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CHICAGO - Robotic surgery is increasingly being used for women's hysterectomies, adding at least $2,000 to the cost without offering much benefit over less high-tech methods, a study found. The technique was used in just 0.

ATLANTA - You may not be a disease detective, but now you can play one at home. The nation's public health agency has released a free app for the iPad called "Solve the Outbreak.

MONTREAL - A new study has detected significantly higher stillbirth rates in aboriginal populations than in non-aboriginal ones in Quebec, especially in the later stages of pregnancy.

TORONTO - British authorities announced Tuesday that another person has died from infection with the new coronavirus as European scientists revealed the new virus easily infects the cells of the airways of the human lung.

TORONTO - Appearances count, it seems, even when a loved one's life may be hanging in the balance.

CHICAGO - Hip replacements are slightly more likely to fail in women than in men, according to one of the largest studies of its kind in U.S. patients.

TORONTO - Leslie Beck has long been a proponent of the health benefits of a plant-based diet.

TORONTO - Leslie Beck has long been a proponent of the health benefits of a plant-based diet.

HALIFAX - The unseasonably hot May sun was beating down on a panting Kim Smith as she willed her legs up Citadel Hill — a climb in the annual Halifax Blue Nose marathon that even avid runners loathe.

SEATTLE - Teaching parents to switch channels from violent shows to educational TV can improve preschoolers' behaviour, even without getting them to watch less, a study found.