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  • FDA tightens clinical requirements for transvaginal devices

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    (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it had taken steps to strengthen the data requirements for surgical mesh devices when used to repair pelvic organ prolapse (POP) via the vagina. Over the past several years, the FDA has received thousands of reports of complications, including bleeding, organ perforation and urinary…

  • First-of-a-kind drug approvals continued rise in 2015

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Approvals for first-of-a-kind drugs climbed last year, pushing the annual tally of new U.S. drugs to its highest level in 19 years.

  • The Collagen of Consciousness

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    It's on the quiet, cool days of May, when soothing fog and buffering dove grey clouds float snugly across the sky, that one reaches clarity. Paradoxically, the veil between the earth and the universe lifts the barriers between you and your true self. It's as if the fog purges the pores of your mind and…

  • Acadia buys private behavioral health services provider

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    (Reuters) – Acadia Healthcare Co Inc said it was buying Priory Group, a private behavioral care provider in the United Kingdom, for about 1.5 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) including debt of 925 million pounds. Priory, which offers services related to mental health, addictions, eating disorders and senior care, runs about 300 facilities with 7,200 beds.…

  • Why Not to Make a Resolution

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    It's that time again; the time of workout ads and inspirational quotes about making this the 'year of you'. There is just an overall sentiment of newness and transformation being promised when the calendar changes. The time to make our New Year's Resolutions — the pledges we make to ourselves to do better and be…

  • Heavy flooding causes chaos in southern India state

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    Widespread flooding across the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has driven more than 200,000 people from their homes, shut down factories and paralyzed the airport in the state capital Chennai, government officials said on Wednesday. The floods, caused by heavy rain over the past two weeks, swilled over the runway of the international airport…