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Canada moves to legalize doctor-assisted suicide

Canada moves to legalize doctor-assisted suicide

Canada took a significant step towards allowing dying people to seek medical help to end their lives after Prime Minister…
Marriage boosts cancer survival rates, study finds

Marriage boosts cancer survival rates, study finds

An American study has linked marriage to higher survival rates in cancer patients. Contrary to popular belief, a couple's socio-economic status…
‘Invisible’ train set to roll in 2018

‘Invisible’ train set to roll in 2018

It's a train out of a "Hunger Games" world.Except it could actually happen.
Brazilian scientists find new Zika-linked brain disorder in adults

Brazilian scientists find new Zika-linked brain disorder in adults

Scientists in Brazil have uncovered a new brain disorder associated with Zika infections in adults: an autoimmune syndrome called acute…
Why do Alzheimer’s patients stop recognising loved ones?

Why do Alzheimer’s patients stop recognising loved ones?

Many families are confronted with the harsh reality of Alzheimer's when a family member suffering from the disease no longer…
Vegetable fat not the route to a healthy heart: study

Vegetable fat not the route to a healthy heart: study

Replacing animal fat in the human diet with vegetable oil seems not to lower heart disease risk, and might even…
Facebook to let users buy tickets directly

Facebook to let users buy tickets directly

Facebook users will soon be able to buy tickets directly as the social networking giant expands further into e-commerce, company…
Yellow fever outbreak kills 21 in Congo, WHO says

Yellow fever outbreak kills 21 in Congo, WHO says

Twenty-one people have died of yellow fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo, some of them from infections contracted in…
Two statues discovered on Aswan’s Elephantine island

Two statues discovered on Aswan’s Elephantine island

The Swiss mission working on Elephantine Island in Aswan, headed by archaeologist Cornelius Pilgrim, has unearthed two statues, one of…
Study of Neanderthal Y chromosome hints at fertility problems

Study of Neanderthal Y chromosome hints at fertility problems

The first examination of a long-extinct Neanderthal's Y chromosome suggests that fertility problems may have prevented Neanderthal men from successfully…
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