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Lab-grown body parts : Vagina Implants Cure Rare Disorder

Lab-grown parts work well in clinical trials

For the first time, researchers have successfully implanted laboratory-grown vaginas in human patients—potentially helping women avoid drawbacks from other regenerative procedures, scientists announced in a paper published today. A research team at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine, led by Dr. Anthony Atala, said in Lancet that four recipients of lab-grown reproductive organs underwent surgery between June …

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Foster Farms Chicken Salmonella Outbreak Tops 500 Cases, feds say

Foster Farms Chicken Salmonella Outbreak Tops 500 Cases, feds say

The huge and long-lasting Foster Farms chicken Salmonella outbreak has now sickened at least 524 people in 25 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Using the multiplier of 30.3, that means that at least 15,877 people nationwide have been sickened by the poultry produced by Foster Farms.

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Squirrel blamed for $300K damage to Indiana community center

Squirrel blamed for $300K damage to Ind. building

A wayward squirrel caused about $300,000 in damage to a community center that was set to open in June in Fort Wayne, Ind. Parks Department officials say the squirrel got into the electrical equipment of the building in McMillen Park last week, causing a power surge that damaged the heating and air conditioning systems and some parts of the boiler …

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Ways to Measure Happiness

Ways to Measure Happiness

Happiness is elusive for some people. You may wonder how you can tell if you are truly happy. It is normally characterized in cartoons with birds chirping happily around your head and bands boasting upbeat tunes with general grandeur. But measuring happiness is sometimes harder in real life, where we don’t have the luxury of the theme song “Come On …

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Bus crash victims : recently engaged LA couple among dead

Bus crash victims : recently engaged LA couple among dead

A couple who had been engaged for just a few months was among those killed in the fiery crash of a bus filled with prospective college students headed to Humboldt State University. Michael Myvett had just proposed to his fiancée in Paris, France, in December, Myvett’s employer said.

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Solomon Islands earthquake : Tsunami Warning Canceled

Solomon Islands earthquake

Tsunami warnings issued after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean Saturday have now been cancelled. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued tsunami warnings for the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu on Saturday.The warnings were cancelled soon after, however, with the PTWC saying that a tsunami was generated.

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Conan : Colbert ‘right person’ to do ‘Late Show’

Conan : Colbert 'right person' to do 'Late Show'

Conan O’Brien has congratulated Stephen Colbert on his new appointment as host of The Late Show. Current host David Letterman announced last week that he’ll be retiring from CBS in 2015. There were reports of several television personalities being in the running to host The Late Show, including Neil Patrick Harris and Tina Fey.

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Johnny Depp wants more Kids

Johnny Depp wants more Kids

One of Hollywood’s best actors John Christopher “Johnny” Depp admitted that he loves children so much that he won’t mind having 100 more. Though, he is already a father to two Jack (11) and Lily-Rose (14) with his ex-wife.

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Naomi Deluce Wilding : Liz Taylor’s granddaughter speaks

Naomi Deluce Wilding : Liz Taylor's granddaughter speaks

Her famous grandmother Elizabeth Taylor passed away three years ago and now Naomi deLuce Wilding opens up about the iconic actress in the May 2014 issue of Glamour magazine. “Living with my grandmother was like living with an auntie,” she told Glamour for its May issue, out April 15. “Most grandmothers would say, ‘You can’t leave the house wearing that!’ …

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