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• Contrave has now gotten approval from the FDA

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• Sep 10, 2014 11:46 PM EDT

• Contrave, a pill that can treat obesity, will soon be available to the U.S. market.

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• The Situation of Rape in the United States

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• Sep 10, 2014 11:24 PM EDT

• The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a report on rape and sexual violence, revealed in early September 2014.

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• Gates Foundation Pledged $50 Million in the Fight Against Ebola

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• Sep 10, 2014 11:02 PM EDT

• Earlier this week, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $50 million dollars, which will be made available to United Nations agencies and other international organizations that are working in the fight against the Ebola outbreak in Africa.

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• Enterovirus Sickens Hundreds of Children in Virginia

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• Sep 10, 2014 10:46 PM EDT

• A respiratory illness brought on by a virus identified as EV-D68 has been victimizing hundreds of children in Virginia since early this month.

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• Flavored Tobacco Use Increases among Canadian Teens, Alarms Cancer Society

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• Sep 10, 2014 07:57 PM EDT

• In a recent study, more teens are smoking flavored tobacco, alarming Canadian Cancer Society who now calls for its immediate ban.

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• Certain Minorities and Low-income Groups Have Limited Access to Quality Thyroid Surgery

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• Sep 10, 2014 07:21 PM EDT

• In a new research, minorities such as Hispanics and blacks, as well as low-income groups, have a limited access to better-quality surgeries.

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• With This New Birth Control by 2017, Men Can Forget about Condoms

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• Sep 10, 2014 06:54 PM EDT

• A nonprofit foundation is working on a male birth control that may encourage men to skip condoms by 2017.

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• San Francisco Gives Tax Breaks to Empty Lots Converted into Urban Farms

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• Sep 10, 2014 06:29 PM EDT

• San Francisco residents who decide to convert their empty lots to urban farms may pay as low as $100 in city tax dues.

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• Breast Cancer Foundation Puts Together a Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer

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• Sep 10, 2014 01:17 AM EDT

• Breast Cancer Foundation chief executive officer Carole Renouf says that young women who are stricken with breast cancer are not receiving the help and support they need. For this the foundation has put together a program that will deal with the ordeal.

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• United States Military to Join the Ebola Effort

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• Sep 09, 2014 11:55 PM EDT

• The United States military will be joining the global effort to contain the Ebola virus, according to Pres. Obama. The possible spread of the virus outside of Africa is now being considered as a “National security priority.”

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• Teens Who Smoke Cannabis Daily at a Higher Risk of Developing Mental and Physical Issues

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• Sep 09, 2014 11:48 PM EDT

• Teens who smoke marijuana early in life are at a higher risk of developing physical and mental issues later.

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• Mother Goes To Jail For Helping Teen Daughter With Abortion

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• Sep 09, 2014 11:37 PM EDT

• A woman from Pennsylvania who violated the state’s abortion law has been sentenced to up to 18 months in jail for obtaining abortion pills for her teenage daughter in 2012.