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By DEBORAH COHEN UPI Outside View Commentator
WASHINGTON, March 7 (UPI) — Connor McCreaddie, an 8-year-old British boy who weighs about 200 pounds, made headlines recently when social workers considered taking him into protective care, which would prevent him from endangering his health by overeating. They later relented and allowed him to remain with his mother […]
By JULIA WATSON UPI Food Writer
RYE, England, March 7 (UPI) — Bad news for the food-labeling business, just as the French are buying into it. You thought “French Women Don't Get Fat?”, as Mireille Guiliano's book claims? Pas vrai, apparently. Not true.
Starting Thursday the French government has ordered all food ads to carry warnings […]
NEW YORK, March 7 (UPI) — U.S. drug powerhouse Pfizer said Wednesday its top-selling cholesterol drug Lipitor has been approved for five new uses for heart disease.
The new uses include reducing the risk of non-fatal heart attacks; fatal and non-fatal strokes; certain types of heart surgery; hospitalization for heart failure; and chest pain in […]
MURRYSVILLE, Pa., March 7 (UPI) — U.S. firm Respironics said Wednesday it has been cleared to sell its BiPAP autoSV device to treat breathing problems in sleep-disordered patients.
The device provides non-invasive ventilatory support to adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea and respiratory insufficiency due to central and/or mixed apneas and periodic breathing.
“We […]
HOUSTON, March 7 (UPI) — Encysive said Wednesday the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration approved Thelin for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
“Approval in Australia marks another proud achievement for Encysive's global Thelin development program,” said Bruce Given, Encysive's president and chief executive officer.
“We will continue our focus of rolling out Thelin abroad while […]
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