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Thank you for playing!  The fights that continue to happen very quickly are by design.  Those are rooms which have the forced fights.  If they aren't forced you can run away and won't run into combat for some time.  If you level up twice outside before entering the lab, it gets easier.  Max level is 5.  Each level up, you get your health back and there's other bonuses once you've leveled up a couple of times.