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Mass surge to sign up for Obamacare Hundreds of thousands of Americans rushed to buy President Barack Obama's new health insurance plans Monday, prompting a victory lap from a White House that paid a steep political price for its greatest achievement.

01 April 2014

Careless surgery brings child to disability For 10 y.o. Damira Esskendirova a simple surgery instead of brining relief turned into a constant pain and possible permanent disability due to the doctor’s carelessness.

31 March 2014

Guinea battles to contain Ebola as death toll rises Guinea raced to contain a spiralling Ebola epidemic spreading from its southern forests to the capital Conakry, as the death toll rose to 78 and neighbouring Senegal closed its border.

31 March 2014

Nurse charged over UK hospital poisoning deaths A male nurse has been charged with the murder of three patients who were poisoned with contaminated medical products at a British hospital, police said.

29 March 2014

Smoking ban reduces pre-term births, childhood asthma Bans on smoking in public and the workplace led to a 10 percent drop in premature births and in emergency asthma treatment for children.

28 March 2014

Australia to sell biggest health insurer The conservative government of Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday said it would press ahead with the sale of Australia's largest health insurer Medibank Private via an initial public offering.

26 March 2014

Ebola epidemic spreads to Guinea's capital: UNICEF An Ebola epidemic which has already killed dozens of people in Guinea's southern forests has spread to the capital Conakry, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Sunday.

24 March 2014

14 yo Kazakhstani finally discharged from hospital in India with help of Embassy of Kazakhstan 14 y.o Timofey Verevkin’s story has a happy ending thanks to the Embassy of Kazakhstan in India.

24 March 2014

Young Kazakh anemia patient trapped in Indian clinic eyes his way home Timofey Verevkin, 14 y.o. will be finally discharged from the Fortis Memorial Research Institute in India thanks to the Embassy of Kazakhstan in India intervention.

22 March 2014

Toshiba unveils disease-detecting breathalyser Japan's Toshiba on Tuesday unveiled a breathalyser which it says can detect a wide range of diseases just 30 seconds after users blow into the machine.

18 March 2014

Heart attacks misdiagnosed as anxiety in women: study Women are more likely to die of heart attacks because their symptoms are often misdiagnosed as anxiety so they do not get vital swift treatment.

18 March 2014

Five babies a day left at Chinese city's 'baby hatch' More than 260 unwanted children, most of them babies, have been abandoned in a Chinese "safe haven" in just over six weeks -- more than five a day -- since it opened in late January.

17 March 2014

Saudi MERS death toll rises to 63 Saudi health authorities said Saturday a young man had died from the MERS coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the respiratory disease in the worst-hit country to 63.

15 March 2014

Syria foreign minister has heart op in Beirut Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, who led the regime's negotiating team at failed peace talks this year, underwent a successful heart operation in neighbouring Lebanon on Friday, Syrian television reported.

15 March 2014

What is the cause of sleep syndrome in Kalachi? A team of finest ecologists, virologists and toxicologists arrived to the Kalachi village of Akmola Oblast to determine the cause of the mysterious sleep syndrome that has affected more than 30 villagers.

15 March 2014

Sleep syndrome: countermeasures and new patients While the Ministry of Healthcare is taking measures concerning the sleep syndrome, there are more cases reported.

12 March 2014

Blood test can predict Alzheimer's Researchers in the United States say they have developed a prototype blood test that can tell with 90-percent accuracy whether a healthy person will develop Alzheimer's disease within three years.

10 March 2014

Video games offer hope for autistic children The game over, a beaming Sawyer and Michael, both 10, cheer and give each other a high-five.

07 March 2014

Semey residents suffer from smoking boiler house Residents of one of the regions of Semey city are stifled with smoke issuing from a boiler house.

06 March 2014

Smoking in France, losing its puff? It was banned in restaurants and al fresco eating became all the rage. It was banned in offices, and business started getting done in huddles on the sidewalk.

05 March 2014

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