Posts Tagged ‘americas’

Chile weightlifter has unexpected baby during training

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:56 Comments Off

A Chilean weightlifter gives birth to a baby boy during a training session, without having known she was pregnant.

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More humane?

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 6:51 Comments Off

The new lethal injection about to be trialled in the US

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Ohio man faces new execution mode

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 6:51 Comments Off

A convicted Ohio man is to become the first US person to be put to death with a single dose of a lethal drug.

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Kidney removal

Monday, December 7, 2009 2:29 Comments Off

In and out of hospital in a day for major surgery

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NZ man ‘injected wife with HIV’

Monday, December 7, 2009 2:29 1 Comment

An HIV-positive New Zealand man pricked his sleeping wife with a blood-tainted needle “to be like me”, court papers reveal.

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Hamster toy safe, maker insists

Monday, December 7, 2009 2:29 Comments Off

The US manufacturer of one of the UK’s biggest selling toys this Christmas insists the product is safe.

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Obama rallies senators on health

Monday, December 7, 2009 2:29 Comments Off

President Barack Obama meets Senate Democrats and tells them to “get the job done” on healthcare reform legislation.

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Divided views

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 3:31 Comments Off

Two Americans on their attitude to healthcare reform

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Too fat to pass?

Friday, November 27, 2009 14:29 Comments Off

A US university takes drastic steps to deal with obesity

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Flu vaccine put on hold in Canada

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 11:43 Comments Off

GlaxoSmithKline tells doctors in Canada to stop using a batch of its swine flu, amid reports of severe side effects.

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