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Home for the Holidays? Hold the sugar, please
In the month of December, retail sales of sugar typically account for almost double most other months of the year. Stew Leonard, Jr., chief executive of the Stew Leonard's chain of four supermarkets in New York
Fire sweeps through Saudi hospital, at least 24 dead
The fire broke out at the general hospital in the southwestern port city of Jazan, the capital of the Jizan region, one of Saudi Arabia's poorest areas. The civil defense agency said 25 people died but
Commentary: The unseen toll of workplace disease in America
Work-related illnesses kill an estimated 50,000 people in America each year. Few seem to notice or care.
India’s Piramal eyes nutrition, cough-cold brands to boost consumer health arm
India's Piramal Enterprises Ltd is exploring buying nutritional supplements and cough and cold brands to grow its consumer healthcare business to among the three largest in the country by 2020, a senior executive said. The healthcare
Sanofi submits new diabetes drug application to U.S. regulator
French drugmaker Sanofi said on Wednesday it had submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a single daily insulin injection to treat adults with type 2 diabetes. Sanofi said it had
Gum disease linked to breast cancer risk in older women
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) - Middle-aged and older women with gum disease are slightly more likely than those without gum problems to develop breast cancer, suggests a new study. The risk increase was most pronounced for
US lifts lifetime ban on gay blood donations
The United States on Monday formally lifted its lifetime ban on blood donations by gay men, replacing the rule with a 12-month waiting period after last sexual contact. The decision by the US Food and Drug
Independent group says new Glaxo asthma drug far too expensive
An independent nonprofit organization that evaluates clinical and cost effectiveness of new medicines found the price of GlaxoSmithKline's new drug for severe asthma should be as much as 76 percent lower to justify its value, according to
Immortality Bus Delivers Newly Created Transhumanist Bill of Rights to the US Capitol
The Immortality Bus at the US Capitol in Washington DC -- Photo by Zoltan IstvanAfter months of traveling across the country on a national bus tour, the coffin-shaped Immortality Bus drove into Washington DC and successfully delivered
San Francisco hospital suspends kidney donations after death
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — UCSF Medical Center has voluntarily suspended its living donor program for kidney transplants after a living donor died last month.