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Light therapy can be done at a dermatologist’s office, spa, or in your own home. (Photo: lighttherapydevice.com)

Lights, Camera, Action

Using Light Therapy to Fight Acne Oh acne, we meet again. Rather, you never really left, and you stress me out even more than before so my hormones produce even more acne. I know many of you can relate with my feelings. I am always trying out new things or reading up on things
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Those keypads are teeming with microbes. (Photo: Charlie Riedel/AP)

Dirty Money

ATMs Dispense Germs and Drugs with Cash We live in a dirty world. Wherever we go, we are among microbes. Bacteria, fungi and viruses live on our phones, bus seats, door handles and park benches. We pass these tiny organisms to each other when we share a handshake or a seat on the
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Americans develop more than 50 million cases of foodborne illnesses each year. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Food Poisioning

Foodborne Illness Is Often Avoidable Each year, Americans develop more than 50 million cases of foodborne illness. While some are caused by eating out, like the recent outbreak of more than 135 cases of norovirus at the Chipotle in Sterling, Va., others originate in home
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