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  • New colonoscope could revolutionize colorectal cancer screening

    A study featuring a new colonoscope that allows doctors to see more of the colon shows promise that could revolutionize colorectal cancer screening. Researchers compared both the adenoma miss rate using the new colonoscope with the miss rate of a traditional colonoscope. The miss rate for the new colonoscope was only 7.6 percent as compared to 41.7 percent for the traditional colonoscope, in ...

  • Berlusconis bunga bunga parties featured nuns and nurses but no sex

    The exotic dancer, who was at the center of Silvio Berlusconi's sex trial, revealed at her first court appearance that young women wore nun and nurse costumes to perform "sensual" dances at his "bunga bunga" parties. Karima El Mahroug said that she often received envelopes filled with notes of 500 euros from the former Italian prime minister, but asserted that the money was not in return for ...

  • Angelina Jolie to play own mum in new biopic

    Angelina Jolie, who recently got a double mastectomy and wants to get her ovaries removed next, is all set to portray the role of her own mother, Marcheline Bertrand, who died of ovarian cancer in 2007, in a new biopic. The biopic celebrating Bertrand's life will go into production in 2014 under Brad Pitt's company 'Plan B', the Daily Express reported. The 'Salt' star's mother was involved in ...

  • Darker skin also prone to skin cancer

    Fair skinned people are known to be at higher risk for skin cancer and other problems associated with too much exposure to the sun, but experts say people of color also are vulnerable to the harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) rays emitted by the sun and indoor tanning beds. Darker skin has more pigment-making cells, which provide some inherent protection against UV rays, but not enough, said ...

  • Medical aid on sail - documenting the boat clinics of Assam

    What began as an impulse to help those in need of dire medical attention in isolated areas of Assam, where the mighty river Brahmaputra is both a lifeline and a curse, is today a unique mission to reach healthcare to almost a million people spread over 13 districts of the far-flung northeastern state. Unfolding the miseries of these people, who are beyond the pale of the state's healthcare ...


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Dances With Wolves [Blu-Ray]

Dances With Wolves [Blu-Ray]

Kevin Costners revisionist epic Dances With Wolves was an unexpected triumph when it was released in October of 1990, both critically and commercially. Still the highest grossing western on record and winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Directo ... ...

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  • The Hangover actor engaged

    Actor Justin Bartha, who plays Doug, one of the four friends in the popular "The Hangover" film series, is reportedly engaged to fitness trainer Lia Smith. The movie star proposed to Smith early May. "They're the cutest couple. She was completely surprised by the whole thing," usmagazine.com quoted a source as saying. "The trip to Big Sur, the engagement, the ring, everything. So cute," the ...

  • U of A student’s death by brain cancer inspires family to start foundation

    EDMONTON - When someone you love dies, you have two choices."You can curl up in a ball and crawl into a hole, which seems like a really, really good choice some days," says Lori Boomer, who found Mother's Day very tough this year. "Or you can say this was a really horrible thing but you won't let it take over your life. You can fight back."Taite, the youngest of ...

  • Health fears over high fresh food price

    The price of fruit and vegetables in Perth is rising faster than for snacks and confectionery, prompting warnings of a worsening nutrition crisis.Fruit prices rose 18.8 per cent and vegetables 10.7 per cent between September 2010 and March this year, while snack foods and sweets prices rose just 4 per cent, Perth's consumer price index revealed.The figures came as experts said food could ...

  • Ex-nurse pleads guilty in Riverside County

    MURRIETA, Calif. -; A former nurse at a Riverside County hospital was sentenced to two years in state prison after pleading guilty to a charge resulting from patient molestation ...

  • Cancer battle won’t stop David McClarty MLA

    One of Northern Ireland’s most respected MLAs has spoken of his determination to beat cancer and continue representing his constituents. East Londonderry Assemblyman David McClarty admits his initial treatment for lymphoma - a form of the disease that affects the blood - has drained his energy, but says his staff are working extra hard while he fights back to full strength.The 62-year-old ...

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