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In addition to a careful exam, hearing testing and an MRI of the brain is generally recommended. Early treatment with ...

Red blood cells (RBCs) play a central role in keeping your body energized and functioning. They carry oxygen from your lungs ...

Every breath we take in contains 21% oxygen, the gas that makes life on Earth possible. Oxygen, in its combined oxide state, ...

Earth’s magnetic field seems to correlate with conditions that helped complex life to thrive — a discovery that could aid the search for life on distant exoplanets.