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By Randi Belisomo (Reuters Health) – A thousand-dollar expenditure for an automated external defibrillator (AED) could mean the difference between life and death for some young athletes, a cost that one Little Rock, Arkansas high school knows too well. A heart abnormality caused 16-year-old Antony Hobbs to collapse during his Parkview High basketball game in 2008. The outcome differed starkly two years later when another Parkview player, Chris Winston, collapsed
By Randi Belisomo (Reuters Health) – A thousand-dollar expenditure for an automated external defibrillator (AED) could mean the difference between life and death for some young athletes, a cost that one Little Rock, Arkansas high school knows too well. A heart abnormality caused 16-year-old Antony Hobbs to collapse during his Parkview High basketball game in 2008. The outcome differed starkly two years later when another Parkview player, Chris Winston, collapsed
(Reuters) – Drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by strength in its dermatology business in the United States, sending its shares higher in early trade. The Canadian company also raised its earnings and revenue forecasts for the year to reflect sales of recently acquired Salix Pharmaceuticals’ irritable bowel syndrome drug, Xifaxan. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Xifaxan, also known as rifaximin, in May.
(Reuters) – Drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by strength in its dermatology business in the United States, sending its shares higher in early trade. The Canadian company also raised its earnings and revenue forecasts for the year to reflect sales of recently acquired Salix Pharmaceuticals’ irritable bowel syndrome drug, Xifaxan. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Xifaxan, also known as rifaximin, in May.
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rights activists have called on all U.S. states to adopt laws banning female genital mutilation (FGM), one year after the United States committed itself at a summit in London to eradicating the practice. The United States was one of more than 30 countries to sign a charter for the elimination of FGM and forced marriage, at home and abroad, at the
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rights activists have called on all U.S. states to adopt laws banning female genital mutilation (FGM), one year after the United States committed itself at a summit in London to eradicating the practice. The United States was one of more than 30 countries to sign a charter for the elimination of FGM and forced marriage, at home and abroad, at the
By Alexandra Ulmer MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Her belly bulging, Hilda Angarita hauls herself to five different drug stores in the sweltering Venezuelan city of Maracaibo until she finally finds post-cesarean patches. Over the previous nine months, Angarita’s life has been consumed with searching for vitamins, calcium, diapers and medicines amid widespread shortages in recession-hit Venezuela. The shortages are compounded in places like Maracaibo, a western city near Colombia.
By Alexandra Ulmer MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Her belly bulging, Hilda Angarita hauls herself to five different drug stores in the sweltering Venezuelan city of Maracaibo until she finally finds post-cesarean patches. Over the previous nine months, Angarita’s life has been consumed with searching for vitamins, calcium, diapers and medicines amid widespread shortages in recession-hit Venezuela. The shortages are compounded in places like Maracaibo, a western city near Colombia.
AFC sushi is sold nationwide at supermarkets such as Safeway, Hannafords and Walmart, along with some college campuses nationwide — Columbia and Princeton are two of them.
AFC sushi is sold nationwide at supermarkets such as Safeway, Hannafords and Walmart, along with some college campuses nationwide — Columbia and Princeton are two of them.
