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Suspected cancer cluster sickens Cincinnati police

9 years ago
A cancer cluster is suspected at a Cincinnati police headquarters building, according to the Police Department's union president. Sergeant Dan Hils, who spoke on the steps of the headquarters Tuesday morning, called on the city's mayor and council members to relocate police officers working at the District 5 headquarters building before Christmas with a deadline of October 30 to put a plan into place.

'World's heaviest woman' dies

9 years ago
Eman Abdul Atti, once believed to be the "world's heaviest woman," died on Monday due to complications from heart disease and kidney dysfunction, according to a statement from Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.

After 15 years in vegetative state, man shows signs of response

9 years ago
A car accident at 20 years old left a French man in a vegetative state for 15 years. But after neurosurgeons implanted a vagus nerve stimulator in his chest, the man, now 35, is showing signs of consciousness, according to a study published Monday in the journal Current Biology.

CVS will limit opioid prescriptions to 7 days

9 years ago
In a new effort to tackle the deadly opioid addiction crisis in the United States, pharmacy giant CVS announced Friday that it will limit opioid prescriptions to seven days for certain conditions. This restriction will apply to patients who are new to pain therapy.
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