Archive for the January 7, 2017
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Elderly hospital patients may be less likely to die prematurely or be readmitted for serious complications when they're treated by female physicians, a US study suggests. With female doctors, patients had 4 percent lower odds
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Grandparents who help out occasionally with childcare or provide support to others in their community tend to live longer than seniors who do not care for other people, according to a study from Berlin, Germany.
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With more than 100,000 people aged 100 or over, Spain is the country with the greatest life expectancy after Japan, OECD data and the latest population census shows. Over a year, Reuters photographer Andrea Comas
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A boom in consumer drone sales has spawned a counter-industry of start-ups aiming to stop drones flying where they shouldn't, by disabling them or knocking them out of the sky. Dozens of start-up firms are
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You can tell immediately from David Betker's black tailcoat, white gloves and silver tray that he's a cut or three above your average domestic service employee. Courteously introducing himself as "just David", his bearing makes
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Antibiotics not only heal infections: They also staunch bleeding after childbirth; help cleanse people living in dirty cities; and protect those who work with animals. Or at least that's what many people in Kabul believe.
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I love being famous," the black US comedian Chris Rock once quipped. "It's almost like being white." But a growing number of artists would rather have success without the encumbrance of fame. From the street
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Every time I am invited by artist Maqbool Ahmed at an exhibition of his new series of paintings I got surprise by his new creative elegance. He always showed his inventive brilliance in his unprecedented
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In the west E-books have not diminished the demand for printed books. Producing books for children is a thriving business as the electronic medium cannot compete with a book printed on paper. The popularity of
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Euronext wheat futures edged higher on Wednesday to set a new five-week high, supported by a bounce in Chicago markets and hopes that European Union origins will dominate a latest tender by major importer Algeria.
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