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  2. Corrupted Blood incident - Wikipedia

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    The Corrupted Blood debuff being spread among characters in Ironforge, one of World of Warcraft's in-game cities. The Corrupted Blood incident (also known as the World of Warcraft pandemic) [1] [2] took place between September 13 and October 8, 2005, in World of Warcraft, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment.

  3. Pathogen avoidance - Wikipedia

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    Pathogen avoidance (also parasite avoidance or pathogen disgust) refers to the theory that the disgust response, in humans, is an adaptive system that guides behavior to avoid infection caused by parasites such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, helminth worms, arthropods and social parasites.

  4. Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Wikipedia

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    A doctor named John W. Francis examined Poe in May 1848 and believed he had heart disease, which Poe later denied. [38] A 2006 test of a sample of Poe's hair provides evidence against the possibility of lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, and similar toxic heavy-metal exposures. [39] Cholera has also been suggested. [40]

  5. Conditioned avoidance response test - Wikipedia

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    The test can detect antipsychotic-like activity both in the case of dopamine D 2 receptor antagonists and in the case of drugs lacking D 2 receptor antagonism. [1] [2] [6] The occupancy of the D 2 receptor by antagonists of this receptor required to inhibit the CAR is around 65 to 80%, which is similar to the occupancy at which therapeutic antipsychotic effects occur in humans with these drugs.

  6. The Masque of the Red Death - Wikipedia

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    Like the character Prince Prospero, Poe tried to ignore the terminal nature of the disease. [9] Poe's mother Eliza, brother William, and foster mother Frances had also died of tuberculosis. Alternatively, the Red Death may refer to cholera; Poe witnessed an epidemic of cholera in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1831. [10]

  7. Pap Smears May No Longer Be Part of Your Gyno Visit

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    The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is looking to update its recommendations for screening for cervical cancer. The task force has introduced a recommendation that women over the age of 30 ...

  8. Behavioral immune system - Wikipedia

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    Mechanisms for the behavioral immune system include sensory processes through which cues connoting the presence of parasitic infections are perceived (e.g., the smell of a foul odor, the sight of pox or pustules), as well as stimulus–response systems through which these sensory cues trigger a cascade of aversive affective, cognitive, and behavioral reactions (e.g., arousal of disgust ...

  9. Couple Accused of Faking 6-Year-Old Son's Cancer, Raising ...

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    A couple in Australia have been accused of faking their young son's cancer diagnosis "It will be alleged that the accused shaved their 6-year-old child’s head, eyebrows, placed him in a ...