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Understanding violent crime: expert Q&A

June 26, 2015

Dylann Roof, 21, has been charged with nine counts of murder in this week’s mass shooting in Charleston, SC. Roof is accused of opening fire after he attended a prayer meeting at a historic African-American church Wednesday night. WebMD talked […]

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Supreme Court upholds Obama Health Care Law

June 26, 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the reach of the Obama health care law, rescuing the program from a potentially fatal legal challenge for the second time since Obamacare’s inception. By a 6-3 vote, the justices […]

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France carries out first ‘ceramic sternum’ transplant

June 25, 2015

French doctors have successfully carried out the world’s first transplant of a ceramic sternum, the product’s makers said on Tuesday. The operation was carried out on March 19 at the University Hospital Centre in Limoges, central France, on a woman […]

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A sea change in treating heart attacks

June 25, 2015

Yvette Samuels was listening to jazz late one night when she felt a stabbing pain down her left shoulder. She suspected a heart attack — she had heard about the symptoms from watching a Rosie O’Donnell standup routine on television […]

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Samsung heir apologises for spread of Mers by hospital his foundation runs

June 24, 2015

The heir of the Samsung business group has made a deep bow of apology on national television as criticism mounts on a Samsung hospital for its role in spreading the Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers). Lee Jae-yong, 47, apologised to […]

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Pakistan heatwave: Death toll crosses 700 people in Sindh

June 24, 2015

The death toll from an ongoing heatwave in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has passed 700, local media said, as mortuaries reached capacity. Dawn newspaper said at least 744 people had died in Karachi and 38 in other areas, citing a […]

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Jamie Oliver to slap tax on sugary drinks at restaurants

June 24, 2015

British celebrity chef and healthy eating crusader Jamie Oliver has slapped a surcharge on sugary drinks sold throughout his restaurant empire. After speaking out against the empty calories and nutritional hazards of fizzy, sugary drinks for kids, Oliver has made […]

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Doctors Find 50-Year-Old Fetus in Woman’s Abdomen

June 23, 2015

When a 92-year-old Chilean woman was taken to the hospital after a fall recently, doctors performed a routine exam and were shocked when a hip X-ray revealed a 4.4-pound fetus filling her abdominal cavity. Hospital director Margo Vargas Lazo tells […]

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Hawaii becomes first U.S. state to raise smoking age to 21

June 22, 2015

Hawaii’s governor on Friday signed a bill raising the legal smoking age statewide to 21, the first U.S. state to do so. The law takes effect on Jan 1, 2016, and will also ban the sale, purchase or use of […]

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Singapore Continence Week launched

June 19, 2015

Jointly organised by Singapore Urological Association and Society for Continence (Singapore), a series of free public forums will be organised in conjunction with Singapore Continence Week A new class of treatment for overactive bladder The Singapore Urological Association (SUA) and […]

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