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Postoperative antibiotics did not appear to lower the risk for infection in patients who underwent cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis, according to a report published in JAMA. According to the scientists, acute calculous cholecystitis is the third most frequent cause of emergency admissions to surgical wards, and approximately 750,000 cholecystectomies are performed each year in the United States.

A US man died while competing in a hot-dog eating contest held at a Fourth of July event in South Dakota. Walter Eagle Tail, 47, from the city of Custer, chocked to death, as he was trying to beat his five opponents in the speed-eating competition.

A 2-year-old amputee from New Jersey received an outpouring of support after a video of him learning to walk was viewed by thousands of people. Kayden Elijah Kinckle could be heard saying “I got it” as he held a walker and took several steps in a video posted by his mother on July 4, YouTube user Nikki Sessoms.

Helen Hunt is a great actress known for shows like “Mad About You” and her part in the movie “Twister.” She is now 51-years-old but that doesn’t mean anything when you look at how amazing she looks in a bikini.

Former Quebec health minister Claude Castonguay is calling on Yves Bolduc to resign from government and refund $215,000 in premiums he received for taking on new patients he then subsequently abandoned after he became a minister again.

You see them everywhere now. E-cigarettes or vaporizers. Entire cultural groups have sprung up surrounding the market. Vapers are omnipresent on social media, and there are even the equivalent of of old-school tupperware parties for the devices. Granted, makers of the vaporizers know that sex sells, so you find a number of tradeshow models showcasing the devices.

Talk about a close encounter. The crew of a UTair Boeing 767-300 preparing to land on Runway 02 at Barcelona-El Prat Airport on Saturday got a big surprise just a few moments before touchdown when an Airbus A340 taxied across the runway, directly intersecting the 767’s landing path. The Boeing 767 performed what is known as a “go around” and …

Ottawa is setting aside a block of wireless spectrum for an upcoming auction in an attempt to bolster smaller providers and draw new companies into the Canadian telecom industry. The federal government announced July 7 it would set aside a 30-MHz block of AWS-3 spectrum specifically for new entrants, similar to what it did in 2008.

Scientists from Stanford University in California found that in the past 20 years there has been a sharp decrease in physical exercise and an increase in average body mass index (BMI), while caloric intake has remained steady. They theorized that a nationwide drop in leisure-time physical activity, especially among young women, may be responsible for the upward trend in obesity …

Rihanna was captured in the studio with Big Sean, possibly cooking up something for her forthcoming eighth studio album, slated to arrive later this year.

Violence in Chicago over the holiday weekend once again garnered national attention after more than 80 people were shot, at least 15 of them fatally.