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Octomom doc loses California medical license

Jun 2, 2011, 21:07 GMT

Los Angeles - A doctor who helped an unemployed mother of six conceive octuplets has been stripped of his medical license by the California Medical Board for not using sound judgment, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. ... more

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Two suspected typhoid deaths in Zimbabwe

Feb 13, 2012, 13:45 GMT

Harare - The Health Ministry in Zimbabwe said on Monday it has recorded two suspected typhoid deaths, as an outbreak of the disease appeared to worsen. ... more

Thousands still suffering from leprosy in Western Pacific, WHO says

Feb 13, 2012, 8:36 GMT

Manila - Leprosy still afflicts more than 5,000 new patients each year in the Western Pacific despite being considered eliminated in the region by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 1991, officials said Monday. ... more

A blood test to detect cancer early?

Feb 13, 2012, 3:06 GMT

Tel Aviv - A simple blood test to detect cancer early on? Israeli researchers believe they have developed one. ... more

Poisonous mushroom blamed for unexplained deaths in China

Feb 13, 2012, 3:05 GMT

Berlin - A previously unknown poisonous mushroom is the culprit in scores of mysterious deaths in China, according to a team of Chinese researchers who reported their findings in the German journal Angewandte Chemie (Applied Chemistry). ... more

Fit people perspire too: Sports myths often wrong

Feb 13, 2012, 3:05 GMT

Cologne - Sport and keeping fit are activities which are riddled with myth, and many of them are misleading, in the view of Ingo Froboese, a health professor at a sports college in Cologne, Germany. ... more

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Gloves come off as Church weighs in on birth control (News Feature)

Mar 3, 2011, 5:57 GMT

Tarlac City, Philippines - As their priest listed the reasons why a bill promoting birth control should not be made law in the Philippines, the congregation of San Sebastian Cathedral nodded their agreement. ... more

Michelle Obama's controversial rib (Feature)

Feb 24, 2011, 3:01 GMT

Washington - Beyond Biblical connotations, only a few times in history has a rib given rise to so much talk: media attention in the United States is currently focused on what US First Lady Michelle Obama has for dinner. ... more

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