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Choking on food common among U.S. kids: study  Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 09:09 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Each day over the past decade, about 34 U.S. children went to the emergency room after choking on food, according to a new study of a group of nationally-representative hospitals. Researchers found that candy was the most common culprit - although choking on hot dogs, nuts and seeds most often required kids to be hospitalized. "These numbers are high," said Dr. Gary Smith, who worked on the study at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. What's more, he added, "This is an underestimate. ... Full Story	Top
Northern Ireland struggles to heal deep fracture  Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 08:34 PM PDT By Sam Cage BELFAST (Reuters) - When U.S. President Barack Obama visited Northern Ireland before the G8 summit in June, he hailed its extraordinary progress in the 15 years since a peace agreement to end three decades of what locals call "The Troubles". On the other side of Belfast the next day, a petrol bomb thrown over a fence dividing Protestant from Catholic communities exploded next to a four-year-old girl playing in the street - just one example of sporadic violence still haunting the British province. The region of 1. ... Full Story	Top

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