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Child abuse may shorten cell lifeline: study
AFP - Fri Nov 20, 2:35 PM
PARIS (AFP) - Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.
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Cinema popcorn is nutritional horror show: US study
AFP - Thu Nov 19, 2:37 PM
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Forget Freddy Krueger or flesh-eating zombies: the real villain of a night at the movies could be lurking in a bag of popcorn or drinks carton, according to a new US study.
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Separated Bangladeshi twin wakes up: hospital
AFP - Wed Nov 18, 8:08 PM
MELBOURNE (AFP) - A Bangladeshi girl separated from her conjoined twin in marathon surgery has woken up, just two days after the operation in Australia, hospital officials said on Thursday.
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Study finds that amputee runner Pistorius gets big advantage from prosthetics
The Canadian Press - Wed Nov 18, 11:06 AM
LONDON - The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-metre race, according to a new study.
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Swine flu toll climbs by around 500: WHO
AFP - Fri Nov 20, 11:16 AM
GENEVA (AFP) - Around 6,750 people have died from the swine flu pandemic, World Health Organisation data showed Friday, about 500 more than a week ago.
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Obama poised to follow in Lyndon Johnson's footsteps with health-care reform
The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 19, 4:07 PM
WASHINGTON - Many have tried, and almost all have failed - but Barack Obama stands on the brink of becoming only the second U.S. president in history to achieve a sweeping overhaul of the country's troubled health-care system.
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