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Are you ready for the toilet of the future?
Newsvine
— While most bathrooms in the United States are business as usual, toilets in Japan and in some parts of Europe are high-tech wonders, overflowing with luxurious amenities such as heated seats, sound effects, built-in bidets and lids that raise automatically. But the toilets lids aren’t the...
'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Burbank at 38
Syracuse
(AP) - BURBANK, Calif. - The Los Angeles coroner's office says "The Lost Boys" actor Corey Haim is dead at 38. Coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said Wednesday that Haim died at 2:15 a.m. at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. She said an...
Realities
The Daily Tribune
EDITORIAL 03/11/2010 Politicians seeking national seats need every vote that counts. This is a political reality. While they may court voters in vote rich regions, they also know that they have to get the support of other local politicians, to oil...
CA nixes habeas plea; Morong 43 to stay in jail
The Daily Tribune
By Benjamin B. Pulta 03/11/2010 A close vote by the Court of Appeals (CA) has ruled that 43 health workers or the so-called “Morong 43” under detention for alleged bomb-making operations will remain in jail after the appellate court junked their...
Runaway Prius crashes in Westchester
Newsday
March 10, 2010 HARRISON -- Police in Westchester County are analyzing a Toyota Prius that crashed after the driver said its accelerator stuck. The 2005 Prius slammed into a stone wall on Tuesday, toppling boulders. The driver escaped serious injury....

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Children's health on agenda at European WHO conference
m&c
Parma, Italy - A three-day conference of Europe's 53 members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) opened Wednesday in Italy, focussing on clean water, sanitation, air pollution...
An Ambulance is racing for a rescue - Manila, Philippines
WN / Arturo Ubaub
Asante-Mampong Hospital takes delivery of ambulance
Joy Online
The Italian City of Reggio Emelia has presented a specially equipped ambulance valued at GH¢50,000.00 to the Asante-Mampong District Hospital. The ambulance was donated to the...

WN / Sweet Radoc
Papaya leaf extract used to treat certain cancers
The Examiner
A brewed pot of papaya leaf extract tea may be just what the doctor may order AP Photo/US Consumer Product Safety Commission If you like this ... African American women twice as...
A women's group meets in Upper Egypt to discuss HIV/AIDS. A new report says 3,735 Egyptians were living with HIV at the end of 2008
IRIN News / G Pirozzi/UNAIDS
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
The Examiner
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President Barack Obama is seen through the teleprompter as he addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010.
AP / Charles Dharapak
Obama pushing on health care end game
Philadelphia Daily News
ERICA WERNER The Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a...
Wine - Alcohol - Liquor
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Bahrain's lower chamber seeks complete ban on alcohol
Gulf News
Manama: Bahrain could become a dry country if a Bill backed by the parliament’s lower chamber to ban the import and sale of alcohol goes through the upper chamber. The...
Indonesian paramilitary policemen carry their weapons during a search for militants in Aceh Besar, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
AP / Heri Juanda
Suspect's Death Leads to Questions on Indonesia's Border Security
The New York Times
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The fugitive Islamic militant killed by Indonesian security forces traveled to Indonesia from the Philippines within the last few months, police officals...
Bernard Kouchner, Minister for Foreign Affairs of France, at the Security Council Chamber, prior to a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.
UN / Mark Garten
French minister's remark in Kosovo criticized
Syracuse
(AP) - BELGRADE, Serbia - An Austria-based media watchdog is condemning French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's recent remark that a Serb reporter was "insane" for asking him a...
Google
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Orlando to Google: Pick us to test super-high-speed Google broadband
Syracuse
(AP) - MCT REGIONAL NEWS By Mark Schlueb The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. (MCT) Mar. 10--Topeka renamed itself " Google, Kan." The mayor of Duluth, Minn., jumped into frigid Lake...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Gates said that U.S. and British citizens were the targets of the violent siege in Mumbai, although most of those killed in the city, the nation's financial capital, were Indians. He also said Tuesday that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, had gone to the region to meet with official
AP / Lawrence Jackson
Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran
The New York Times
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on Wednesday for talks with the Saudi royal family that senior defense officials said would be focused...
Coffee Drink
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Scientists say 11am is perfect time for coffee break
Indian Express
If you are among those who desperately need a midmorning coffee break, then go for it at 11 a.m., as scientists claim a formula they have devised proves that 'elevenses' is the...
HIV patients wait to receive their anti-retroviral medicine at the Deborah Retief hospital in Moshundi, Botswana
AP / Jerome Delay
Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men
Zeenews
New York: Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual...
Pill, Medicine
Creative Commons / Destinys Agent
Anti-depressants, anti-anxiety medications increase cataract risks
Canada Dot Com
Certain frequently prescribed pills for depression and anxiety are associated with an increased risk of cataracts in the eyes, a study by B.C. and Quebec researchers shows. Using a...
Soda - Softdrinks
WN / sweet
Junk Food Tax Could Improve Health
ABC News
By KRISTINA FIORE March 10, 2010 Taxing junk food may help reduce obesity and improve health, researchers have found. Researchers have found that taxing junk food, such as soda and...
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A Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) in Yellowstone National Park. Disease forces DWR to kill bighorn sheep
The Salt Lake Tribune
by Brett Prettyman The Salt Lake TribuneUpdated: 03/09/2010 07:50:00 PM MST Dutch John The Utah Division of Wildlife Resource has paid big bucks... (photo: Creative Commons / Lincoln.abraham)
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Drug Store - Pharmacy - Philippines DoH working on new round of drug price cuts
Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Health is 'working on' another round of drug price cuts before President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's term ends... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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Mental Health Center Online questionnaire effective screening tool for mental health problems
Newstrack India
Washington, March 9 (ANI): A one-page, 27-item questionnaire, available free online, is an effective tool to aid primary care doctors screen patients... (photo: Creative Commons / KENPEI)
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 KLdy1 - Aug06 - hospital - health insurance - health benefits - care and treatment - medical - surgical - psychiatric. (dy1) Psychiatric Group Proposes Updates To Diagnosis Of Conditions
redOrbit
Posted on: Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 13:23 CST Officials at the American Psychiatric Association are proposing major changes to its diagnostic... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
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Wine - Alcohol Alcohol May be Included in Special Diet for Women
Pravda RU
As has been shared by a new research women who are moderate drinkers tend to gain less weight over time than teetotalers. The risk of becoming... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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Cellphones - Mobile Phones Cellphones Africa’s latest tool against HIV-AIDS infections
Taipei Times
Cellphones may be a key weapon in the war against HIV and AIDS in Africa, the head of the UNAIDS agency said. The relatively new technology has a role... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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