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Offering free contraception cuts abortions

People who live within a half-mile of lots of parks and fields go on fewer walks than those who don't have much parkland nearby, a new study from Australia suggests.

Just over half of Canada's web users are using a mobile device or their TV to get online, suggests a new report.

Dear doctors: I am 84 years old, and I have been diagnosed with a carotid artery bulb. It seems to be growing with time. I have had an ultrasound of the artery, and the only diagnosis is some calcification.

The percentage of U.S. high school students who drink and drive has dropped by more than half in two decades, in part due to tougher laws against driving under the influence of alcohol, health officials said on Tuesday. In 2011, 10.

SCTV comedy legends Martin Short and Catherine O'Hara say they agreed to lend their voices to the new stop-motion animated tale Frankweenie for a simple reason: Tim Burton.

Victoria's less privileged can share in nature's bounty as organizations celebrate Thanksgiving with hot meals for everyone. ? Dodd's Furniture hosts its 14th annual Thanksgiving dinner on Monday.

Terminology hasn't kept pace with older, unmarried couples

Danny Strong has been selected to write the final two instalments of The Hunger Games for Lionsgate, according to a source with knowledge of the studio's plans.

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