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The Irish health minister says pregnant women who feel suicidal will not have to face six doctors, following reports that planned abortion legislation would contain the measure.
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The bullet that sliced through the neck of Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev likely missed his major arteries and windpipe, expert said. Otherwise, he would have been dead within minutes. “If you think about it, [the neck has] got a lot of very important...
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Light drinking during pregnancy does not harm child behavioural or mental development, a study reports.
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Men should be offered a screening test for prostate cancer in their mid- to late-40s, researchers say.
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Jane Roper was supposed to head to Boston Children’s Hospital Friday morning so that her 6-year-old daughter, Clio, could receive a round of chemotherapy to treat her leukemia. But instead of getting treatment, Clio and the rest of Roper’s family were stuck indoors after the lockdown......(more)
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MBTA Police Officer Richard Donohue was wounded in a gunfire exchange with Boston Marathon suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
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As law enforcement officials comb the streets of Boston in search Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, the remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings Monday, the city’s residents try their best to cope with the added stress of living in lockdown. Anxiety and disrupted sleep could be...
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In 2010 there were 30 "active shooter" attacks in the U.S., according to John Bruner, a 20-year law-enforcement veteran who is the former Chief County Detective with the Greene County (Pa.) District Attorney's Office. That's more than the 1960s and 1970s combined, he added. Since the...(more)
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In the aftermath of such traumatic events as the bombings at the Boston Marathon or the explosion at the Texas fertilizer plant, it's not only those with the most serious wounds who need treatment.
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Health officials in China are scrambling to uncover how three families in Shanghai and two young boys in Beijing became infected with bird flu.
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Advancements in prosthetics for war veterans may benefit Boston Marathon bombing victims facing amputations.
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Bioterrorism experts say ricin unlikely to kill targets.
