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Marilyn Monroe was Just too Hygienic for Clark Gable!

...f "The Misfits", shortly after filming which Gable died of a heart attack. However, author David Bret in his biography on the actor titled "Clark Gable: Tormented Star" insists that the rumour was just not true. Bret writes that the reason why Gable was not 'amorously interested' in the sex symbol was...

Food Safety Chief Executed for Bribery in China

...the Chinese food industry. Dozens of people have died in China because of poor quality or fake food and ...t the safety of Chinese exports. Thirteen babies died of malnutrition in 2005 after being fed powdered milk that had no nutritional value. In August las...

Indonesia Confirms 81st Bird Flu Death

A six-year-old Indonesian boy died of bird flu at the weekend, taking the death toll ...confirmed human deaths occurred here. "A boy who died on July 8 has been confirmed by two tests as being positively infected," Ningrum, from the ministry'...

30 Dead as Dengue Fever Epidemic Hits Myanmar: Report

...official newspaper did not say how many people had died in the first half of 2006, but said a total of 130 people died and 11,049 were infected with the virus last year. Dengue fever normally takes its greatest toll i...

Mutated Gene Zaps Pancreas Cancer in Mice

...nced stage. Infected control mice in both groups died within 40 days without treatment, while at least half those who received the aggressive BikDD mutant gene survived for 14 months with no signs of cancer. "This vehicle, or vector, is so targeted and robust in its cancer-specific expression that it ...

Online Counterfeit Pills Kills Woman

A 58-year-old Quadra Island woman died from metal poisoning last year after ingesting contaminated counterfeit pills purchased online, the B.C. Coroners Service confirmed Thursday A coroner is warning the public about the danger of buying drugs over the Internet after the death of the wom...

Spicy Cuisine Originated in Mexico 1,500 Years Ago

... modern varieties, or whether they were types that died out after the arrival of Europeans in Mexico. While one of them looks like a Tabasco pepper and another like a cayenne pepper, it is difficult to know how closely related they are to modern varieties without a genetic analysis, says the researcher...

Gene Therapy Eradicates Pancreatic Cancer in Mice

.... Untreated control mice in both experiments all died within 40 days, while mice treated with the mutant... expression system employing cytomegalovirus (CMV) died within 90 days. However, the VISA-BikDD mice lived longer in both trials, with at least half survivi...

Singapore Dengue Fever Cases Hit Year's Peak

...l over the island," they said. Three people have died from dengue and there have been 4,029 cases of the...d its worst dengue outbreak in 2005 when 19 people died and more than 13,000 were infected. The city-state has launched a massive publicity campaign to ed...

Male Wallflowers-Watch Your Heart

...sis revealed that the most of the men who were shy died either due to a heart attack or stroke and the overall risk of such death 50 percent higher than men who were more sociable. The researchers also studied the mens lifestyles to check links to other known risk factors such as smoking, drinking or ob...

Bashful Men 50% More Likely to Die of Heart Attack or Stroke

...e study ended three decades later, 60 per cent had died and the experts then compared the questionnaire re...he shyest men were 50 per cent more likely to have died of a heart attack or stroke. And while the researchers have no idea why this happens, they believe...

Malaria Sweeps Tripura, 25 Dead

Agartala, July 13 (IANS) At least 25 people have died of malaria in the last two weeks in Tripura with a...rding to unofficial estimates, some 50 people have died of the disease in the last fortnight. The worst hit by the disease is the tribal dominated Amarpur a...

Pfizer Says Nigeria Gave Approval for 1996 Drug Test

...es and cholera. Of the 200 children affected, 11 died while many more -- reportedly 181 -- suffered from deafness, paralysis, brain damage and blindness, according to the allegations. Pfizer denies the charges. Edozien said Pfizer carried out the test following "an appeal for help" from Nigeria. She...

New Zealand Authorities Concerned With Overcrowding in Hospitals

...rroll, 25, of Coalgate, 60km west of Christchurch, died of blood poisoning a day after being discharged from Christchurch Hospital's emergency department . An independent report into his death was publicly released on Monday at an emotionally charged press conference attended by his family. The repor...

Los Angeles Diocese Opts for Huge Payout in Sexual Abuse Cases

...ming abuse by the late Rev. Clinton Hagenbach, who died in 1987, said he was relieved. "I was really emotionally ready to take on the archdiocese in court in less than 48 hours, but I'm glad all victims are going to be compensated," he said. "I hope all victims will find some type of healing in this pro...

Inquest of Date-rape Drug Victim Attracts Wide Attention in Australia

...er of three from Brisbane, Queensland in Australia died on September 23, 2002 , within 24 hours of boardin...September 11, 2002, less than two weeks before she died on a Pacific cruise, and told him she had had unprotected sex the night before. She had asked him fo...

Psychiatric Patients Ill-treated in Emergency Rooms, US Officials Say

...hit or held in restraints for hours. One patient died while in restraints, and a patient's arm was broken as a nurse forcibly removed his pants. These cases are a sign of the growing strain on the state's overcrowded emergency rooms, doctors, nurses, patients and state officials said after investigati...

Dengue Fever in Singapore Likely to Increase: Minister

...d its worst dengue outbreak in 2005 when 19 people died and more than 13,000 were infected. The city-state has launched a massive publicity campaign to educate residents. It has also stepped up efforts to eradicate mosquito breeding grounds in the city which has a reputation as one of Asia's cleanest....

Treat Every Patient as a Potential Organ Donor, British Health Official Says

...y when they have just been told their relative has died or is dying. "Not surprisingly, when they do not know their relative's wishes, a large number [40 per cent] opt for the default position, which is not to donate." He added: "The BMA believes that a change to a system of presumed consent for organ...

Kerala Ready to Invite WHO to Study Fever Outbreak

...eports about the illness. So far 173 people have died in the outbreak. Opposition leader Oommen Chandy claims 562 people have died. Last year, a similar outbreak claimed more than 150 lives. Sreemathi added that the director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research who was in the state earli...

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