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TIL that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the US after heart disease and cancer

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kO0JE TIL In 1975 the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to USA's Howard Temin for his research on cancer. During his acceptance speech in Sweden, he called out some present -- including a Queen and other royalty -- for smoking. He insisted that the ashtray on the laureates' table be removed.
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