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Atletico de Madrid beat Real Madrid to win the Kings Cup
40,000 Atleti supporters crammed into the centre of Madrid on Saturday night after beating Real Madrid in the King's Cup 2-1. The team toured the centre of the city in an open top bus. It's the tenth time that Atleti have done so, and it means that they will open the next season against Barcelona in the Supercup. The Atleti player Simone told the fans that they had the strength ...
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Spanish hospital loses embryos after freezer leak
A hospital in Spain lost 172 embryos, intended for use in in vitro fertilization, when a freezer leaked liquid nitrogen, hospital officials said. The oversight angered would-be mothers, many of whom didn't find out about the April 22 incident until they made appointments with their doctors to have embryos implanted. An official at La Paz Hospital in Madrid told ThinkSpain the ...
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Barcelona on the frontline in the cancer fight
Cancer has become the leading killer of the elderly in Europe; it is an awful, painful disease that has become something akin to a pandemic. Progress has been made in its diagnosis, and further progress is being made in its treatment, and Barcelona, by hosting the European Breast Cancer Conference, is playing a major part in the sharing of ideas and knowledge to facilitate improvements and new breakthroughs.
The city of Barcelona will play a significant role in the prevention and promotion of awareness of breast cancer when it hosts the annual European Breast Cancer Conference this year. Breast cancer is among the leading killers of women around the world, and although mortality has begun to drop worldwide, and especially in Europe, there is still much progress that can be made. Read more
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