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Angelina Jolie

From Health 8:27 am

The ‘Angelina Effect’ In Australia – Jolie’s Mastectomy Announcement Helps Increase Awareness In Women

Angelina Jolie's preventative mastectomy revelation has resulted in increase of women calling the Cancer Council NSW helpline. The agency said that the "Angelina effect" has raised health awareness in women in Australia.

2013 Legionnaire’s Disease Outbreak At Australia’s Wesley Hospital Linked to 2011 Case

From Health 6:44 am

2013 Legionnaire’s Disease Outbreak At Australia’s Wesley Hospital Linked to 2011 Case

This year's current outbreak of legionnaires' disease at Australia's Wesley Hospital could be linked to a death two years ago.

Tom Staniford

From Health 12:45 am

British Paracyclist Has No Fat Under Skin

While many people would be happy to remove fat from their body, with some even undergoing procedures such as liposuction, a British paracyclist turned out to have a rare medical syndrome that causes him not to store fat.

From Health 12:21 am

Adult Prescription Use Directly Linked to Poisoning of Children: Study

Drugs are harming and killing American children at an astounding rate these days - no, not "street" drugs like cocaine and ecstasy, but rather pharmaceutical drugs like statins and opioid painkillers.

Four More Die From SARS-Like MERS Virus in Saudi Arabia, Death Toll in KSA Rise to 32

From Economy Jun 18

Saudi Arabia SARS-Like Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Kills 4 More, Death Toll Rises to 32

The death toll from the SARS-like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia has risen to 32, as the kingdom's Health Ministry disclosed on Monday that four more have recently succumbed to the fatal disease.

From Health Jun 17

Is your 'Gluten-Free' or 'Vegan' Diet Truly Healthy?

Gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan are all the rage these days. Many people, whether they have a food allergy or not, believe that foods with these and other common labeling distinctions are automatically healthier than other foods.

Eyeball-licking

From Health Jun 17

Eyeball-Licking, New Fetish Trend In Elementary Japan

Eyeball-licking is the new thing in elementary school Japan, and it’s grossing out netizens. Teachers became aware of the trend when an increasing number of students began turning up in school with eye patches.

From Health Jun 17

Study: Kinky People are Mentally Healthier

Uh oh. A recent study scores a huge win for naughtiness. Practitioners of sexual sadism and masochism have been proven to be psychologically healthier than their vanilla counterparts.

From Health Jun 17

Beaumont Neurosurgeons Save Baby’s Life After Ruptured Brain Aneurysm

Kathy and Bill Janelle felt blessed after the birth of their twins, William and Shae. Though the new baby brother and sister duo arrived six weeks early, both were seemingly healthy - weighing about five pounds each.

From Health Jun 17

Global Cooling as Significant as Global Warming

A "cold snap" 116 million years ago triggered a similar marine ecosystem crisis to the ones witnessed in the past as a result of global warming, according to research published in Nature Geoscience.

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