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GSK forms bioelectronics venture with Alphabet
British drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline announced Monday that it will form a joint venture with Google's parent company Alphabet to research and develop so-called bioelectronic medicines. GSK has agreed with Verily Life Sciences (formerly Google Life Sciences) to create a new company called Galvani Bioelectronics, it said in a statement.
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Australians stay away from Village due to blocked toilets, exposed wiring
The Australian team will not move into the Olympic Village for next month's Rio de Janeiro Games because of problems including “blocked toilets, leaking pipes and exposed wiring”, the head of the country's delegation Kitty Chiller said on Sunday. The first Australian athletes to arrive in Rio were due to move into the Village on…
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Australians stay away from Village due to blocked toilets, exposed wiring
The Australian team will not move into the Olympic Village for next month's Rio de Janeiro Games because of problems including “blocked toilets, leaking pipes and exposed wiring”, the head of the country's delegation Kitty Chiller said on Sunday. The first Australian athletes to arrive in Rio were due to move into the Village on…
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Olympics-Australians stay away from Village due to blocked toilets, exposed wiring
(Adds details, quotes, background) RIO DE JANEIRO, July 24 (Reuters) – The Australian team will not move into the Olympic Village for next month’s Rio de Janeiro Games because of problems including “blocked toilets, leaking pipes and exposed wiring”, the head of the country’s delegation Kitty Chiller said on Sunday. The first Australian athletes to…
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Peru declares Zika emergency across half of country
Lima (AFP) – Peruvian officials on Wednesday declared a Zika health emergency across the northern half of their country after confirming that 102 people have been infected with the virus.
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Magnesium may modestly lower blood pressure
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Magnesium supplements taken daily for three months may result in slightly lower blood pressure, according to an analysis of more than 30 existing studies. Previous evidence has suggested that magnesium deficiency may be related to cardiometabolic disorders, including high blood pressure, said lead author Yiqing Song. “Taking oral magnesium…
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China healthcare costs forcing patients into crippling debt
By Adam Jourdan and Ben Hirschler SHANGHAI/LONDON (Reuters) – As China's medical bills rise steeply, outpacing government insurance provision, patients and their families are increasingly turning to loans to pay for healthcare, adding to the country's growing burden of consumer debt. While public health insurance reaches nearly all of China's 1.4 billion people, its coverage…
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Exclusive: WellCare, Centene make offers for Aetna assets – sources
By Carl O'Donnell and Caroline Humer (Reuters) – WellCare Health Plans Inc and Centene Corp have made competing offers for the Medicare Advantage insurance plans that Aetna Inc looks to shed in seeking clearance for its acquisition of Humana Inc , people familiar with the matter said. The potential divestiture is a central pillar of…
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Sanders’ TPP stance shot down by Democrats’ platform committee
By Alana Wise WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A trade deal fight led by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday failed to fully materialize as rival and presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton announced a compromise to expand mandatory healthcare funding over the next decade. At a meeting of the Democratic Party draft platform committee in Orlando,…
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Girls under 19 account for 30% of El Salvador pregnancies: UN
Nearly one in three pregnancies in El Salvador are to girls under 19, according to a UN report released Friday that highlights social pressures in the country, which bans abortion. In 2015, 30 percent of the 83,500 pregnancies in El Salvador were to “adolescents aged between 10 and 19,” the study by the UN Population…