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Study: Rape prevention training works, cuts sex assault risk

Study: Rape prevention training works, cuts sex assault risk

A program that taught college women ways to prevent sexual assault cut in half the chances they would be raped…
Portuguese researchers develop vaccine against bioterrorism

Portuguese researchers develop vaccine against bioterrorism

A team of researchers at the University of Coimbra in Portugal have developed a nasal vaccine to counter any threat…
Poor and minority US children skip bike helmets, risking injury

Poor and minority US children skip bike helmets, risking injury

Poor and minority children are less likely to be wearing bike helmets when they crash than kids who are white…
Beyond games, Oculus virtual reality headset finds medical uses

Beyond games, Oculus virtual reality headset finds medical uses

To help treat soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, Jennifer Patterson turned to a gadget typically associated with video games: the…
US FDA testing Nestle’s Maggi noodles after India recall

US FDA testing Nestle’s Maggi noodles after India recall

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is testing samples of a Nestle instant noodle brand that was recalled from…
E-cigs a ‘consumer-driven’ revolution born from a bad dream

E-cigs a ‘consumer-driven’ revolution born from a bad dream

Before Hon Lik invented the e-cigarette, a device now shaking up the Big Tobacco industry, he was a pharmacist in…
WHO team urges South Korea to reopen schools as more close in MERS crisis

WHO team urges South Korea to reopen schools as more close in MERS crisis

A joint South Korean-World Health Organization mission studying an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) recommended on Wednesday that…
Former model wrestles personal demons to the mat in yoga book

Former model wrestles personal demons to the mat in yoga book

A former model uses tales of sex, drugs and rock and roll in a book hitting stores on Monday to…
Amnesty: Ireland should change restrictive abortion law

Amnesty: Ireland should change restrictive abortion law

Restrictive abortion laws in Ireland are risking the lives of pregnant women, Amnesty International said Tuesday, as it launched a…
Hong Kong issues ‘red alert’ against South Korea travel due to MERS

Hong Kong issues ‘red alert’ against South Korea travel due to MERS

Hong Kong issued a "red alert" advisory on Tuesday against non-essential travel to South Korea, where eight new cases of…
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