Health
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HEALTH
Parents hire own researchers to tackle rare, fatal disease
CHICAGO - When it comes to advocating for her 8-year-old son's serious illness, Gelse Tkalec is on a much lonelier path than those strewn with pink ribbons and yellow bracelets.
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HEALTH
Is China poor? Key question at climate talks
Another round of U.N. climate talks closed without resolving how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor.
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TECHNOLOGY
New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia
Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced Friday.
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TECHNOLOGY
Dragon makes history with space station docking
The private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight over to the commercial sector.
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HEALTH
P&G to add latches to make detergent packs safer
The maker of Tide Pods will create a new double-latch lid to deter children from accessing and eating the brightly colored detergent packets, a company spokesman said Friday.
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HEALTH
Strength training for your brain?
What if you spent a week eating the right diet, exercising and stimulating your brain with fun-to-do mind games?
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HEALTH
On Nutrition: Questions about nitrites and nitrates
Last week's column on nitrates and nitrites generated some questions from readers.
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HEALTH
Implantable pain disk may help those with cancer
An estimated 3.5 million cancer patients around the globe are in severe pain from their disease, but many get no relief.
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HEALTH
Countries aim to cut quarter of premature deaths
The World Health Organization says its members are poised to agree to a target of cutting a quarter of premature deaths from chronic diseases by 2025.
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HEALTH
German doctors apologize for Nazi-era crimes
Germany's medical association has adopted a declaration apologizing for sadistic experiments and other actions of doctors under the Nazis.


