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Filmmaker Raising Funds to Make Movie About OCD

Donald Trump. Howie Mandel. Howard Stern. What do these famous faces have in common besides celebrity? Believe it or not, they all suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder, a mental ailment affecting millions that hasn't quite made it into the Hollywood spotlight. That's all about to change, however, thanks to...

Twitter Flush With Excitement Over World Toilet Day

(Nov. 19) -- Today, nature calls for a World Toilet Day celebration. The holiday that is arguably the most ripe for bad puns and toilet humor, Toilet Day is actually a serious matter. The international day of awareness, started in 2001 by the World Toilet Organization, calls attention to the 2.6 billion people exposed to...

Tobacco-Based Vaccines Could Pwn Future Pandemics

(Nov. 4) -- Pandemics and bio-terror threats might one day be a health hazard of the past. A massive undertaking by the U.S. military is rapidly transforming vaccine production, yielding fast-tracked approaches to wipe out new illnesses before they spread. The military's been after better bio-threat prevention methods...

Scientists: Columbus Did Not Introduce Syphilis to Europe

(Oct. 26) -- Christopher Columbus has been blamed for instituting slavery in the New World and setting the stage for centuries of bloody conquest. But new evidence might help clear his name in at least one way: Researchers say they now have proof that the famed explorer didn't introduce syphilis to Europe. After making...

Cholera: Three Key Steps to Stopping an Outbreak

(Oct. 25) -- Cholera, a virulent illness that comes on quick and can be fatal mere hours after symptoms appear, kills more than 100,000 people a year. The infection is characterized by chronic diarrhea, rapidly leading to life-threatening dehydration and electrolyte imbalances. And because nearly three-quarters of those...

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