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Eliminating cervical cancer globally is within reach if governments act | Ian FrazerWe have the unique opportunity to wipe out a cancer that kills 250,000 women worldwide each year Cervical cancer is cause by infection with papillomavirus. To our knowledge, every case of cervical cancer is initiated by infection with one of about a dozen closely related types of this virus. The same virus types also include one that seems to be responsible for some other genital cancers, and som
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Russia's Favorite Syrian WarlordBEIRUT—Early on the morning of February 18, Syrian regime forces gathered on a field on the edge of eastern Ghouta, a rebel-held region near Damascus. The sky had just cleared after a weekend of torrential rain that had grounded Russian and Syrian regime warplanes conducting airstrikes on the area. Soon, a stout, bearded man began to speak. Many of the men gathered held up their cellphones to fil
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Rocker bottom shoes help reduce chronic low back painA new study confirms that rocker bottom shoes helps strengthen back muscles, improving the spine's curvature and thus reducing low back pain.
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Planning for smallpox outbreak must consider immunosuppressionNew research reveals that the number of people living with weakened immune systems must be examined when planning for the real risk of smallpox re-emerging in the world. The research poses a warning after Canadian scientists last year created a smallpox-like virus in a lab using just mail order DNA.
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Stop Calling Snapchat a Social NetworkIn a crowded social media landscape, Snapchat needs to reinvent itself as the internet's favorite camera app.
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