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  • Drugmakers under fire for possible U.S. price fixing

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    The request by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Elijah Cummings follows a similar letter they sent last fall calling for an investigation into 14 drug companies over price increases of generic drugs. U.S. prosecutors could file the first charges by the end of the year in their subsequent criminal investigation of generic drugmakers over…

  • More U.S. middle school students dying of suicide than car crashes

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    The steady seven-year rise in middle school suicides, from an annual rate of 0.9 to 2.1 per 100,000, came as traffic deaths among the same age group declined to 1.9 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. In aggregate numbers, 425 young people 10 to 14 years of age…

  • Death of Australian Hughes ruled ‘tragic accident’

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    By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) – The death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes was a “tragic accident” and not a result of a failure to enforce the rules of the game or inadequate safety equipment, the New South Wales (NSW) Coroner's Court ruled on Friday. Hughes was hit on the back of the neck by…

  • Zebrafish offers hope for spinal cord repair: US study

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    The Zebrafish, which can completely regenerate its severed spinal cord, might hold promise for research into tissue repair in humans, researchers said Thursday. Scientists are looking at one protein in particular that is key to this accomplishment in the fish, the researchers said. “This is one of nature's most remarkable feats of regeneration,” said the…

  • WHO urges curbs on online food marketing to children

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    Governments must do more to protect children from sophisticated online methods used to market unhealthy foods to them, the World Health Organization in Europe said in a report released Friday. By using digital analytics and geo-location data, companies were defining their audience with great precision, enabling them to target the most vulnerable groups of children,…