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Congregations desperate to reach young adults may also want to keep in mind that holding on to their older members is no sure thing, new research indicates.Nearly three in 10 older adults made a major change in spiritual homes within just an 11-year period, according to a study that is one of the first to target religious switching among older…
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Want to lose body fat? At least initially, a diet low in fat may be better than one that limits carbohydrates, a U.S. study suggests. To test the effects of cutting fat or carbs head-to-head, researchers put 19 obese adults in the hospital twice, each time reducing their calorie intake by about 30 percent and putting them all on identical exercise routines.
By Mike Collett LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) – FIFA delivered what amounted to a rebuke to Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho on Thursday amid reports that he has banned the club’s first team doctor Eva Carneiro following her treatment of an injured player in a Premier League match. Professor Jiri Dvorak, FIFA’s chief medical officer, said that managers had no right to tell their medical staff whether or not they should
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline is banking on a major clinical trial to revive its flagging respiratory medicine business, with billions of dollars of sales riding on a positive result. Data from the so-called SUMMIT study, designed to show GSK’s Breo can prolong lives of patients with chronic lung disease, are expected as early as next month, nine years after a similar study with GSK’s older drug Advair
By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) – Limelight Networks’ is responsible for infringing rival Akamai Technologies Inc’s patent for managing Web images and video, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday, reviving a $45 million verdict against the company. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the District of Columbia said Limelight’s control over its customers’ use of its services to deliver media content over the Internet
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – If all the birds, bugs, bees and other creatures that pollinate our food crops were to disappear from the planet, humans could face a sharp increase in malnutrition, disease and death in many parts of the world, scientists estimate. Researchers analyzed supplies of 224 types of food in 156 countries, quantified the vitamins and nutrients in foods dependent on animal pollinators, and then calculated
I have yet to hear of an industry that hasn’t been massively disrupted by technology. Healthcare is no stranger to this disruption. The question is which companies will actually break through the barrier and solve some of the major issues healthcare faces today?Major trends are becoming anything but, nowadays. Think precision or personalized…
Baxalta wants Shire to improve on its $30 billion bid significantly before it will engage in talks, while its Dublin-based rival could sweeten its offer if it gets to see the U.S. biotech company’s books, according to sources on both sides. Bolstered by the backing of its shareholders, Baxalta’s management is digging in by scorning Shire’s initial approach as woefully inadequate for a newly listed company which expects its shares
LeAnn Rimes takes 40 vitamins a day, including prenatal vitamins, even though she’s not pregnant.
Scientists at the University of Liverpool say they’ve discovered what causes contractions to strengthen during labor.