The drug tamoxifen is the first compound ever shown to reduce certain women's chances of developing breast cancer. But in some cases, the benefits of the drug may pale next to its dangers : a
Spraying water from a truck, the firemen battle bravely on the front of Indonesia's latest environmental war against itself. Smoke from a new season of forest fires already burns the throats of many
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