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Toddler with cancerous tumour in his knee has leg amputated and reattached BACKWARDS Maxi Richards, three, of Tasmania, suddenly lost the ability to walk at 15 months old due to osteosarcoma. An operation, called a rotationplasty, removed the cancerous knee.
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Heart attacks in humans are the price of evolution Research carried out by the University of California, San Diego, found Homo sapiens are virtually the only animals to suffer heart attacks as a result of plaque building up in the arteries.
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Malaria parasites resistant to key drugs have spread rapidly in South East Asia Drug resistant parasites were first detected in Cambodia in 2008 and had spread to neighbouring countries by 2017. Experts fear the strain could reach Africa, where the disease is most fatal.
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Boris Johnson: The man who insisted he had no chance of becoming prime minister Read full story for latest details.
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Coal miners to urge Congress to protect their black lung benefits Around 120 coal miners with black lung disease were due in Washington on Tuesday hoping to pressure Congress to restore a higher excise tax level on coal companies to help fund their medical care, as rates of the progressive respiratory disease rise in pa
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Iran not seeking confrontation, Zarif says in message to Boris Johnson Read full story for latest details.
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Romanian man accused of 'Midsomer Murders' killing remanded in custody Read full story for latest details.
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Trans man, 22, develops stones in his urethra after surgery to craft a penis using skin from his arm Doctors from a university hospital in the city of Coimbra, Portugal, released pictures showing the gravel-like kidney stones lodged in the urethra, and used a laser to destroy them.
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A Study Confirms That Laugh Tracks Make Jokes Seem Funnier Comedy shows on TV often use recorded laughter in combination with a live audience. A new study shows that hearing laughter, especially spontaneous laughter, makes a bad joke seem funnier.
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When Grandparents Help Hold It All Together Sociologists use the term intensive grandparenting to refer to a commitment to providing regular child care, often accompanied by housekeeping or other tasks.
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