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In 1990 and in 2013, smoking was the No. 2 risk factor for premature death. Above: Miners take a cigarette break in Ukraine.

The Good News And Bad News About How People Die

8:49pm September 18, 2015

by Susan Brink

Childhood malnutrition and unsafe water are no longer in the top 10 of risks for death. But lifestyle-related risks, from smoking to diets high in salt and low in fruits, are killing millions.

"For most of the 19th century, there was less concern about the perils of taking cocaine than there was about the negative side effects of drinking green tea," says author Matthew Sweet. The backlash against green tea was caused by a mix of baseless fears

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Before Green Tea Was A Superfood, It Was Feared As A Supertoxin

3:28pm September 18, 2015

by Nina Martyris

These days, green tea has its health halo pretty firmly affixed. But in Victorian England, adulteration was rampant, and the drink was seen as a "stomach-churning, nerve-jangling threat to health."

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Croatia Struggles To Respond To New Influx Of Migrants

2:35pm September 18, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Asylum-seekers frustrated by the Hungary closing its borders are looking for other routes into northern Europe. Thousands of migrants have now arrived in Croatia, where thousands of people pushed through police lines to get into the country.

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Slovakia Rejects EU's Call For Mandatory Migrant Quotas

2:24pm September 18, 2015

The government in Slovakia says migrants prefer Europe's wealthier nations and Slovakia has always been a transit route. Renee Montagne talks to Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak.

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President Obama meets with (from left) Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler and Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone on Thursday in the Oval Office of the White House.

Obama: Trio Who Thwarted Paris Train Attack 'Represent The Very Best Of America'

12:46pm September 18, 2015

by Laura Wagner

President Obama met with the three Americans credited with stopping an alleged terrorist attack on a Paris-bound train in the Oval Office to honor them for their actions.

Russia Sends Warplanes To Syria To Join Fight Against ISIS

12:34pm September 18, 2015

by Scott Neuman

NPR has learned that 16 aircraft — including four attack jets and as many attack helicopters — have landed in Syria at a forward operating base at Latakia.

Refugees and other migrants wait to board buses at Tovarnik railway station in Croatia after crossing from Serbia on Friday. Officials say they were forced to close eight road border crossings Thursday after thousands of people entered the country when Hu

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Croatia's Army On Alert As It Tries To Slow Border Crossings

10:05am September 18, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Croatia has closed highways leading in from Serbia. And neighboring Hungary has started building a fence on its border with Croatia, in addition to two others along its borders.

Penicillin became a wonder drug for fighting infections in the 1940s. Jean-Claude Fide was an early adapter, injected in 1948 in the French town of Mont-pres-Chambord.

Why India Is A Hotbed Of Antibiotic Resistance And Sweden Is Not

9:25am September 18, 2015

by Susan Brink

In the developing world, antibiotics are now being overused — just like in the U.S. So antibiotic resistance is a growing global issue. But some countries have figured out a solution.

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Migrants Settled In Europe Feel Overshadowed By Current Refugees

9:23am September 18, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

Much of the attention during the European migrant crisis has focused on the plight of refugees from Syria, but there are many thousands of other migrants who now feel forgotten.

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Migrant Crisis Puts Pressure On Project Of European Integration

7:59pm September 17, 2015

Daniela Schwarzer, senior director for research and director of the Europe Program for the German Marshall Fund, explains how the influx of migrants could affect the project of European integration.

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