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How countries around the world try to encourage vaccination - A new policy in France requires all children born January 1 or later to receive 11 mandatory vaccines.http://ow.ly/pdwT50g0Ndd 

How your body fights back when you diet - Diets do not work.http://ow.ly/luII50g0hfr 

Should you take statins? Guidelines offer different answers - When it comes to using statins to prevent a first heart attack or stroke, one leading US guideline recommends the drugs to 9 million more people than the other, according to a study publish...http://ow.ly/3dCb50fZT6t 

Yes, you can go meatless one day a week - Research consistently shows that plant-based diets are linked with a lower risk of obesity, hypertension, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer.http://ow.ly/utlK50fZnAp 

For nearly 50 years, two Vietnam vets kept alive a New Year's Eve pact - Hunkered in a Vietnam bunker, the two Marines made a pact to call each other every New Year's Eve. On Sunday, one of them will ring in the New Year alone.http://ow.ly/P8Hj50fZ0w0 

Claire's pulls children's makeup kits over asbestos concerns - The international retail giant Claire's says it has pulled nine children's makeup products off shelves after asbestos was found in many samples.http://ow.ly/y9mV50fXQUN 

Got the flu? Here's what leads to recovery - Flu season is well underway across the United States.http://ow.ly/jN2g50fXt8k 

8 resolutions for better parenting in the New Year - If you're looking to improve your parenting, you're not alone. In my opinion, it's an essential area of course correction, up there with weight loss, better eating and better spending, arguably more...http://ow.ly/guTk50fXkDa 

Retirement home cam tapes attack on 86-year-old - The victim was hit more than 50 times and ended up at the hospital. Officials question why it took so long to shut it down the assisted living facility.http://ow.ly/S2dq50fWDyh 

Food pantry idea a blessing for small town - This summer, Roman Espinoza, a 46-year-old Army veteran, put up a "blessing box" on his lawn. He hoped the miniature food pantry would help alleviate the problem of hunger in his community. It was one man's...http://ow.ly/t8jQ50fWyon 

Retirement home shut down months after attack on 86-year-old - A death, a beating and two arrests in a Florida assisted living facility. Officials question why it took so long to shut it down.http://ow.ly/kDcr50fWrk3 

Try the 'non-diet diet' for the new year - For the new year, if you've been struggling with your weight, you might turn to a new diet for help with shedding pounds.http://ow.ly/8Sag50fWdJJ 

After 60 years of friendship, they learned they're biological brothers - Seventy-four-year-old Walter Macfarlane and 72-year-old Alan Robinson have been friends for more than 60 years. Born in Honolulu, they first met in elementary school, played high...http://ow.ly/pRoh50fVdOV 

More pregnant women are using pot, study finds - More pregnant women seem to be using pot -- sometimes to ease the nausea of morning sickness or heightened anxiety -- and a new study suggests that this slight rise in marijuana use is most pronounced a...http://ow.ly/eaop50fUpTn 

Chinese firm clones gene-edited dog in bid to treat cardiovascular disease - With his black, brown and white fur, Longlong looks like most beagles. But the puppy has been sick with a blood-clotting disorder since birth — exactly what scientists in Chi...http://ow.ly/Ke3650fUnSf 

How an overweight shelter dog saved Eric O'Grey's life - Life as a 340-pound man had become unmanageable for Eric O'Grey.http://ow.ly/Ka9O50fUdws 

A New Year, new food resolution: Mindful eating - It's the end of December, which means there's a good chance you are thinking of ways to live healthier in the new year. Whether you want to drop 10 pounds, improve your cholesterol or have more energy,...http://ow.ly/PR3R50fTHlP