living with the consequences of polio, much of that time inside a steel machine that forced her lungs to work.…
Two Dead After Rare Parasite Outbreak Linked to Recalled Lettuce Sickens More Than 11,000

What began as a growing foodborne illness outbreak has now taken a deadly turn. Michigan health officials have confirmed that two people have died after contracting cyclospora, a parasite linked to contaminated food that has already sickened more than 11,000 people across the state. The deaths mark the first fatalities connected to an outbreak that…








