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Washington: According to new study report, scared of side effects, women have stopped taking pills that can help keep breast cancer from coming back, but such women who stop taking pills risk early death.

A study found that women in Scotland were not taking the breast cancer pill tamoxifen as directed, and breast cancer’s new type of pill was causing cryptic aches and pains in women.

The WHO (World Health Organization) has confirmed that four people have died of bird flu in Vietnam since June.

100 cases are confirmed to date in Vietnam, 46 have been fatal. At global level, out of 327 known cases, the virus killed 199 people since it re-appeared in Hong Kong in 2003.

Millions of birds have died or have been culled. Following is a list of confirmed human cases of H5N1.

New York: Fairbank Farms, a U.S. ground beef producer has recalled beef patties sold to Shaw’s Supermarkets in New England due to concerns about bacterial contamination.

The patties could have been bought by consumers between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. in that area, said Fairbank Farms.

Hamburg, Sep 7 : It's 3 a.m., pitch dark and you can't sleep. How can you survive the next day after being awake so long the night before? Difficulty in sleeping is a common problem but there are ways to escape it.

"If you offered someone one million euros to fall asleep in 10 minutes, he would not win the money," said Cornelius Kellner, a sleep specialist. It's normal to be awake at night occasionally.