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    In this article, the definition of patients with severe psoriasis as those needing systemic drugs raises the question whether treatment itself may be linked to early mortality. The journal article cited in the story indicates that some systemic treatments may be less toxic than others, but I found nothing to refute the hypothesis that mortality […]

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  2. Mean Streets: Kids’ verbal skills drop in bad neighborhoods

    A long-term study of Chicago children and their families finds that kids living in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods display substantial declines in verbal ability as they get older, even if they move to a nicer community.

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  3. Astronomy

    Black Hole Bully: Galaxy blasts its smaller neighbor

    A distant galaxy is shooting a deadly jet of radiation at a neighboring galaxy, astronomers have observed.