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Prosecutors: Story of man urinating on black girl made up

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Hybrid teenager: first known offspring of Neanderthal and Denisovan

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John McCain to Discontinue Medical Treatment for Brain Cancer

In the wake of this announcement, Meghan McCain thanked everyone for the 'strength to carry on'. His illness hasn't stopped McCain from being a political fo...

Coconut oil is 'pure poison,' Harvard professor says in talk on nutrition

According to her, coconut oil is a poison . Butter, in comparison, is only made up of 60 percent saturated fat while beef fat contains around 40 percent. O...

Serbia Among Europe's Worst Hit by Measles, WHO

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Ebola death toll in DR Congo rises to 55

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Former CDC director accused of groping woman in NY

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There is no safe level of alcohol intake, study warns

She explained: "This study goes further than others by considering a number of factors including alcohol sales, self-reported data on the amount of alcohol dr...

King Bio recalls children's medicine due to potential contamination

King Bio's recalling nearly a year's worth of 32 homeopathic children's medicines that claim to treat everything from stomachaches to bed wetting. The contami...

Coconut oil is pure poison, says professor

He called the substance "one of the worst things you can eat" that was as good for well-being as "pure poison", reports The Guardian . The oil has "no known of...

Woman Contracts UK’s First Reported Case Of Rare Flesh-Eating STD

Donovanosis is an STD caused by a bacterium called Klebsiella granulomatis , according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH ). The British Associati...

New cervical cancer guidance: Use HPV tests

The Pap smear has always been the gold standard for cervical cancer screening , but an expert panel now says the human papillomavirus, or HPV, test is also a...

Gut enzymes convert donor blood to much-needed universal type O

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Open-plan offices put a spring in your step

The paper appears in Occupational and Environmental Medicine . The US study used chest sensors to track movement and heart rate in hundreds of people in diff...

Test positive for West Nile virus

Two dead ravens found in southeast B.C. have tested positive for West Nile virus, marking the first evidence of the virus in the province this year. IH and th...

West Nile virus found in mosquito traps in Stafford

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Facebook, NYU team up to use AI to accelerate MRI scans

To realize those benefits, NYU is exploring using technology to reconstruct data generated during fast MRI scans. Daniel Sodickson, vice chair for research in r...

Vaping may increase risk of cancer, researchers have found

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Missing Iowa College Student Mollie Tibbetts Found Dead

He would receive a mandatory life sentence if convicted. The videos had captured images of Tibbetts running as well as a Black Chevy Malibu that investigators...

New measles cases in Europe hit record high

In total, there's been at least 37 deaths due to measles across the continent in 2018. At least 107 cases of the disease have been reported in 21 states thi...

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People on low-carb diets die younger, says science

But what if we told you that you didn't need to give up your body's preferred source of energy or your occasional favorite sweet treat in the name of health...

Harvard professor slams coconut oil, says, ‘It’s pure poison’

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Ariana Grande opens up about the Manchester attack in new interview

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Eye-opening study: Many people flush old contact lenses away

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