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But the stench of raw sewage still greets travelers arriving at Rio’s global airport. “Those kinds of things would be shut down immediately if found here [in the U.S.]”.

Though unofficial, the rise in Iran’s heat index is to challenge the reported highest heat index ever recorded. This town has a population of 110,000. To achieve today’s astronomical heat index level of 165, Bandar Mahshahr’s actual air temperature registered...

Time will tell if this year’s efforts match or surpass the first Ice Bucket Challenge, but don’t be surprised to see your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds flooded with videos of your friends and family dousing themselves in ice water. For unknown reasons,...

After analyzing the data and adjusting for socioeconomic factors in adult life, the researchers found that women who exercised in their teens and as adults had a 20 percent lower risk of death from all causes compared to other women.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety alert for two drugs, Brintellix and Brilinta, after receiving 50 reports of confusion between them caused by similarities in the drugs’ names.

In some tests, disease-causing viruses measured up to 1.7 million times the level of what would be considered hazardous on a Southern California beach.

The overall growth rate, which peaked in the late 1960s, has been falling steadily since the 1970s. In Africa, children under 15 account for two fifths of the population.

Five completely paralyzed patients were able to move their legs voluntarily for the very first time with the help of a new technique called transcutaneous stimulation, which combines non-invasive electrical stimulation, an experimental drug and physical therapy.

They were interviewed on various factors affecting their lifestyle and the extent of physical activities or exercises they did during their teen years.

Meanwhile, only 56% of the participants with leg pain and 44% of those with back pain undergoing low frequency SCS treatment reported the same progress. SCS delivers electric pulses to the spinal cord through a small device implanted under the skin, giving the patient a form of...

The head of the nation’s largest veterans service organization praised Congress for passing a measure to fill a $3.4 billion funding gap, which threatened to close VA hospitals and clinics across the country. The “Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice...

The new method, known as transcutaneous stimulation, uses electrodes strategically placed on the skin of the lower back to deliver an electrical current to the spinal cord. The men also received conditioning to see whether physical training combined with the electrical...

On Thursday, officials identified two other sources contributing to the outbreak.

The report also said rapidly growing Nigeria is expected to eclipse the United States to become the third most populous country within the next 35 years.

Frates, who played baseball at Boston College, was honored at Fenway on Opening Day this year when the team signed him to a symbolic contract.