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China cadmium spill threatens drinking water for millions
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A cancer-causing cadmium discharge from a mining company has polluted a long stretch of two rivers in southern China, and officials warned some 3.7 million people of Liuzhou in the Guangxi region to avoid drinking water from th...
01/27/2012 04:45 AM
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Romanians take to streets in austerity winter
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BUCHAREST, Jan 27 - In December 1989, art student Titi Amzar risked his life to join the demonstrations in University Square that brought down reviled communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Now 43, Amzar is back on the square demanding much the sam...
01/27/2012 07:26 AM
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Infinity stops cancer trial as drug fails to show
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(Reuters) - Infinity Pharmaceuticals said it stopped a mid-stage trial of its experimental pancreatic cancer drug following an interim analysis that showed it would not meet its main goal. Data from the preliminary analysis showed that patients re...
01/27/2012 07:55 AM
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Spike in deaths blamed on 2003 New York blackout
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(Reuters) - A vast electricity blackout in the United States and Canada in 2003 led to the deaths of nearly 100 people, a study found, linking the deaths -- higher than official estimates -- to not only accidents caused by lack of power, but also ...
01/27/2012 09:17 AM
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Report: Electronic health records still need work
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America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system's conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out, according to experts who spent months studying the issue.
01/27/2012 10:28 AM
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Saputo warns of cleaning solution in milk
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian dairy products producer Saputo Inc is warning customers not to consume one of its milk products because it could be tainted with a cleaning solution. Saputo said on Friday it is recalling Neilson Trutaste 2% Microfilte...
01/27/2012 09:52 AM
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Rivals see no need to match Roche's big gene bet
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DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's rivals Sanofi SA and Novartis AG see no need to match the Swiss drug maker in buying a gene-decoding business like Illumina Inc and reckon they can do partnerships instead. The relaxed attitude...
01/27/2012 10:38 AM
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Illumina sets response timeline to Roche offer
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(Reuters) - U.S. gene sequencing company Illumina Inc said on Friday it will tell shareholders within 10 business days of its position on a $5.7 billion takeover bid from Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG. In the meantime, Illumina advised sharehol...
01/27/2012 11:11 AM
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Experts Offer Tips on Avoiding iPad-Linked Shoulder, Neck
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FRIDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- If working with your iPad or other tablet computer gives you shoulder or neck pain, there are ways around it, a new study suggests.
01/27/2012 12:04 PM
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James Murdoch to quit GSK board
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LONDON (Reuters) - News Corp executive James Murdoch, under pressure from a phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World tabloid, is to quit the board of drug maker GlaxoSmithKline as he spends more time on his new role in the United States. Mur...
01/27/2012 12:06 PM
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Brazil OJ industry wants US to ease fungicide limit
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's orange juice industry said on Friday it is urging U.S. authorities to permit a higher level of the fungicide carbendazim in its shipments, several of which have been detained by the United States. Industry repres...
01/27/2012 01:16 PM
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Japan making progress on U.S. trade concerns: USTR
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday that Japan has improved market access for a broad range of U.S. goods and services, as Washington continues to consider Tokyo's application to join a proposed free trade pact in the Asia ...
01/27/2012 01:04 PM
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Gel lubricant reduces pain during vaginal exams
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Next time you get a vaginal exam, you might want to ask your doctor to use a lubricant gel. According to a new study, three in 10 women feel no pain during a vaginal exam when the speculum is smeared with gel, while onl...
01/27/2012 01:37 PM
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FDA approves Pfizer's Inlyta for kidney cancer
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(Reuters) - Pfizer's Inlyta drug for patients with advanced kidney cancer got the nod from U.S. regulators on Friday, boosting the company's plans to offset plunging Lipitor sales. The Food and Drug Administration said the drug, known gene...
01/27/2012 12:35 PM
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James Murdoch to resign from board of drug firm GSK
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James Murdoch, at the centre of the phone hacking scandal in his family's British newspaper business, has resigned from the board of GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceuticals giant said on Friday.
01/27/2012 11:52 AM
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New lung cancer test predicts survival
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Clinical trials in the United States and China have shown that a new gene-based test for patients with lung cancer beats standard methods in predicting survival, researchers reported Friday.
01/27/2012 08:51 AM
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