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Times Square to get ‘green’ billboard

This winter, New Year’s Eve revelers will have a close-up view of Times Square’s first environmentally friendly billboard powered entirely by wind and sun.

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S Korea, new hub for medical tourism

In this city’s Apgujeong district, famous for its high-end boutiques and plastic surgeons, tourist buses unload Chinese and Japanese visitors looking for a nip and tuck as part of their packaged tour.

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Vitamins E, C don’t prevent cancer

A 10-year clinical trial did not seem to benefit 14,641 cancer patients above 50 years, after they were administered 400 units of vitamin E or 500 mg of vitamin C.

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Facial scars boost sex appeal

The secret of women swooning over Hollywood actor Harrison Ford and original 007 Sean Connery may be more than their star status, for a study has now suggested that facial scars increases men’s attractiveness to a woman.

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Male crabs bluff to scare rivals away

Dishonesty helps male fiddler crabs scare rivals away. They grow claws that are seemingly powerful but actually weak and puny.

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Oz scientist finds jab for skin cancer

An Australian scientist who developed a vaccine for cervical cancer is set to outline a breakthrough which could pave the way for a skin cancer vaccine, reports said on Sunday.

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‘Gap in good health lifespan in Europe’

Residents in the European Union’s wealthier nations live in good health up to 14 years longer than their more recent EU neighbours to the east, according to a major study published Monday.

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Stem cell ‘living bandage’ heals injury

Scientists at Bristol university have managed to grow a “living bandage” from a patient’s own stem cells in a bid to heal a common sporting knee injury.

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Protein compels cancer cells to death

A protein that inhibits ovarian cancer growth does so by partly forcing the cancerous cells to self-destruct, according to the latest research.

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Laughter as medicine

Have you laughed today? Good thing if you have because most people take life too seriously.

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