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Summer hair: The best salt sprays

Get Gisele-esque beach waves with one of these salty, ocean-inspired texturizers. …read more

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1st Canadian patient to receive new liver therapy doing well

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The first Canadian patient to receive an experimental transplant of liver cells in Alberta two years ago is now a healthy toddler, her doctors say.

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Liberian man who died in Nigeria airport tests positive for Ebola

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A Liberian man who died in Nigeria’s megacity of Lagos on Friday has tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus, the country’s health minister has confirmed.

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Suspected Ebola victim dies in quarantine in Nigeria

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A Liberian man suspected to have Ebola virus has died in quarantine in Lagos, Nigeria, a Nigerian official in Geneva said on Friday.

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Vancouver street youth face ‘alarmingly’ high risk of hepatitis C

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Vancouver street youth face an alarmingly high risk of hepatitis C infection because of a high incidence of injection drug use, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal.

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Blood thinner for pregnant women not effective, study suggests

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A long-term clinical trial has found that a widely used therapy for pregnant women with clotting disorders is ineffective in most cases and puts women through unnecessary pain.

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