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One in four smokers who carry a gene mutation found in two per cent of the population will develop lung cancer, a large-scale study has shown. The defective gene, known as BRCA2, has long been linked to breast and ovarian cancers. Scientists found that a specific flaw in the gene almost doubles the overall risk of lung cancer.

Six suspects arrested for the murder of a woman in a McDonald’s outlet in China’s Zhaoyuan city were discovered to be members of a heretic cult, according to local police. The woman, surnamed Wu, was beaten to death at a McDonald’s outlet in Zhaoyuan, Shandong on Wednesday night. According to police, the suspects had tried to recruit her to join …

New research presented at this year’s Euroanaesthesia show that on weekends, in the afternoons and in February are the times when the risk of death following surgery is the highest. The research is by Dr Felix Kork and Professor Claudia Spies, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Germany and colleagues.

The former girlfriend of freed US soldier Bowe Berghadl never gave up hope that he would one day be freed despite moving on with her own life and finding love with someone else.

A global study of obesity, taking in 30 years of data, reveals that an increasing number of people around the world are overweight. One of the causes is technological advances that promote inactivity and the increasing availability of unhealthy food.

A teenager and a Norfolk Police officer have died, and another officer was wounded, after several shootings Friday night, according to WAVY. The suspect in the shootings has also died.

The Washington D.C. metropolitan area has reclaimed the top spot in an annual ranking of health and community fitness, bumping Minneapolis-St. Paul, last year’s three-peat winner, to second place. Portland, Denver and San Francisco round out the Top 5 on the 2014 American Fitness Index report, released today.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s eldest is growing up fast. This week, the actress revealed that 12-year-old Maddox has got a girlfriend. “He’s dating, he’s got a girlfriend,” the star confirmed to Entertainment Tonight at the Hollywood premiere of Maleficent, adding that both she and Brad approve of the young lady.

Police say three people were killed and six injured at a road rally in Edinburgh, Scotland, after two cars collided with spectators in separate accidents. Organizers said the Jim Clark Rally in the Scottish Borders was canceled, and that they were cooperating with the police investigation to determine the cause of the crashes.

Barack Obama may be president of the United States, but he is still a father, so he had to be feeling some kind of way when his eldest daughter took part in that teenage rite of passage and went to her first prom. Malia Obama, 15, is a 10th grader now, so she does what other adolescents do and that …

A sheriff’s SWAT team raided a home in rural Habersham County, Ga., looking for drugs and threw a stun grenade into a toddler’s playpen, critically injuring the child, who is given a 50-percent chance at survival, authorities have reported.