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FBI, groups at odds over efforts to ID immigrant remains

Saturday, 15 July 2017, 15:54 Last update: about 10 years ago

Rolando Arriaza has visited hospitals, morgues and even the harsh, mesquite-covered terrain in South Texas that his brother trekked nearly two years ago after illegally crossing into the U.S. - all as...

Drug shows promise against vision-robbing disease in seniors

Wednesday, 12 July 2017, 15:52 Last update: about 10 years ago

An experimental drug is showing promise against an untreatable eye disease that blinds older adults - and intriguingly, it seems to work in patients who carry a particular gene flaw that fuels the...

A&H: Mental health... Pulling through

Wednesday, 12 July 2017, 09:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Daniela Allen

The World Health Organisation states that there is no health without mental health. The physical aspect of pregnancy and postpartum recovery has received lots of attention, but  little attention...

As South Sudan's civil war rages, cholera takes deadly toll

Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 15:51 Last update: about 10 years ago

Clasping frail arms around his stomach, Machar Weituor doubles over in pain as he slowly positions himself over the hole in his bed. Too feeble to make it to the toilet, the 40-year-old groans faintly...

A&H: Why you are what you eat

Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 13:00 Last update: about 10 years ago A&H Magazine

Your body is only as good as what it is fed. Eating gives your body the materials it needs to build healthy tissue. It also tells your body what it should do. Your metabolism keeps your body's engine...

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