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Avoiding estrogen therapy led to deaths of nearly 50,000 women, study says

20.07.2013 15:05
Doctors believe that misconceptions about the risks of estrogen therapy have led to the premature deaths of nearly 50,000 women in the past 10 years, the Los Angeles Times reported. Estrogen therapy has long been a controversial topic in the medical world. Before 2002, more than 90 percent...

Four Elderly Men Held Captive in Houston Home

20.07.2013 14:28
Four elderly homeless men were found this morning being held against their will in "deplorable conditions" at a Houston home, police said, alleging that the men were victims of a scheme to cash their government assistance checks. Following a call to conduct a welfare check on the home in North...

Wrong Zip Code Can Mean Shorter Life Expectancy

20.07.2013 14:18
The Treme neighborhood is only a few miles from the Lakeview neighborhood in New Orleans, but in terms of life expectancy those few miles might as well be worlds away. While residents in Lakeview have a life expectancy of approximately 80 years, which is slightly more than the U.S. average of 79...

Spanish hostages freed from Somalia

19.07.2013 13:33
Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Kenya nearly two years ago and held over the border in Somali have been freed, their employer has said. Medecins Sans Frontieres said the two women were both "safe and healthy and keen to join their loved ones". Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut were...

Alcohol deaths in young women show 'worrying rise'

19.07.2013 13:26
Deaths from alcohol-related disease in young women are rising, contrary to the overall trend, a study suggests. Experts looked at deaths in men and women of all ages in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester from 1980 to 2011. They said the results for women born in the 1970s should be a "warning...

Cuban baseball star Misael Siverio 'defects to US'

19.07.2013 13:18
A baseball player from Cuba's national team has reportedly defected to the United States ahead of five matches against a US college stars team. The 24-year-old pitcher Misael Siverio is said to have disappeared from the hotel where the Cuban national team had been staying in the US state of...

Boston suspect Tsarnaev 'manhunt photos' leaked

19.07.2013 13:10
A US police photographer has leaked images of Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev during his capture in anger at the picture used by Rolling Stone magazine for its next cover. Police Sgt Sean Murphy said his photos showed "the real bomber" - the magazine cover was "hurtful" to the victims'...

Egypt's Coptic Christians pay price of political tumult

19.07.2013 12:59
Khamis had no other choice than to leave his house in the village of Dalga, near the central Egyptian city of Minya. After an arson attack on his cousin's house and the fatal shooting of another relative, he fled into hiding with his wife and six children. He said they had been singled out for...

Justin Bieber Falls In Love With Colombia, Buys Mansion In Cartagena

19.07.2013 12:51
Justin Bieber will soon be taking his antics to South America on a more permanent basis. The singer has purchased a $2 million mansion in Colombia. According to Colombian media, Bieber’s new crib is in the Caribbean coastal city of Cartagena. The star got to know the so-called "Heroic City" last...

Patient ‘cured’ of leukemia after experimental treatment

13.07.2013 17:21
A patient enrolled in a phase one trial testing an experimental treatment for leukemia has been declared cancer-free, Medical Daily reported. Lynsie Conradi, 23, had been battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia for eight years and had experienced her second relapse when she enrolled in the trial...
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