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  • Aspen seeks to acquire GSK thrombosis drug and plant Aspen seeks to acquire GSK thrombosis drug and plant

    DURBAN / LONDON - South Africa's biggest generic drug maker Aspen Pharmacare and its subsidiary Aspen Global Incorporated have made an offer to acquire thrombosis drugs and their associated manufacturing site at Notre Dame de Bondeville, France, from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). "AGI will acquire from GSK the Arixtra and Fraxiparine/Fraxodi brands and business worldwide, except in China, Pakistan ...

  • Ohio residents held disabled woman in slavery government charges

    U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach (C) talks at a news conference alongside Stephen Anthony (L) of the FBI and Ashland City Police Lieutenant Joel Icenhour, about the arrest of three individuals accused of human trafficking in Ashland county, at the Justice Center in Cleveland, Ohio June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk CLEVELAND - Three Ohio residents are accused of holding a cognitively disabled ...

  • MRI may help find infection from tainted injection

    By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some people who received potentially contaminated steroid injections may benefit from a MRI to check for signs of infection, a new study suggests - even if they don't have obvious symptoms. Researchers screened 172 people who had been injected with methylprednisolone from a New England Compounding Center (NECC) lot tied to meningitis and ...

  • Obamacare-like groups tied to lower costs study

    By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Large independent doctor practices that focus on primary care tend to spend less money and are more likely to meet guidelines for Americans on Medicare than smaller groups, according to a new study. The findings suggest that the so-called Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) created by the 2010 Affordable Care Act may improve the quality of ...

  • Past care tied to later treatments success

    By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If a person doesn't have much success with one pain treatment, they may say the next one they try doesn't work so great either, suggests a new study from Germany. Previous studies have found that people receiving a dummy pill in clinical trials don't fare as well once they're switched to the real drug, compared to those who ...


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The Fly (1986) [DVD]

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Near the middle of David Cronenberg's "The Fly," the main character, a brilliant scientist named Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), declares, "You can't penetrate beyond society's sick, grave fear of the flesh." ...

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  • New Hampshire nears approval of medical marijuana law

    By Jason McLure LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - New Hampshire is set to become the final state in New England to allow medical marijuana after negotiators from the Republican-controlled Senate and Democratic-controlled House agreed Tuesday on a bill backed by Governor Maggie Hassan. The law would allow up to four marijuana dispensaries to open as soon as 2015. Patients with cancer, HIV, ...

  • U.S. court finds Novo Nordisk Prandin diabetes drug patent invalid

    (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court found the patent on Novo Nordisk's Prandin diabetes drug in combination with metformin to be invalid, paving the way for introduction of a generic version of the medicine, the Danish drugmaker said on Tuesday. In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court ruling handed down in 2011, the company said. Novo said it still believes the ...

  • Fewer Young Americans Lack Health Care Coverage

    By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — The number of young adults without health care coverage in the United States has declined significantly over the past few years, according to a new government report released Tuesday. That’s the good news. Not-so-good are the findings that: 45.5 million people, 14.7 percent of the American population, still ...

  • Blood Test Might Predict Type 1 Diabetes in Children Study Finds

    By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes often seems to come out of the blue. But German researchers say they can predict who will likely develop the chronic disease. Blood samples taken from children at increased genetic risk of type 1 diabetes reveal significant ';preclinical'; clues, the researchers found. The ...

  • Common Childhood Vaccine Won’t Worsen Juvenile Arthritis Study

    TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) booster vaccinations do not appear to worsen disease activity in children with juvenile arthritis, according to a new Dutch study. ';The safety of MMR vaccination has been questioned because disease flares have been described after MMR vaccination,'; wrote Dr. Marloes Heijstek, of the University Medical Center ...

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