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52 min ago | Science Daily

Phthalates -- chemicals widely found in plastics and processed food...

Once perceived as harmless, phthalates have come under increasing scrutiny. A growing collection of evidence suggests dietary exposure to phthalates may cause significant metabolic and hormonal abnormalities, especially during early development.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, University of Washington

1 hr ago | KXLY-TV Spokane

Charges recommended for football players involved in assault

Pullman Police Defectives have concluded their investigation into an assault resulting from an altercation between two football players from Washington State University and the University of Idaho.

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Related Topix: Washington State University, University of Idaho, Medicine, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Hospital Administration

4 hrs ago | Philly.com

Glaxo, US partnering to develop new antibiotics

GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it's starting an unusual collaboration with the U.S. government to develop several antibiotics for both bioterrorism threats and bacterial infections resistant to current medicines.

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Related Topix: GlaxoSmithKline, Biotech, Medicine

8 hrs ago | Reuters

Immune system cancer drugs tipped to be a $35 billion market

A new wave of medicines that tap the power of the immune system to fight cancer could become the biggest drug class in history, with potential sales of $35 billion a year.

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Related Topix: Bloomsbury Publishing, Biotech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Publishing, Media, Medarex, Medicine, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Law, Law

12 hrs ago | Patch.com

Beaumont and Henry Ford Health Systems End Merger Talks

Beaumont Health System and Henry Ford Health System have ended discussions of a proposed merger to combine their operations into a new health system.

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Related Topix: Henry Ford Health System, Hospital Administration, Medicine, Nursing

15 hrs ago | In-PharmaTechnologist.com

Impax Hires Specialists to Help Sort Manufacturing Issues

Faced with manufacturing quality questions that caused the FDA to reject its potential Parkinson's disease treatment, Impax Laboratories has hired a committee of specialists to oversee quality improvements at its California facility.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Impax Laboratories, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Parkinson's Disease, Health, Hayward, CA

Tue May 21, 2013

Reuters

Merck signs $5 billion share buyback agreement with Goldman Sachs

Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services

Science, Industry and Business

Early-life traffic-related air pollution exposure linked to hyperactivity

Early-life exposure to traffic-related air pollution was significantly associated with higher hyperactivity scores at age 7, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

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Related Topix: University of Cincinnati, Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Hospital Administration, ADHD, Health

Patch.com

Yet-to-Open Westwood Hospital Already Has Expansion Aims

With Valley Hospital struggling to modernize its own facilities through a controversial expansion project , a major competitor announced it too has visions of expansion - and it's not even open for business yet.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Hackensack University Medical Center, Bergen County, NJ, Ridgewood, NJ, Westwood, NJ, Nursing

NBC Bay Area

Quantico-Based FBI Agents Fell to Their Deaths

Two agents with the FBI's elite hostage rescue team apparently fell to their deaths while on a counterterorrism training exercise off Virginia Beach Friday.

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Medicine, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Hospital Administration, US Military, US Navy

WGRZ-TV

Report: Pats TE Gronkowski has fourth arm surgery

The Boston Globe cited a league source saying Gronkowski had the procedure done on the forearm that he broke twice in the 2012 season.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

TheStreet.com

Ireland Welcomes Watson Pharmaceuticals, an American Success

Watson Pharmaceuticals , founded by a Taiwanese immigrant in the early 1980s and now a rival to generic drug giants Teva Pharmaceuticals On Monday, Watson capped its intercontinental move when the company announced a $8.5 billion deal to buy Dublin-based- Warner Chilcott .

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Related Topix: Biotech, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Warner Chilcott, Purdue University, Business News

MLive.com

MPI Research of Mattawan fined $6,911 for Animal Welfare Act...

Stop Animal Exploitation Now says a fine issued by the USDA against Mattawan-based MPI Research is not enough to force the company to change what SAEN considers improper animal-handling. MATTAWAN, MI - Scientific testing company MPI Research was fined $6,911 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday for violations of the U.S. Animal Welfare ... (more)

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, MPI Research, Mattawan, MI, Animal Rights, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Science

Mon May 20, 2013

Patch.com

Cobb Court Erred in Malpractice Suit

James Jordan, whose wife died more than three years ago from ovarian cancer, was dealt another blow Monday in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against WellStar Health System and a physician.

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Related Topix: WellStar Health System, Hospital Administration, Medicine, Cobb County, GA

The Republic

Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5B deal

Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock deal valued at about $8.5 billion that would create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S. market.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Warner Chilcott, Parsippany, NJ, Colitis

Ledger-Enquirer.com

FDA has safety concerns with Merck insomnia drug

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday released its review of the company's sleep aid, suvorexant, ahead of a public meeting on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Insomnia, Health

BBC News

Actavis agrees Warner Chilcott deal

US drugs maker Actavis, itself the subject of bid speculation, is to buy Dublin-based rival Warner Chilcott in a deal worth up to $8.5bn . The announcement on Monday comes after the two companies said earlier this month that they were in talks about a possible tie-up. Actavis's drugs include treatments for deep vein thrombosis, asthma medication ... (more)

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Related Topix: Biotech, Warner Chilcott

Patch.com

Official: Cobb Swimming Pools Safe

Despite a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that found fecal bacteria in more than half of the water samples taken from metro Atlanta public swimming pools , Cobb officials said the county's pools are safe.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotech, Medicine

WTLV

Bus drivers top obese workers list

If you are a bus driver, the answer is probably yes. The news is also bad for manufacturing and production workers, as well as installation or repair workers, according to a survey for the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

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Related Topix: Healthways

Sun May 19, 2013

KTRE-TV Lufkin

US adviser on board of firm that sold anthrax drug

A report says former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who serves as a bio-warfare adviser to the president and Pentagon, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplies it.

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Related Topix: Anthrax, Medicine, Health, Human Genome Sciences, Biotech

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