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(Reuters) - Men in Iceland have the best shot at living into old age, while women in Cyprus do, according to a study published on Thursday in the Lancet medical journal.
In most places, men have twice the relative mortality rate of women, Dr. Christo...
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — World Cup soccer matches will be held for a month beginning June 11 in South Africa. Foreign ticket sales, particularly in Europe, have been disappointing, but organisers still expect up to 350,000 people to travel h...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Women could help reduce childhood obesity by maintaining a healthy weight when they become pregnant and by breast-feeding their babies, a US government panel has found.
The suggestions were among 70 recommendations in the panel's re...
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Doctors use gene sequence to predict health risks
LONDON (AP) -- The ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Iron Man 2" dominated the weekend box office. The sequel starring Robert Downey Jr. as Marvel billionaire superhero Tony Stark debuted with $128.1 million, landing the record for the fifth-biggest opening weekend behind "The Dark ...
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METZ, France (AP) — It's France's newest architectural wonder, and it looks something like an enormous white floppy sun hat. Or a giant swimming manta ray, or maybe an alien spacecraft.
The new Pompidou Center art museum in the eastern French city of...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Bone marrow transplants are undergoing a quiet revolution: No longer just for cancer, research is under way to ease the risks so they can target more people with diseases from sickle cell to deadly metabolic disorders.
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Dear Annie: Some time ago, my boyfriend and I spent the night with his best friend, "Jimmy," and his girlfriend, "Eve." During that time, my boyfriend asked me not to bring up the couple's relationship troubles. Jimmy was cheating on Eve, even though...
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Bypass, stents equally safe five years on - study
WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - Patients who got heart bypass surgery and those who got their blocked arteries propped open with stents fared equally well five years after their procedures, South Korean...
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Lions and cheetah, check. Water buffalo, check. Rhino, hippo and leopard. check. Penguins, check. South Africa has them all.
The country has nearly 600 national parks and reserves, plenty of opportunity for the horde...
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