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  • Dinner with TV may be a recipe for less healthy meals

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    By Madeline Kennedy (Reuters Health) – Families that eat dinner with the TV on tend to eat less healthy food and to enjoy the meals less than families who leave the TV off, according to a recent U.S. study. “Family meals are protective for many aspects of child health,” lead author Amanda Trofholz said by…

  • Clinton proposes tax credit for family caregiving costs

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    By Amanda Becker CLINTON, Iowa (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Sunday proposed a tax credit offsetting up to $6,000 in costs associated with caring for elderly and disabled family members, and allowing caregivers to accrue Social Security retirement benefits for such work. The maximum value of the caregiving credit would be…

  • Endangered rhino dies at California zoo, three remain worldwide

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    By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A northern white rhinoceros, one of just four left on Earth, died on Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park after suffering from a bacterial infection and age-related health issues, zoo officials said. Nola, a 41-year-old rhino brought to the Southern California park in 1989 as part…

  • Pfizer set to buy Allergan for more than $150 billion

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    The deal, the largest ever in the healthcare sector, is sure to draw political ire in a U.S. presidential election year because Pfizer would redomicile to Ireland, where Allergan is registered, in a so-called “inversion” that would slash its corporate tax rate. It will also reignite debate in the pharmaceutical industry over the role of…

  • Global health experts accuse WHO of ‘egregious failure’ on Ebola

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    By Kate Kelland LONDON, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization's failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa's Ebola outbreak was an “egregious failure” which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health experts said on Monday. A specialist panel convened by Harvard's Global Health Institute (HGHI) and the London School…