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Reducing the amount of salt that children eat could provide a short-cut to keeping them slim, British researchers reported on Wednesday.

Luxembourg parliament adopted a law late on Tuesday to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide, adding the Grand Duchy to a small group of countries that allow the terminally ill to end their lives.

The belief that rich countries are draining poorer ones of their best-qualified people is largely unfounded, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said in a report published on Wednesday.

After working as a spokeswoman for the Jenny Craig diet system and losing 75 lbs in three years, actress Kirstie Alley plans to launch her own weight-loss program, she told People magazine on Tuesday.

People who have a cardiac arrest in the hospital at night or on the weekend are far less likely to survive than those who suffer one during the day, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan was released on Tuesday from a Los Angeles-area hospital where she spent two nights after a fall and was resuming her daily activities, her office said.

A little Beethoven is good for the brain, according to a Finnish study published on Wednesday showing that music helps people recover more quickly from strokes.