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NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t count on smartphone health apps in an emergency: A review shows many don’t warn when you’re in danger.

UnitedHealth sees more growth in 2017 when it exits Obamacare

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The company said losses in that business were within expectations in the third quarter, news that boosted the recently weak shares of competitors like Anthem Inc , which plan to stay in those markets next year. Shares of UnitedHealth, which beat Wall Street third-quarter earnings estimates, raised its full-year outlook and signaled 2017 earnings could…

St. Jude and Abbott to sell some medical devices for $1.12 billion

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(Reuters) – Abbott Laboratories, which is in the process of buying St. Jude Medical Inc for $25 billion, said the companies would sell some of their medical devices to Japan-based Terumo Corp for about $1.12 billion. Abbott said on Tuesday the deal is an important step toward completion of the St. Jude acquisition, which is…

Devils’ milk could fight superbugs: Australia scientists

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Mother's milk from the marsupials known as Tasmanian devils could help the global fight against increasingly deadly “superbugs” which resist antibiotics, Australian researchers said Tuesday. Superbugs are bacteria which cannot be treated by current antibiotics and other drugs, with a recent British study saying they could kill up to 10 million people globally by 2050. Scientists…

Arizona execution procedures face review in U.S. court

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A federal judge in Phoenix will hear arguments this week about resuming executions in Arizona, where a 2014 lethal injection that took nearly two hours raised questions about the state's death chamber protocols and the chemicals it uses to kill inmates. The case is the latest to raise questions about the drugs used in many…

J&J says pharma future bright, despite threat to Remicade

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