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When a 29-year-old man in Germany decided to get his tattoo removed, he also ended up removing a mole, hidden…
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Swiss acupuncturist convicted of spreading HIV
A court in Switzerland has found a self-styled acupuncturist guilty of intentionally infecting 16 people with HIV, the virus that…
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Hospitals profit from surgical mistakes, study finds
U.S. hospitals may have a financial incentive not to implement strategies and techniques that are known to reduce surgery-related complications,…
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Venezuela to probe Chavez cancer poisoning accusation
Venezuela will set up a formal inquiry into claims that the late President Hugo Chavez’s cancer was the result of…
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Panel: Thumbs down on anthrax vaccine test in kids
Don’t look for testing of the anthrax vaccine to begin in children any time soon. Controversy arose last year as…
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Deadly blood type solves 60-year-old medical mystery
A blood type that can turn blood transfusions deadly has proven a perplexing mystery for 60 years. Now researchers have…
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Woman gives birth twice in 8 months
A 26-year-old UK woman has given birth twice in eight months – and the babies are not twins, The Daily…
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