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Polish parliament rejects near-total abortion ban after protests
By Pawel Sobczak and Marcin Goettig WARSAW (Reuters) – Following protests by tens of thousands of women, Polish lawmakers on Thursday rejected plans for a near-total ban on abortion, in a hastily arranged vote that marks the first major domestic setback for the conservative government. The ruling Law and Justice party (PIS) unexpectedly withdrew its…
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UK nurse who got Ebola in West Africa hospitalized again
LONDON (AP) — A British nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone has been hospitalized for a fourth time.
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Tissue leftover from facelift can help plump lips
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Women getting cosmetic surgery to lift up sagging cheeks and jowls may be able to use some of the tissue removed during the procedure to plump up their lips, a small U.S. study suggests. Five years after getting a facelift followed by lip augmentation using leftover tissue, patients still…
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Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down restrictive abortion law
Oklahoma’s highest court on Tuesday struck down a law imposing restrictions on abortion providers, including a requirement that they take samples of fetal tissue from patients younger than 14 and preserve them for state investigators. The law also set new criminal penalties for providers who violate abortion-related statutes as well as individuals who help a…
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Japan’s Ohsumi wins Nobel for studies of cell ‘self-eating’
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries on how cells break down and recycle parts of themselves in an internal garbage disposal process.
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Japan’s Ohsumi wins Nobel for studies of cell ‘self-eating’
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries on how cells break down and recycle parts of themselves in an internal garbage disposal process.
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Berlusconi has heart check-up in U.S., misses trial hearing: lawyers
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has flown to the United States for tests on his heart condition, meaning he could not attend the start of a new trial on Monday tied to his “bunga bunga” parties, his lawyers said. The lawyers said Berlusconi had checked into the Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center in New…
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Jewel thieves put gun to Kim Kardashian’s head, tie her up in Paris bathroom
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – Masked men put a gun to reality TV star Kim Kardashian's temple, left her tied up in the bathroom of her luxury residence in Paris and stole millions of dollars' worth of jewelry in the early hours of Monday, police and her publicist said. Kardashian, wife of rapper Kanye…
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Thailand’s king recovering after respiratory infection: palace
Thailand's 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, is recovering after a respiratory infection, the palace said in a statement on Saturday. The king has no fever and is breathing normally after doctors administered antibiotics to treat an inflammation of his left lung on Sep. 29, it said. A team of physicians would…
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CDC issues Zika travel advisory for 11 Southeast Asian countries
(Reuters) – U.S. health officials on Thursday recommended that pregnant women postpone nonessential travel to 11 Southeast Asian countries because of the risk of Zika virus infection, which has been shown to cause severe birth defects. The latest countries singled out by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia,…