Year: 2013

Spain newspaper sorry for "false photo" of Chavez

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MADRID/CARACAS (Reuters) – Spain’s influential El Pais newspaper apologized on Thursday for publishing a “false photo” of cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, removed the image from its website and withdrew its print edition. The Venezuelan government and the president of Argentina, Chavez ally Cristina Fernandez, condemned the publication of the photo. “As grotesque as it is false,” Venezuela’s information minister said on Twitter. …

Hepatitis C linked to ink

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Researchers are hoping that people will do some research about where to get a tattoo, after a study found a link between body art and hepatitis C. The new study found that people with the virus were almost four times more likely to report having a tattoo, even when other major risk factors were taken into account, co-author Dr. Fritz Francois of New York University Langone Medical Center told Reuters Health. …

Exercise tied to better colon cancer survival odds

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People with colon cancer who spend more time walking and fewer hours on the couch are less likely to die over the seven to eight years after being diagnosed, a new study suggests. The findings don't prove exercise itself boosts a person's survival chances, researchers said. But the pattern held even after the study team took into account how advanced patients' cancers …

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