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6 Die From Brain-Eating Amoeba in Lakes

By CHRIS KAHN, Associated Press Writer, Medicine & Health / Health
(AP) -- It sounds like science fiction but it's true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die.



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