Tag: internet
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From tweets to streets, Zimbabwe social media anger erupts into anti-Mugabe protests
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) – Organisers of a general strike against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe pledged on Thursday to continue action until he falls, as a spontaneous social media movement has coalesced into the biggest uprising against his rule in nearly a decade. Zimbabweans have been using the Internet in recent weeks to mobilise…
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Google Improves Its Symptoms Search Results With Help From Medical Professionals
Google has improved its symptoms-searching capabilities for the millions of people turning to the internet to diagnose their health conditions. The new algorithm gives users a list of related conditions when they search their medical symptoms. Google will also give an overview description for individual symptoms and self-treatment options, the tech giant explained in a…
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Does heart disease mean a less active sex life?
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Middle-aged adults with recently diagnosed heart disease may be less sexually active than their healthier peers, a recent U.K. study suggests. Researchers analyzed survey data from about 3,000 men and 3,700 women aged 50 and older, including 376 men and 279 women with heart disease. Among heart disease patients…
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Medicare program spending within target rate: trustees
The U.S. federal program that pays elderly Americans’ hospital bills will exhaust its reserves in 2028, two years sooner than last year’s estimate, trustees of the program said on Wednesday, but spending growth remained within forecasts. The Medicare program, which provides health coverage for more than 55 million older as well as disabled people, said…
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Volkswagen owners close ranks as investors vent fury over crisis
By Andreas Cremer HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) – Volkswagen's top shareholders closed ranks behind management on Wednesday, defying a torrent of criticism from smaller investors about the German carmaker's emissions test cheating and its response to the scandal. Europe's largest automaker was holding its first annual shareholder meeting since admitting in September to rigging U.S. diesel…
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Could This Be The Secret To Better Sleep
We're all familiar with the feeling of early morning dread that results from a night of tossing and turning, meticulously counting the hours of rest that could be obtained if you were just able to fall asleep now and the incessant frustration that comes after yet another night of bad sleep. Most of us, however,…
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Reliance on China health sector raises searching questions for Baidu
By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – The death of a student following experimental cancer treatment he found through China's biggest search engine, Baidu Inc , has exposed the faultlines in the company's business model, which relies heavily on income from the country's lightly regulated health sector. Before his death, student Wei Zexi, 21, criticized the…