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Tests show elevated lead in 6 suburban Detroit schools
GROSSE POINTE, Mich. (AP) — Screenings have revealed elevated lead and copper levels in at six of 15 public schools in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe.
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Canada promises ‘real plan’ to address aboriginal suicide crisis
By Michelle Conlin ATTAWAPISKAT, Ontario (Reuters) – A Canadian Cabinet minister visited remote Attawapiskat, Ontario, on Monday and said the government was finalizing a comprehensive plan to help the aboriginal community plagued by suicide attempts and harsh living conditions. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett met for about two hours with Chief Bruce Shisheesh…
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FDA rejects Chiasma’s drug to treat growth disorder
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected Chiasma Inc’s experimental drug to treat adults with a type of growth disorder, the company said on Friday. Chiasma was evaluating the drug, Mycapssa, in patients with acromegaly, a growth disorder that can result in serious illness and premature death. The Food and Drug Administration…
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FDA rejects Chiasma’s drug to treat growth disorder
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected Chiasma Inc’s experimental drug to treat adults with a type of growth disorder, the company said on Friday. Chiasma was evaluating the drug, Mycapssa, in patients with acromegaly, a growth disorder that can result in serious illness and premature death. The Food and Drug Administration…
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10 Common Brain Health and Brain Training Myths, Debunked
Given all the interest in–and confusion around—the topics of brain training, neuroplasticity and brain health, let's debunk ten myths that remain surprisingly popular.MYTH 1. Genes determine the fate of our brains. Fact: Lifelong brain plasticity means that our lifestyles and behaviors play a significant role in how our brains (and…
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Sanders at Vatican says rich-poor gap worse than 100 years ago
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, addressing a Vatican conference on social justice on Friday, decried the “immoral” gap between the world's rich and poor that he said was worse than a century ago. The Democratic hopeful from Vermont has campaigned on a vow to rein in corporate power…
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Mali’s president operated on in France for tumor
Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita underwent an operation at a hospital in Paris this week as part of treatment for a benign tumor on his neck, the presidency said in a statement late on Wednesday. Keita, 71, who has served as president of the West African nation since 2013, was operated on for a parathyroid…
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Mali’s president operated on in France for tumor
Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita underwent an operation at a hospital in Paris this week as part of treatment for a benign tumor on his neck, the presidency said in a statement late on Wednesday. Keita, 71, who has served as president of the West African nation since 2013, was operated on for a parathyroid…
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A rural retirement in Chernobyl’s radioactive shadow
By Vasily Fedosenko TULGOVICH, Belarus (Reuters) – Ninety-year-old Ivan Shamyanok says the secret to a long life is not leaving your birthplace, even when it is a Belarusian village poisoned with radioactive fallout from a nuclear disaster. On April 26, 1986, a botched test at a nuclear plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, then a Soviet republic,…
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Congress sends Obama bill on Zika drug development
U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday approved a bill to provide financial incentives to companies developing treatments for the Zika virus, and the White House said President Barack Obama was expected to sign the legislation although it is insufficient to meet the challenge. The measure allows the Food and Drug Administration to include Zika drug developers in…