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What’s healthier than walking to work? Running to catch the bus: study
Taking the bus or train to work may be even healthier than walking, according to a new study published Sunday by the American Heart Association. "Bus/train commuters had even lower rates of diabetes, high blood pressure
Cytokinetics, Amgen drug shows promise in heart failure study
By Bill Berkrot ORLANDO (Reuters) - An experimental heart failure drug being developed by Cytokinetics Inc and Amgen Inc demonstrated several beneficial cardiac function effects in a midstage clinical trial, according to data presented on Sunday. The
Novo Nordisk diabetes drug fails to help heart failure: study
By Bill Berkrot ORLANDO (Reuters) - The Novo Nordisk diabetes drug Victoza failed to improve clinical stability or delay death in patients suffering from advanced heart failure, researchers reported at a medical meeting on Sunday. The injectable
What’s healthier than walking to work? Running to catch the bus
Taking the bus or train to work may be even healthier than walking, according to a new study published Sunday by the American Heart Association. "Bus/train commuters had even lower rates of diabetes, high blood pressure
Sierra Leone declared free of Ebola transmissions
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — The World Health Organization declared Sierra Leone free from Ebola transmissions on Saturday, as West Africa battles to stamp out the deadly virus that is holding on in neighboring Guinea.
Suspended FIFA chief Blatter in hospital-lawyer
Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter, his federation mired in a corruption crisis, is in hospital for medical checks but should be discharged soon, his U.S. lawyer said on Friday. Later, however, Blatter's U.S. based lawyer Richard
Sierra Leone girls forced into "degrading" pregnancy tests after school ban
By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Schoolgirls in Sierra Leone have been forced to undergo humiliating and degrading public pregnancy tests since the government banned pregnant girls from attending mainstream schools and taking exams, Amnesty
Anguish over India’s move to ban ‘rent-a-womb’ industry
Childless couples from around the world have been left in limbo after the Indian government revealed plans to ban them from the country's booming multi-million dollar surrogacy industry. The industry has exploded in recent years with
U.S. federal agencies investigate Merck, Lilly drug pricing
Drugmakers Merck & Co and Eli Lilly & Co are being investigated by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Pennsylvania and other federal agencies over drug pricing practices, the companies disclosed. Merck, in a regulatory filing late on
How CDC Is Using DNA Technology in Suspected Chipotle E. Coli Outbreak Investigation
As the E. coli outbreak believed to be linked to West Coast Chipotle restaurants grows, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it is using cutting-edge DNA technology to assist with the investigation. At