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LETTER: State Must Untie Advanced Practice NursesÂ’ Hands
With 400,000 new patients expected to enroll in health insurance plans in Connecticut under the Affordable Care Act, it's imperative for the legislature to pass a measure to untie the hands of advanced practice registered nurses to allow them to keep...Tags: Nursing, Health and Medical Professionals, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, General Practitioners
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Toronto mayor denies, finally, use of crack cocaine
ReutersTORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, under pressure to respond to allegations he was filmed using drugs, said on Friday that he does not smoke crack cocaine and could not comment on a video he had not seen or does not exist. "There has been a...Tags: Toronto Star, Cocaine
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Valeant near deal to acquire Bausch & Lomb: source
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is nearing a deal to acquire eye care company Bausch & Lomb Holdings Inc from Warburg Pincus LLC for about $9 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. Valeant shares...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Novartis AG, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Biovail Corporation, The Wall Street Journal
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Toronto mayor denies using crack cocaine
ReutersTORONTO, May 24 (Reuters) - Toronto's embattled mayor Rob Ford on Friday denied allegations that he had smoked crack-cocaine and said he could not comment on a video he had not seen or does not exist. "There has been a serious accusation from the Toronto...Tags: Toronto Star, Cocaine, Gawker Media
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Ista Pharma pleads guilty in drug kickback case
ReutersMay 24 (Reuters) - Ista Pharmaceuticals Inc on Friday pleaded guilty to criminal charges and agreed to pay $33.5 million to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from its marketing, distribution and sale of the drug Xibrom, the U.S. Department of...Tags: Corporate Crime, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, Bausch & Lomb, Trials
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A&E cancels 'Intervention,' tallies up those saved
A&E announced on Thursday that its long-running reality show "Intervention" was coming to an end after eight years and 13 seasons on the air. The show's final five episodes will begin airing June 13. They are being touted as some of the most intense and...
Tags: Entertainment, Cocaine, Fox News Channel (tv network), Substance Abuse, A&E (tv network)
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Marijuana tied to better blood sugar control
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who had used marijuana in the past month had smaller waists and lower levels of insulin resistance - a diabetes precursor - than those who never tried the drug, in a new study. The findings, based on surveys and blood...Tags: Science and Technology, Body Mass Index, Marijuana Use, Medical Research, Lifestyle and Leisure
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C-sections tied to child obesity
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More babies born via cesarean section grow up to be heavy kids and teens than those delivered vaginally, according to a new study of more than 10,000 UK infants. Eleven-year-olds delivered by C-section, for example, were 83...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Weight, Overweight, New York University, Cesarean Section
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Novo obesity drug could launch in U.S. end 2014
ReutersCOPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk said it could launch obesity treatment liraglutide in the United States by the end of next year and rejected some analysts' doubts over the medicine's commercial potential. The world's biggest insulin...Tags: Qsymia, Weight, Science and Technology, Insulin Injections, Deutsche Bank AG
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Former Giro winner Di Luca tests positive for EPO
Reuters(Reuters) - Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO), the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Friday. Italian Di Luca, who had a previous...Tags: Vincenzo Nibali, International Cycling Union, Erythropoietin, Giro d'Italia
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Equine herpes virus
Equine herpesvirus (EHV-1, EHV-4) is also known as rhinopneumonitis and has received a lot of media attention in the last two years due to the rare neurologic form it has exhibited at some major equestrian events. Clinical Signs Equine herpesvirus has...Tags: Vaccines, Viral Diseases and Infections, Coughing, Preventative Medicine, Diseases and Illnesses
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Myanmar's kyat currency slumps as imports flood in
ReutersBy Aung Hla Tun and Jared Ferrie YANGON, May 24 (Reuters) - Myanmar's currency has plunged more than 7 percent over the past month to the lowest since it was floated last year, raising concern about economic stability in Asia's newest democracy. The...Tags: Politics, Currency Values, Exports, International Organizations, Money and Monetary Policy
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