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Dartmouth coach: Tackle-free practice reduces concussions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens makes a promise to recruited players before they take the field: “In four years, you will never tackle another Dartmouth football player.”
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Ablynx burns more cash in first-quarter on higher R&D costs
(Reuters) – Belgian biotech firm Ablynx said on Thursday it used up more cash than it made in the first quarter, driven by higher external research and development costs. Cash burn is a closely watched figure for rising biotech companies that generate revenue only from development milestone payments, and not drug sales. The group, which…
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80 percent of world’s city dwellers breathing bad air: UN
Over 80 percent of the world's city dwellers breathe poor quality air, increasing their risk of lung cancer and other life-threatening diseases, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report warned Thursday. “Urban air pollution continues to rise at an alarming rate, wreaking havoc on human health,” Maria Neira, the head of WHO's department of public…
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Heavier is now ‘healthier’ than in 1970s: study
Being on the heavier side may not be as dangerous as it was in the 1970s, at least when it comes to the risk of dying, according to a study Tuesday. The optimum ratio of weight and height — known as body mass index or BMI — is now on the upper side of the…
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Doctors unsure how to comply with new Utah fetal pain law
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's first-in-the-nation requirement that women receive anesthesia or painkillers before some abortions has taken effect, but doctors say they're unsure how they're supposed to comply.
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Allergan profit beats estimates, share buybacks planned
The Dublin drugmaker on Tuesday said the planned $40 billion sale of its generics business to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will close next month and that it will use $8 billion of the money to pay down company debt. Since the U.S. government torpedoed the merger, a deal that would have relocated Pfizer's legal domicile to…
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Reliance on China health sector raises searching questions for Baidu
By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – The death of a student following experimental cancer treatment he found through China's biggest search engine, Baidu Inc , has exposed the faultlines in the company's business model, which relies heavily on income from the country's lightly regulated health sector. Before his death, student Wei Zexi, 21, criticized the…
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European court OKs crackdown on e-cigarettes, packaging
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court dealt a blow to the tobacco industry Wednesday by approving sweeping new rules that will require plain cigarette packs, ban menthol cigarettes and regulate the growing electronic cigarette market.
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Canadian vitamin maker Jamieson up for sale by CCMP: sources
By Lauren Hirsch, Denny Thomas and John Tilak NEW YORK/HONG KONG/TORONTO (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm CCMP Capital Advisors is trying to sell Jamieson Laboratories about two years after buying the Canadian vitamin maker, according to three sources familiar with the situation. CCMP, which has hired investment banks Houlihan Lokey and Nomura to facilitate…
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U2 guitarist The Edge makes history as he rocks Sistine Chapel for cancer
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Edge, lead guitarist with the Irish band U2, has become the first rock star to play in the Sistine Chapel, a venue he described as “the most beautiful parish hall in the world”. The performer, whose real name is David Evans, sang four songs on Saturday night…