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Handbags have more germs than toilet seats, study finds

According to a study by Initial Washroom Hygiene, handbags have up to ten times the level of microbiological activity on them than an average toilet seat. Willem Marx reports from London.

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Young Innovators: Teen tackles cancer diagnosis

After his close friend died from pancreatic cancer, 16-year-old Jack Andraka unleashed his hyper-drive intellect on preventing more cancer deaths. And as Jim Axelrod reports, the teen created a much faster and far cheaper detection method for pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer.

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Psychoanalyst-photographer Mark Gerald documents the couch, little changed since Freud

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Controversial update to psychiatry manual, DSM-5, arrives

Latest major revision since 1994 has been met with opposition from health advocates, medical community
Handbags may contain more germs than average toilet flush

Handbag handle the dirtiest part of the bag; Face or hand creams inside the purse had the most germs
Aimee Copeland, woman who survived flesh-eating infection, receives bionic hands

Aimee Copeland appeared in video trying out her new hands on everyday activities like hanging clothes, wiping a table
Depression may double stroke risk for middle-aged women

Experts question if stroke risk related to women taking antidepressants
Mild brain shock may improve math skills

Math struggles are present in about 20 percent of healthy adults and children, according to researchers
Demand for organic foods boosts industry's sway

Organic industry has exploded in the last decade, with $35 billion in sales and 10 percent growth just last year.
CDC finds mental health woes in one in five U.S. kids

ADHD was the most prevalent diagnosis in U.S. children and teens between the ages of 3 and 17
Parasite may make malaria-infected mosquitoes love smelly humans

Mosquitoes infected by Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites were more likely to land on, bite smelly socks than non-infected
Smoking marijuana linked to lower diabetes risk in study

Current pot smokers had 16 percent lower fasting insulin levels and 17 percent lower levels of insulin resistance than non-smokers
Cancer patients more than twice as likely to go bankrupt, study shows

Cancer patients who filed for bankruptcy were more likely to be younger, women and not white, researchers found
Traumatic brain injury may increase suicide risk for military personnel

21.7 percent of soldiers with at least one TBI thought about killing themselves, compared to 0 percent of those without injury
In Boston, "recovery from this marathon is not a sprint"

Doctors may be only now finding out the extent of bombing victims' other injuries, including auditory damage and psychological trauma

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