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Life Style / Wellness

Why you shouldn't take major decisions on an empty stomach 17 Sep 2019 - 03:26 pm
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Armed with tech tools, Colombian cities combat mosquito-borne diseases 16 Sep 2019 - 07:47 pm
Premise mobile phone app during house inspections in Colombia in November 2018. Photo courtesy of Premise
Just five major companies offer a year's paid, equal parental leave 16 Sep 2019 - 06:36 pm
US urges transparency in Ebola-like death in Tanzania 16 Sep 2019 - 06:36 pm
A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccine outside the house of a victim who died in the village of Mangina in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 18, 2018. Reuters/Olivia Acland
In Ivory Coast, telemedicine revolution proves blessing for heart patients 15 Sep 2019 - 04:54 pm
An Ivorian doctor uses a tablet computer in Bouake hospital's trailblazer telemedicine departement for heart diseases, in Bouake on June 20, 2019.  AFP / David Esnault
Tiny bubbles in our body to fight cancer better than chemo 15 Sep 2019 - 11:32 am
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US will propose banning flavors used in e-cigarettes 11 Sep 2019 - 09:18 pm
This image courtesy of the New York State Department of Health shows electronic cigarettes and vaping products. AFP/New York State Department of Health/ Mike Wren
UK fears crisis as 11.5 million get potentially addictive drugs 10 Sep 2019 - 07:23 pm
A woman looks towards dark clouds over the Houses of Parliament in central London, August 11, 2014 . Reuters / Luke MacGregor
Mosquito trials raise hopes of defeating dengue 10 Sep 2019 - 05:51 pm
This photo taken on August 23, 2019 shows laboratory official Nguyen Viet Hoang examining mosquito samples at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi. AFP / Nhac Nguyen
What is dengue, and why is it so widespread this year? 10 Sep 2019 - 05:51 pm
A woman covers her face as she walks away after a worker fumigated a resident area to prevent the spread of the dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases in Kathmandu, Nepal September 5, 2019. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
Years later, cancer cases linger over 9/11 anniversary 09 Sep 2019 - 06:53 pm
In this file photo taken on September 11, 2001, smoke billowing after the first of the two towers of the World Trade Center collapses in New York City.  AFP / Henny Ray Abrams
Italian doctor fights to shed light on Mediterranean's migrant dead 08 Sep 2019 - 06:30 pm
Italian forensic doctor Cristina Cattaneo poses during a photo session in Paris on September 3, 2019. AFP / Christophe Archambault
Eating mushrooms cuts prostate cancer risk: Study 08 Sep 2019 - 11:56 am
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Rising risk: Flood damage now a mental health threat in Britain 05 Sep 2019 - 08:52 pm
A woman uses a bowl to clear water from her drive to prevent rising flood water from entering her house in the Sale area of Manchester, Britain, July 31, 2019. Reuters/Phil Noble
Just say no? Sierra Leone tests new ways to cut teen pregnancy 05 Sep 2019 - 07:29 pm
Although the global adolescent birth rate has declined in the last two decades, the number of teen pregnancies is set to rise, it says, because the world's population is growing.
Fire hazard: Children struggle to breathe as smoke chokes Amazon city 04 Sep 2019 - 10:11 pm
A boy looks on as his mother holds the nebuliser that is helping him with symptons of smoke inhalation, in Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 31, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Fabio Teixeira
Eating nuts twice a week lowers heart attack risk: Study 01 Sep 2019 - 12:25 pm
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Madagascar's 'angel makers' flourish in ban on abortion 01 Sep 2019 - 09:17 am
A woman practicing illegal abortion shows her working medical tools in her living room on July 25, 2019 in Antananarivo.  AFP / Gianluigi Guercia