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A new study shows that rates of appendix cancer are rising quickly among millennials and Generation X, especially compared to ...

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There are plenty of health conditions and medical events that loom big and scary in our minds, and two of the most frightening are heart attack and sudden cardiac arrest. But knowing what each of ...

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In the second section of the story, we learn that Lilian has recently returned from a trip to Germany with her husband.