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Olympics-China issues corruption warning after training centre visits
China’s top graft buster followed up a series of inspections of elite sports training centres by reiterating its warning against corruption in the run-up to the Rio Olympics on Monday. The Beijing Sport University and the Olympic Training centre were among departments visited by inspectors attached to the sports ministry, the ruling Communist Party’s Central…
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Muhammad Ali dies at 74; Obama hails ‘man who fought for us’
Muhammad Ali, the former world heavyweight champion whose boxing feats, showmanship and political activism made him one of the best-known figures of the 20th century, died on Friday aged 74. Ali, who had long suffered from Parkinson's syndrome which impaired his speech and made the once-graceful athlete almost a prisoner in his own body, died…
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Large Guardant Health study backs use of ‘liquid biopsies’
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – A large study sponsored by privately held Guardant Health Inc of California showed that its Guardant360 liquid biopsy test, which looks at bits of tumor DNA in blood samples, closely mirrored the cancer genes taken from traditional tissue biopsies. The findings, presented on Saturday at the American Society of…
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Large Guardant Health study backs use of ‘liquid biopsies’
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – A large study sponsored by privately held Guardant Health Inc of California showed that its Guardant360 liquid biopsy test, which looks at bits of tumor DNA in blood samples, closely mirrored the cancer genes taken from traditional tissue biopsies. The findings, presented on Saturday at the American Society of…
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Study finds targeted cancer drugs may work in range of tumor types
By Deena Beasley CHICAGO (Reuters) – Early results from a clinical trial of Roche Holding AG cancer drugs released on Saturday suggest some promise in matching treatments based on abnormalities found in a patient's tumor rather than the organ in which the cancer was originally detected. The findings, presented at the annual meeting of the…
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Canada’s Trudeau to legalize marijuana, but not smoke it
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has admitted to smoking marijuana in the past, said on Thursday he has no plans to light up even after his government makes it legal to do so. “It was never my thing.” Trudeau, 44, said he does not drink much alcohol…
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Fentanyl, the powerful drug that killed Prince, presents growing threat
By Fiona Ortiz CHICAGO (Reuters) – Fentanyl, a powerful painkiller that a medical examiner identified as the drug that killed the superstar Prince six weeks ago, has been responsible for an epidemic of overdose deaths around the United States, according to federal officials. The most potent narcotic known, it is a man-made opioid 50 times…
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Olympics-U.S. cyclist Van Garderen opts out of Rio over Zika
* “Can’t risk bringing anything back” – Van Garderen * Still competing in Tour de France, Vuelta a Espana (Adds background, details) June 2 (Reuters) – Cyclist Tejay Van Garderen has withdrawn from consideration for the U.S. team for the Rio Olympics over concerns that the Zika virus outbreak could present risks for his pregnant…
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Doctor: Baby born in US to mom with Zika has birth defect
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — A Honduran woman with the Zika virus gave birth in New Jersey to a baby girl with birth defects that appear to be caused by the mosquito-borne virus, one of her doctors said.
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After a heart attack, people more likely to take statins as directed
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Heath) – People may do a better job of following doctors’ orders to take statin drugs – prescribed to protect against cardiac problems – after they wind up hospitalized for a heart attack, a large study suggests. “Our theory is that the heart attack hospitalization appeared to serve as a teachable…