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After Baltimore, what hope for change?

Half a century after the Watts riots — and 23 years after the riots following the Rodney King-beating verdict — the persistence of police brutality, racism, poverty and economic neglect in America’s inner cities has erupted afresh as a topic riveting the nation.

Less aggressive diabetes care needed in hospice

By Roxanne Nelson (Reuters Health) – Keeping blood sugar under control is an essential part of diabetes care, but for patients in hospice, the goal is to provide the highest quality of life and that may mean less aggressive type 2 diabetes treatment, researchers say. “The usual process of dying involves eating less, so most patients with diabetes will need less and less medicine as their disease advances,” said lead

U.S. FDA approves Glaxo, Theravance's Breo Ellipta asthma drug

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the sale of Breo Ellipta as a once-daily treatment for asthma in patients aged 18 and older, GlaxoSmithKline and Theravance Inc said. The FDA declined to approve Breo for younger asthma sufferers. The agency, in a so-called complete response letter, told the companies that additional data would be required to further demonstrate Breo’s safety and efficacy in that population.