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He heard it all: Man allegedly in vegetative coma was conscious for decades, could not respond
The Canadian Press - Mon Nov 23, 11:39 AM
BRUSSELS, Belgium - A mother says her son has emerged from what doctors thought was a vegetative state to say he was fully conscious for 23 years but could not respond because he was paralyzed.
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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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New guidelines say less frequent Paps OK to detect cervical cancer
The Canadian Press - Fri Nov 20, 9:20 AM
WASHINGTON - Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that is enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.
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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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Alberta health minister looks to taxpayers to make up for lost health premiums
The Canadian Press - Thu Nov 19, 12:52 PM
EDMONTON - Alberta's health minister is thinking about a new way for taxpayers to put money towards health care.
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