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• Explaining Muscular Dystrophy to Your Family and Friends

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• What Causes Ear Infections?

  When you hear about an ear infection, it usually refers to a middle ear infection, wherein your middle ear gets inflamed. The middle ear is the part of the ear just behind the eardrum. Ear infections are most commonly caused by bacteria and viruses.An ear infection can either be acute or chronic....

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• How Does the Flu Spread?

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