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During the clotting process, blood cells become trapped in a fibrous mesh, which is formed with the help of clotting factor IX. Image by Anne Weston, Wellcome Images. All rights reserved by Wellcome Images.

p.s.此篇是去年12/19的，但WPN沒有PO過，不知是否能用??
內湖館 林鈺珊 http://www.nih.gov/researchmatters/december2011/12192011hemophilia.htm

Botox, wrinkle fillers and other cosmetic treatments are being offered in Britain under a surprisingly low regulatory environment.

An aid worker treats a cholera patient in Beitbridge, Zimbabwe, on the border with South Africa during the 2008/2009 outbreak of the waterborne disease

People who ate a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D, which are commonly found in fish, and in vitamins C, E and B, which are often found in vegetables, were less likely to have their brains shrink, and were more likely to score higher on the memory and thinking tests, a study found.

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Mina Abe (center) and Kota Osabe (right) are trying to promote blowing bubbles as an alternative to cigarette smoking in Japan.

Anna Hu at the Ao Hua Farmers Market in Shanghai. After years of working long hours and eating only in restaurants, Hu has learned how to cook vegetables and eat more healthfully.

John Buse, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, has been named the new chair of the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a joint program of the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NDEP announced today. The appointment, for a two-year term, is effective Jan. 1, 2012.

UNICEF warns malnutrition-related deaths could rise in Yemen because of deteriorating health services