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'Grown in Washington': the marijuana farms near US power hub
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» WASHINGTON - Security cameras and barbed wire suggested this was the right place -- the old warehouse on a dead-end street not far from the White House that hosts one of the handful of legal marijuana farms in the US capital.
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Alzheimer's 'lost' memories may be recoverable: study
AFP, Published on 17/03/2016
» TOKYO - Sufferers of Alzheimer's disease may not have "lost" their memories, but could simply have difficulty accessing them, say researchers, who Wednesday unveiled a possible treatment that could one day offer a cure to the ravages of dementia.
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How tactical failure foiled a surgical strike
Spectrum, Published on 20/03/2016
» At 4.30pm last Sunday, Muhamanawaree Hajidoloh was at his home in Tambon Bukit when the afternoon silence was broken by the sound of a gun battle.
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New anti-cholesterol drugs too expensive: report
AFP, Published on 10/09/2015
» WASHINGTON - The high price of two new anti-cholesterol drugs limits the benefits patients may see from them, according to a draft report released by a US nonprofit examining drug cost effectiveness.
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4 dead, after hepatitis C outbreak at Singapore hospital
Associated Press, Published on 06/10/2015
» SINGAPORE -- A top public hospital in Singapore said Tuesday that four of its patients died after a new renal ward was hit by an outbreak of hepatitis C, likely from intravenous treatment.
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Building healthy communities
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 01/09/2015
» Statistics from the Department of Mental Health show that out of 600,000 people with intellectual disabilities in Thailand, only 40,171 of them, or 6.25%, seek medical care from public hospitals. Children form a large part of this group and this poses a national healthcare concern -- the big question being, how does Thailand increase the rate of medical treatment and consultation for the young with mental disabilities?
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Hospital fees control panel interests deputy PM
Patsara Jikkham, Published on 13/05/2015
» Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Yuthavong said on Wednesday he was interested in a proposal for a special committee to oversee fees charged by private hospitals but that such controls must be fair to both patients and hospital management.
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Amputations to fractures, Nepal doctors race to help quake injured
AFP, Published on 01/05/2015
» KATHMANDU - At Nepal's crowded National Trauma Centre, overwhelmed doctors make split-second life or death decisions, arranging earthquake victims into order of priority and trying where possible to avoid amputations.
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Seven dead in US train wreck, high speed at issue
AFP, Published on 14/05/2015
» PHILADELPHIA - The death toll from the derailment of a US passenger train in Philadelphia rose to seven Wednesday, as excessive speed emerged as a possible cause of the crash.
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Cambodia's self-taught doctors, a Khmer Rouge legacy
AFP, Published on 10/04/2015
» When the phone rings, former Khmer Rouge soldier Ken Mon grabs a bag stuffed full of medicine, jumps on his motorbike and heads for an impoverished Cambodian village with the haste of any diligent local doctor.
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