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Mobile technology can help in prevention of diabetes: Study
NEW YORK: Text messages sent via mobile phones that advise healthy behaviours such as to exercise, eat less fats and consume more fruits and vegetables have the potential to prevent the risk of developing diabetes, reveals a study. The study has broad implications for diabetes prevention at the...
Parched India Village Uses Crowdfunding to Build Canal
When farmers in the scorched village of Horti in Western India were struggling to raise money for a canal, they turned to an unlikely source: a crowdfunding website called FuelADream. The farmers had never heard of crowdfunding before, but a local non-profit group suggested the site and helped...
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Amish House Dust Found To Protect Kids Against Asthma
The Amish might be better known for beards and "barn-raising" than biomedical studies, but a new study has found a fascinating link between low asthma rates in Amish children and their house’s dust. The research, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that the “Amish environment”...
There's Very Little Evidence That Flossing Actually Works
Don't lie, everybody exaggerates how often they floss when they go to the dentist. However, maybe there’s no need to feel wracked with guilt the next time you skip a flossing session – there’s surprisingly little scientific evidence that flossing is good for your dental...
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Rio Olympics: Phelps says dopers shouldn't be allowed to compete
RIO DE JANEIRO: Olympic superstar Michael Phelps on Monday said drug cheats shouldn't be allowed back into sport after doping rows clouded the opening days of the Rio Olympics. Phelps said "it breaks my heart" after controversy over athletes who have previously failed drugs tests broke...
Rio 2016: Wozniacki knocked out by Kvitova in straight sets
The Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova knocked out former world number one Caroline Wozniacki in the second round of the Rio Olympics yesterday in another poorly attended tennis match on centre...
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Alien megastructure star’s strange behaviour can’t be understood with traditional explanations, scientists say
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Alien megastructure star’s strange behaviour can’t be understood with ...
Alien megastructure star’s strange behaviour can’t be understood with traditional explanations, scientists say
The star that some say has a huge alien megastructure built around it just got even...
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[VIDEO]: Exploring Titan's Liquid Lakes A Challenge For Scientists, Engineers
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An exciting space mission to the liquid methane lakes on the surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and liquid oceans under the icy surfaces of many of the giant gas planets’ other moons is possible, scientists say,...
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Turkey continued to ratchet up pressure on the United States concerning the extradition of a Pennsylvania-based cleric accused of planning a failed coup attempt, saying failure to return Fethullah Gulen would cause great...
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Erdogan’s meeting with Putin will tell us what the future holds for Syria
Erdogan’s meeting with Putin will tell us what the future holds for Syria
So the Sultan travels to see the Tsar at the royal seat of St Petersburg. And the Caliph of Damascus will watch from Syria with the conviction that Ba’ath Party policy has once again proved its worth. The...
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Clinton's spending big on Olympics TVs ads, Trump airs none
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Rio Olympics are in full swing: Michael Phelps is back to winning races in the pool, Simone Biles is running up the score in the gym and Hillary Clinton is advertising with eyes on doing just as...
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German Prosecutors Discover 8 Additional Nazi Camp Suspects
German Prosecutors Discover 8 Additional Nazi Camp Suspects
Applying new legal reasoning, German prosecutors say they have tracked down eight people who allegedly worked at the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during...
Franz Kafka: Israeli library wins legal battle over unpublished papers
Franz Kafka: Israeli library wins legal battle over unpublished papers
Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that a collection of unpublished Franz Kafka manuscripts must be transferred from an Israeli family to the country's national...
Turkey coup attempt: Number of people detained passes 26,000 amid international concern over crackdown
Turkey coup attempt: Number of people detained passes 26,000 amid international concern over crackdown
The number of people detained by Turkish authorities following the failed coup to oust...
'Iron Lady of Manipur': World's longest hunger strike to end
'Iron Lady of Manipur': World's longest hunger strike to end
(CNN)After nearly 16 years, the world's longest hunger strike is due to come to an end Tuesday. Human rights activist Irom Sharmila started her strike in 2000,...
Lost teen changes clothes, dyes hair and flees rescuers when she is found
Lost teen changes clothes, dyes hair and flees rescuers when she is found
Fauna Jackson disappeared during a bathroom break Thursday morning into the deep, rugged wilderness of Grand Teton National Park. Rangers scoured the area but...
Delta soothes stranded flyers with refunds and vouchers
Delta soothes stranded flyers with refunds and vouchers
Delta Air Lines will be handing out refunds and travel vouchers as penance for the latest computer malfunction to knock a major airline off stride. The US...
American University of Afghanistan in Kabul closed after kidnappings
American University of Afghanistan in Kabul closed after kidnappings
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)The American University of Afghanistan has temporarily suspended campus operations after two of its teachers were kidnapped at gunpoint...
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A Surprise Shill for Big Pharma?
A Surprise Shill for Big Pharma?
Patient groups the focus of a new report that asks questions about ties to corporate pharmaceutical...
Larry Wilmore Rips Trump's Surrogates for Their Flimsy Efforts to Paint Trump as a Reasonable Guy
Larry Wilmore Rips Trump's Surrogates for Their Flimsy Efforts to Paint Trump as a Reasonable Guy
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Lawmaker Proposes Donald Trump Be Banned Forever From the Philippines
Lawmaker Proposes Donald Trump Be Banned Forever From the Philippines
Trump isn't making many friends. A lawmaker in the Philippines is calling for a ban on Donald Trump...
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Matt Taibbi on Libor, Cartel-Style Finance & How Failure to Fix Wall St. Has Propelled ...
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In financial news, British banking giant Barclays Bank has agreed to pay $100 million in a...
Handcuffed While Dying: Police Killing of Black Teenager Paul O'Neal Sparks Protests in Chicago
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Chicago is once again rocked by protests over police brutality, following the release of video...
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