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Cameron warns health services, pensions could face cuts post-Brexit
Pensions and the publicly funded National Health Service could face cuts if Britons vote to leave the European Union, Prime Minister David Cameron told a Sunday newspaper, seeking to win support from some of the most pro-Brexit members of the public. Polls, which show Britons are evenly divided ahead of a June 23 referendum on…
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When stars seek medical care, risk of ‘VIP Syndrome’ looms
One doctor delivered test results to Prince's home. Another sent his son, who wasn't a physician, on a cross-country flight to bring medication to the music star.
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UK’s Cameron warns health services, pensions could face cuts post-Brexit
Pensions and the publicly funded National Health Service could face cuts if Britons vote to leave the European Union, Prime Minister David Cameron told a Sunday newspaper, seeking to win support from some of the most pro-Brexit members of the public. Polls, which show Britons are evenly divided ahead of a June 23 referendum on…
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Leprosy sufferers step up fight against stigma at Vatican
Former leprosy sufferers testified Friday at a Vatican conference about the stigma linked to the disease which still persists in some societies, and about their attempts to fight exclusion. Although it has been eradicated almost globally through treatments developed in the 1980s, leprosy still affects 200,000 people a year, particularly in India, Indonesia and Brazil.…
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9 Reasons Women Should Not Be Afraid To Lift Heavy Weights
The myth that women who lift heavy weights will end up with a “bulky” or “manly” physique should be demolished. It’s simply not true. Lifting heavier weight will not automatically turn us into massive body builders, unless of course that’s what you want and you put in some serious effort for it. But for women…
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Pregnant NBC ‘Today’ anchor Guthrie skipping Olympics due to Zika
Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of NBC's “Today” show, said on Tuesday she is pregnant and will not travel to Brazil to cover the Olympics in August for the network due to concerns over the Zika virus, which has been linked to the birth defect microcephaly. “I'm not going to be able to go to Rio,” Guthrie…
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China issues corruption warning after training center visits
China’s top graft buster followed up a series of inspections of elite sports training centers by reiterating its warning against corruption in the run-up to the Rio Olympics on Monday. The Beijing Sport University and the Olympic Training center were among departments visited by inspectors attached to the sports ministry, the ruling Communist Party’s Central…
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Olympics-China issues corruption warning after training centre visits
China’s top graft buster followed up a series of inspections of elite sports training centres by reiterating its warning against corruption in the run-up to the Rio Olympics on Monday. The Beijing Sport University and the Olympic Training centre were among departments visited by inspectors attached to the sports ministry, the ruling Communist Party’s Central…