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U.S. Will Need 52,000 More Family Docs by 2025: Study

By Andrew M. Seaman | Nov 17, 2012 02:58 PM EST

A growing and aging population, along with increased access to health insurance, will create the need for 52,000 more primary care doctors within the U.S. by the year 2025.

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Cutting Food Production Waste Could Feed 1 Billion Additional People

By Makini Brice | Oct 10, 2012 06:55 PM EDT

There are currently about 7 billion people living on the planet as of last year, and it does not appear that there will be any fewer of us in the foreseeable future.

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180,000-Year-Old Mutation Allowed Humans to Become Vegetarians and Move Out of Africa

By Christine Hsu | Sep 21, 2012 12:28 PM EDT

Early humans were able to move from Africa after a single genetic mutation allowed them to become vegetarians, scientists claim.

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