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July 01, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

Indoor tanning not limited to tanning salons

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – The availability of indoor tanning outside of tanning salons may promote risky use because of lax regulation, U.S. researchers say. Outside of tanning salons, U.S. women who tan indoors can often do so at gyms and health clubs, as well as in some private homes and apartment complexes, a recent study finds. “I think these non-salon tanning locations have been under the radar as

July 01, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

Novo Nordisk to end German sales of new insulin drug after price row

Denmark’s Novo Nordisk, the world’s biggest insulin producer, is to stop selling its new long-acting insulin drug Tresiba in Germany following a row over pricing. The decision is the latest example of tensions between drugmakers and healthcare providers, many of whom are unhappy about the high cost of modern medicines. Novo said on Wednesday it had taken the decision after failing to agree a price in negotiations with the GKV-Spitzenverband,

July 01, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

Half of U.S. women are overweight during pregnancy

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Roughly half of first-time mothers in the U.S. gain too much weight during pregnancy, about the same proportion who are overweight at the start, a study finds. Researchers compared data on more than 2 million U.S. women to a group of about 1,650 of their peers in Germany, where almost three-fourths of first-time mothers started pregnancy at a healthy weight and only 27 percent

July 01, 2015 TECH (MSM)

These headphones let you switch between styles in a snap

If you’re in the market for a good set of headphones, at some point you have to decide whether you want on-ear headphones or over-ear versions. The new t402v headphones from Torque are different, however, as they don’t force you to choose which type of headphone you want when you buy them. The t402v headphones can actually switch between on-ear and over-ear modes with just a swap of the earcups.