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  • Sex exists to avoid disease, study shows

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    From an evolutionary perspective, sexual reproduction could be seen as a non-starter. Compared to cloning, which also exists in Nature, it's a major waste of time and energy. Others, like the Komodo dragon, can work it either way, though asexually produced Komodo babies — produced by their mothers — are not clones.

  • Thailand’s king continues treatment for ‘water on the brain’: palace

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    Thailand's 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, has shown signs of improvement following treatment for “water on the brain”, the Royal Household Bureau said in a statement on Sunday. The king has been treated for various ailments during a year-long hospitalization in the Thai capital. The king, who celebrated 70 years of…

  • Patients greeted by robot at Belgian hospital

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    By Judith Mischke OSTEND, Belgium (Reuters) – A Belgian hospital has just welcomed its newest staff member: Pepper, a humanoid robot that speaks 19 languages. Developed to improve social and health care by the Belgian company Zora Bots, Pepper joined the medical team as a receptionist at Ostend hospital AZ Damiaan. Pepper will introduce visitors…

  • English junior doctors stage all-out strike over pay, conditions

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    Junior doctors in England staged their first ever all-out strike Tuesday in a bitter row with Prime Minister David Cameron's government over pay and conditions. The strike forced the state-funded National Health Service to postpone 13,000 operations and 113,000 appointments as thousands of doctors took action. Protesters marched through the streets holding placards like “Save…

  • Childhood obesity not down in U.S

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    By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Rates of childhood overweight and obesity have not decreased in the U.S. in recent years, and severe obesity is on the rise, especially for minority children, according to a new study. Ten percent of teens now have severe obesity, lead researcher Asheley Skinner of the Duke Clinical Research Institute…

  • What No One in the Dieting Industry Is Talking About

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    Frustrated with your eating or weight? I've got good news and bad news.The bad news: Your life is going to be painful.The good news: You can choose what pain to experience.If you want to close this page, I get it. I don't blame you. I like sprinkles and rainbows, too.But here's the thing: If you…

  • 5 Healthy Items You Need to Keep in Your Kitchen

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    By Jenna Rennert for Vogue.Photo: Grant CornettWe’ve all been there: It’s late at night and you’re standing barefoot in the kitchen, ravenously searching for something to eat. How to plan in advance to avoid having to resort to that calorie-filled tub of salted caramel ice cream? We spoke to New York City nutritionist Robin Barrie…

  • Venues ready, but many challenges remain for Rio Games

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    By Andrew Downie SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil has long been known as a country that can throw a great party as long as the guests do not mind a location that still has the builders in it. With 100 days to go before the Olympic Games begin in Rio de Janeiro, the nation famous…

  • British Ebola survivor discharged from hospital

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    A British nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone in 2014 was discharged from hospital in London on Sunday, five days after being admitted with complications, a statement said. Pauline Cafferkey was successfully treated within weeks of her diagnosis but suffered a relapse in October 2015, when she became critically ill with meningitis…