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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 ...

  • 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 ...

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Space Cowboys

Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys is a somewhat clumsy, but nevertheless enjoyable ode to the aged who aren't ready to declare themselves over the hill, a space adventure in which the heroes' mean age is well above 65. It is a movie where the young are mocked for being obnoxious and know-it-all, while the elderly are respected for their experience and knowledge. Of course, the fact that those ... ...

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  • Official Driver who plowed into hikers in Va. may have had medical condition

    DAMASCUS, Va. - An emergency official says authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash ...

  • Digital Health For Dummies

    A day doesn't go by when I'm asked about digital health. What surprises me most about the perceptions around digital health are the misperceptions. From sophisticated marketers to to the average joe on the street, people just don't get it. And that's not really their fault. The voices of digital health MUST communicated the promise in a way that is relevant and convincing to ...

  • Hospitals Face Extensive Losses with Obamacare

    Obamacare could cost hospitals billions of dollars nationwide over the coming years, according to a rough estimate released by federal health officials. According to those projections, hospitals could lose as much as half a billion dollars next year alone. The losses come from less federal funding given to states to offset the cost of covering the uninsured. Texas hospitals could lose more ...

  • Medical emergency eyed in Virginia parade crash that left up to 60 injured

    May 18, 2013: Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in Damascus, ...

  • Video The psychology of design and color

    What's on your walls? What's on your shelves? What pleases your eye may be playing tricks on your mind. Just the color of the room can play a huge role in how we feel and behave. Susan Spencer of "48 Hours" reports. Web ...

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