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IN SHORT: Facebook posts claim that drinking a concoction of garlic, lemon, black pepper and turmeric will rid you of kidney stones. But there is no evidence to support this, and going without ...

First off, let me say that I hope none of you reading this need to get a CAT scan anytime soon… Because those things are scary! But if you do have to get one for some reason, you need to listen to ...

FLUSHING TOWNSHIP, Michigan — She was a healthy 30-year-old teacher who had recently spent her summer on a six-week European excursion. And then Marjorie Vernon got the flu. It was 1976, back when flu ...

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My mother is prone to kidney stones—no problems in a while, but lately she’s had symptoms that made her think perhaps she was cooking up a new stone or two. I noticed she drinks a lot of Coca-Cola and ...