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Watford mustn't let guard down against Chelsea: Silva
Chelsea are beset by injury problems and low morale as the troubled champions look to get their Premier League title defense back on track against Watford on Saturday (Sunday in Manila). Defeat meant they have not beaten Chelsea in the last 13 meetings in all competitions. "You look at Manchester United , you look at Manchester City and what is the common characteristic?" "We had the g... [Full Article...]
Get your flu shots early, says Sask. chief medical health officer
Early surveillance from the Public Health Agency of Canada points to H3N2 as the dominant strain so far and, even in late September during what is considered an "interseasonal" period, showed higher numbers than usual. Arkansas is investing more in preventing the sickness spreading this year. November 30 will be the last clinic planned for Sylvan Lake. Children's flu vaccines are also available by... [Full Article...]
Drinking Really Does Improve Your Foreign Language Skills
This helps bilinguals to interact with someone in a second language . Other participants were given a control drink, with no alcohol. Fifty male German students who were learning Dutch at Maastricht University in the the Netherlands were randomized to receive an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink before talking with a researcher in Dutch for a few minutes. [Full Article...]
Gold Star Family Recounts President Trump's Sincere Phone Call
Mark De Alencar, who was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan in April, described her conversation with Trump as a "moment of niceness" during an otherwise turbulent and heart-wrenching time. She received a call from Trump four days later. Rep. Frederica Wilson , D-Fla., claimed Trump told the widow that her husband " knew what he signed up for , but I guess it still hurt", CNN reported . [Full Article...]
Photo Appears To Show Two White Students Holding Black Girl On Leashes
A MA school district has apologized for a photo taken in a classroom that shows two white children holding leashes attached to a black child. The photo went viral after being posted to Facebook early Thursday, racking up more than 8,000 shares within hours. [Full Article...]
Hotel guard describes getting shot before Las Vegas massacre
Campos was specifically instructed to withhold certain information, Hickey confirmed to the Daily Mail . Campos, 25, appeared Wednesday on DeGeneres' daytime chat show, where MGM management assumed the comedian would lob softball questions at him, according to the report. [Full Article...]
A silent epidemic of cancer is spreading among men
D'Souza added that the risk is far lower among women and nonsmokers, and people who have few oral sex partners. U.S. experts tested more than 13,000 adults for HPV. Head and neck cancer is predicted to overtake cervical cancer in the U.S. by 2020. Each year in the United States, about 16,500 cases of oropharyngeal cancer are diagnosed. [Full Article...]
'Rapid' rise in self-harming among girls aged 13 to 16
The investigators compared those children to more than 170,000 kids who didn't self-harm, matched for age and gender. "It can take a lot of courage for a young person to tell their GP that they're self-harming, and it's crucial that specialist mental health services are available for all those who need support", Madders continued. [Full Article...]