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A simple cost-free way to reduce pain is to bring to mind a favourite sexual fantasy. Peter S Staats and his group at the University of Wisconsin, USA, suggest an entirely new approach to pain

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nike's Shanghai branch is buying back 251 jerseys sold mostly in 1998 winter on the Chinese mainland because the garments carry a potentially harmful chemical. Of the total 251 tainted Nike soccer

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