(Reuters Health) – Pregnant women who exercise outside on warm days or spend a little time in a hot bath or sauna may not necessarily raise their body temperature enough to cause problems, a research review suggests.
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Happiness 101: Psychology course strikes chord with Yale students
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Reuters) – The search for life’s sweetest but most elusive treasure – happiness – brings nearly 1,200 Yale University undergraduates twice a week into an enormous hall on the Connecticut school’s campus for its most popular class ever.
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Teva wins reversal of U.S. jury's $235 million GSK drug patent verdict
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday overturned a U.S. jury’s verdict that required Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd to pay GlaxoSmithKline Plc more than $235 million for infringing a patent covering its blood pressure drug Coreg.
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Childhood cancer survivors may develop heart problems sooner
(Reuters Health) – Adult survivors of childhood cancer have a greater risk of heart disease and develop risk factors like high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol earlier in life compared to the general population, a German study suggests.
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Less heart disease, stroke in immigrants than in U.S.-born
(Reuters Health) – People living in the U.S. but born elsewhere may have lower risk for heart disease and stroke than their native-born neighbors, suggests a new study.
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Colon cancer screening rates vary widely across U.S.
(Reuters Health) – The proportion of U.S. adults who get recommended colon cancer screenings has never been as high as doctors would like, but a new study suggests that it’s much lower than expected in some pockets of the country.
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Ireland sets abortion referendum date for May 25
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland will vote in a referendum on May 25 on whether or not to liberalize abortion laws, the government said on Wednesday, offering voters the first opportunity in 35 years to overhaul one of the world’s strictest regimes.
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South Africa says deadly listeria strain not found at RCL factory
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Tests at an RCL Foods processed-food factory found no traces of a strain of listeria that has killed almost 200 people, but they did find evidence of other strains that could also cause the disease, the South African Ministry of Health said on Wednesday.
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First women's yoga training center opens doors in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) – A small group of Palestinian women in Gaza are stretching their limbs with yoga to help them teach others to cope with the stresses and traumas of living in the embattled territory.
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FDA working on a 'dozen' policies to boost copycat biotech drugs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Food & Drug Administration is working on around a dozen actions to boost use of cheaper versions of expensive biotech medicines, the head of the agency Scott Gottlieb said on Wednesday.
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