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• Anticipating Stressful Events Makes You Old February 21, 2012
  The ability to anticipate future events allows us to plan and exert control over our lives, but it may also contribute to stress-related increased risk for the diseases of aging, according to a study... […]
• Obscure fungus killing rare rattlesnakes February 21, 2012
  A small population of rattlesnakes that already is in decline in southern Illinois faces a new and unexpected threat in the form of a fungus rarely seen in the wild, researchers report. The eastern... […]
• Can Consuming Caffeine While Breastfeeding Harm Your Baby? February 21, 2012
  Babies are not able to metabolize or excrete caffeine very well, so a breastfeeding mother’s consumption of caffeine may lead to caffeine accumulation and symptoms such as wakefulness and... […]