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Canada urged to conceal fetal sex over abortion fearsMontreal (AFP) Jan 16, 2012 An editorial in a major Canadian medical journal Monday urges doctors to conceal the gender of a fetus from all pregnant women until 30 weeks to prevent sex-selective abortion by Asian immigrants. A separate article in the same issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal warns that Canada has become "a haven for parents who would terminate female fetuses in favor of having sons" due to advanced prenatal testing and easy access to abortion. "Female feticide happens in India and China by the ... read more |
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  Balkan countries join forces to fight HIV/AIDS stigma Pressured to quit his job after telling his bosses he was HIV-positive, Boris Kovacic shares the plight of thousands in the Balkans who face prejudice because of a stubborn stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS. ... more | .. |
 WHO lauds India's year without polio With a 'zero-polio' record in the last one year, India Friday carried its fight against the crippling disease to hospitals and health care centres across the country where parents brought their children for vaccination as the World Health Organisation lauded the country's achievement. ... more | .. |
  Open-source robotic surgery platform going to top medical research labs Robotics experts at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the University of Washington (UW) have completed a set of seven advanced robotic surgery systems for use by major medical research la ... more | .. |
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  Graphene quantum dots: The next big small thing A Rice University laboratory has found a way to turn common carbon fiber into graphene quantum dots, tiny specks of matter with properties expected to prove useful in electronic, optical and biomedi ... more | .. |
  Colorado mountain hail may disappear in a warmer future Summertime hail could all but disappear from the eastern flank of Colorado's Rocky Mountains by 2070, according to a new modeling study by scientists from NOAA and several other institutions. ... more | .. |
  Six die in Indian Kashmir freeze Six people have died during a cold snap in Indian Kashmir, including a pregnant woman who was unable to reach hospital after heavy snowfall blocked local roads, officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Iran stokes nuclear fears with new facility Iran has stoked Western fears about its nuclear ambitions with its enrichment of fissile material in a new site deep inside a virtually indestructible mountain bunker, analysts said Tuesday. ... more |
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  US health experts seek more study on 'fracking' A group of US medical professionals called Monday for a halt to a type of drilling for natural gas called "fracking" in populated areas until more is known about its health impacts. ... more | .. |
  Indian man recalls leopard attack caught on camera An Indian labourer who had his scalp ripped off by a rampaging leopard over the weekend has spoken of his horrific ordeal, saying he was trying to save the cat when it turned on him. ... more | .. |
 To Speed People Up, Human Leg Muscle Slows Down Other than Olympic race walkers, people generally find it more comfortable to run than walk when they start moving at around 2 meters per second - about 4.5 miles per hour. North Carolina Stat ... more | .. |
  Fernandez shakes up Argentine military Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has reshuffled the country's military command, a move seen by critics as indication of continuing tensions between her administration and the defense establishment. ... more |
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 Wild elephant kills three in Nepal A wild elephant rampaged through a village in southeastern Nepal on Thursday trampling three people to death, police said. ... more | .. |
  16 dead in China as bus slides off bridge At least 16 people were killed after an overloaded bus veered off an icy highway bridge in China's southwestern Guizhou province on Wednesday, state media reported. ... more | .. |
  Solar Power Goes Viral Catching a nasty virus certainly isn't on anyone's holiday wish list, but for solar power it might be just what the doctor ordered. With the help of a genetically modified virus, materials researche ... more | .. |
  Argentina's last dictator sentenced again Argentina's last dictator Reynaldo Bignone, already serving a life term, was handed a 15-year prison sentence Thursday for rights violations at a clandestine detention center, sources said. ... more |
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Underappreciated threat of nanoplastic pollution revealed in Atlantic Ocean study
Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts
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  New contraceptive rule in China sparks outrage A new regulation that requires women buying emergency contraceptives in at least one Chinese city to register their real names and ID card numbers has triggered an outcry on the Internet. ... more | .. |
 Members of small monkey groups more likely to fight Small monkey groups may win territorial disputes against larger groups because some members of the larger, invading groups avoid aggressive encounters. In a new report published in the Proceed ... more | .. |
  Glacial tap is open but the water will run dry Glaciers are retreating at an unexpectedly fast rate according to research done in Peru's Cordillera Blanca by McGill doctoral student Michel Baraer. They are currently shrinking by about one per ce ... more | .. |
  Even limited telemedicine could improve developing health A lack of infrastructure in developing countries, and particularly in rural areas, often ensures that healthcare provision is absent. Research published in the International Journal of Services, Eco ... more |
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  Four dead in southern Ivory Coast clashes: officials Four people were killed in inter-ethnic clashes in Sikensi, a town near the Ivory Coast economic capital Abidjan, local authorities said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Doctors look to treat sick children in virtual worlds Doctors in a domed laboratory in Canada are designing a virtual world where they hope to one day treat traumatized children with colorful avatars using toy-like medical gadgets. ... more | .. |
 New system may one day steer microrobots through blood vessels for disease treatment Microscopic-scale medical robots represent a promising new type of therapeutic technology. As envisioned, the microbots, which are less than one millimeter in size, might someday be able to travel t ... more | .. |
 Russia seizes radioactive material bound for Iran Russia on Friday seized a consignment of the radioactive isotope Sodium-22 used for medical and research purposes at a Moscow airport from a Tehran-bound passenger, the customs service said. ... more |
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