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Omega-3 fatty acids linked to lower risk of heart disease
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Omega-3 fatty acids in fish and dietary supplements are associated with lower odds of heart disease even in people already at elevated risk because of excessive levels of fats or bad cholesterol in their blood, a research review suggests. The American Heart Association recommends eating at least two servings…
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Drugmakers under fire for possible U.S. price fixing
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…
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Drugmakers under fire for possible U.S. price fixing
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…
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More U.S. middle school students dying of suicide than car crashes
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…
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Suspect in Wisconsin prom shooting dies in hospital
An 18-year-old man suspected of opening fire on two students outside a Wisconsin high school prom died in a nearby hospital early Sunday morning after he was shot and wounded by a police officer, authorities said. Jakob Wagner was pronounced dead shortly after 1 a.m. CDT (0600 GMT), about two hours after he shot the…
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VW brand chief ‘confident’ of solving cost-cutting row with labor
Volkswagen's top brand executive is confident that management and labor will solve a dispute over cost-cutting at the core autos division and signaled readiness on Sunday to meet some of workers' demands. Volkswagen's (VW) powerful labor leaders earlier this month accused brand chief executive Herbert Diess of betraying workers and trying to use the diesel…
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Boy tests positive for Ebola in latest Liberia flare-up
A five-year-old boy tested positive for Ebola in Liberia just days after his mother died of the virus in the second flare-up to hit West Africa in recent weeks, the health ministry said on Sunday. A 30-year-old woman died of Ebola in Monrovia last week, months after Liberia was declared free of the virus. “A…