Long-time volunteers gift humane society with cat exercise wheel
The Wood County Humane Society has honored two of its long-time volunteers by dedicating a recently-installed feline exercise wheel at its shelter to …
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Exercise caution during hunting, harvest season
Look sharp in Amish Country, a collision with a horse-drawn buggy or implement and its passengers is a recipe for disaster, so be sure to exercise …
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Australia, Singapore conduct ship-to-shore exercise
Troops from the Singapore Armed Forces and the Australian Defence Force on Saturday (Nov 8) conducted a bilateral ship-to-shore exercise, …
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Placebos may be as effective as any medical "cure"
In a boost to placebo power, Edzard Ernst, one of the few scholars to make a career or scientifically assessing the claims of alternative medicine, has …
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U.S. eyes China partnership on Africa power – sources
By Joe Brock JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The United States is considering partnering with China on improving electricity in Africa and the proposal could be part of bilateral discussions when President Barack Obama visits Beijing next week, two sources involved told Reuters. The proposal could include $5-$7 billion of commitments to improve electricity generation and transmission in several African countries, one source involved in the initiative said. …
Calicut to host global conference on history of Islamic Medicine
Bhopal: A three-day International Conference on History of Islamic Medicine (Contemporary Medicine & Alternative Medicine) is scheduled to be …
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Decision day looms for Nations Cup hosts Morocco
By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Morocco will make a decision this weekend over whether to stage the 2015 African Nations Cup, juggling the threat of a possible spread of the Ebola virus with the likelihood of heavy sanctions against their football teams. The host nation want to postpone the Jan. 17-Feb. 8 tournament because of the deadly virus but the Confederation of African Football (CAF) is refusing to entertain a change of dates and wants a final decision from the country by Saturday. …
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Scientist hopes to unlock Ebola’s secrets at outbreak’s source
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Etienne Simon-Loriere of the Pasteur Institut in Paris has his fingers crossed. He is heading to West Africa on Sunday to inspect blood samples gathered from Ebola patients in Guinea in hopes of tracing the path of the virus in the country where the current outbreak began. Such samples are scarce and precious. So far, only a few scientists have them, and many more say they need them in order to do critical research on the virus. …
Ebola death toll rises to 4,950 – WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – The death toll from the Ebola epidemic has risen to 4,950 out of 13,241 cases in the three worst-hit countries of West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, calling for widespread rigorous control measures to halt the virus. "Case incidence is declining in some districts in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, while steep rises persist in other districts," the United Nations agency said in a statement with its latest figures to Nov. 4. Shoring up defences in states neighbouring the three countries remains "critical", it said.
Supreme Court will look at ‘Obamacare’ subsidies
Health Minister Dr Harsha Vardhan gives prominence to alternative medicine
In this context the nearly dozen upcoming All India Institutes of Medical Sciences across the country will have 'huge' departments of alternative …
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SHOCK BODIES: The dangerous rise of the vinegar diet
Lyndsey adds: 'Any weight loss you'd achieve by following the basic ACV … be minimal and no more than you'd achieve by following a healthy diet.
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