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ScienceBloggers Answer: What is a Disease?

Posted on: February 15, 2008 9:00 AM, by Virginia Hughes

dice.jpgIt's winter. And here in NYC, that means it's cold, icy, and generally miserable. Everyone I know is coughing, aching, sneezing, and blowing noses. Ten million sick readers undoubtedly want to know the answer to our latest "Ask A ScienceBlogger" question:

What is a Disease?

Four scibling responses below the fold...

Greg and John discuss how evolution changes what's classified as a "disease." Mike narrows the question down to infectious diseases. And Janet wonders how pharmaceutical advertising may affect our feelings of health.

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