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	Screws Made From Silk Will Be Strong Enough To Set Broken Bones
	Metal screws have been used to reassemble broken bones for years, but the drawback is that they need to be replaced once the metal corrodes.As an alternative, scientists at Harvard and Tufts are working on developing screws and plates using silk. Th...
	Laughter Is The Best Medicine, Until Someone Gets Hurt
	Is laughter the best medicine? In truth: not really, apparently. The British Medical Journal published a study that includes many interesting ways in which laughter is beneficial, as well as an odd list of harmful consequences. The researchers analy...
	New 'Brain Window' Implant Could Help Doctors Operate On Your Brain Without Removing Your Skull
	A new implant could give doctors "a window to the brain" of a patient. The translucent "window to the brain" implant lets doctors use emerging laser treatments against strokes and cancer without having to remove the patient's skull, making recurring...
	Doctors Only Need to Tell You How to Take Care of Yourself For Placebos to Work
	Studies on the placebo effect have been done over and over again to understand its efficacy. Ted Kaptchuk, head of Harvard's placebo program has been investigating placebos for over 35 years in various contexts and expanding the scope of the field w...