mysteries—but instead of figuring out "who done it" like a police detective would, they figure out "what caused it." They find relationships between a medical condition and things like human behavior, environmental toxins, genes, medical treatments, other diseases, and geographical location. For example, they ask questions like what causes multiple sclerosis. How can we prevent brain cancer? What is the "vector" or animal that is transmitting the Hantavirus? Which populations are most at risk from a new flu…
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