Obama administration denies role in arming Syrian rebels
President Barack Obama’s administration has repeatedly said over the past few months that it won’t ship arms to Syria’s outgunned opposition, warning that doing so will only escalate the bloody conflict there. But the Washington Post reported Wednesday that the U.S. has been helping to coordinate shipments [...]
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Britain to fund prostate cancer pill in U-turn
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s drug watchdog has reversed a controversial decision not to fund a new prostate cancer pill that was developed in the country after maker Johnson & Johnson agreed a new discount on supplies to the UK state healthcare service. Zytiga, which is known chemically as abiraterone, was approved last year in Europe and the United States to treat advanced prostate cancer in patients who previously received chemotherapy. The drug was developed by researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research and London’s Royal Marsden Hospital. …
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Obama financial forms reveal big JP Morgan account
Common Blood Pressure Drugs May Not Cut Colon Cancer Risk
MONDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) — Widely used blood pressure medications called beta blockers do not cut a person’s odds of developing colon cancer, a new study contends.
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French trial opens in diabetes-diet drug scandal
Lawyers for a French pharmaceutical group suspected in the deaths of at least 500 people argued Monday that a trial against their client should be halted as two separate cases should be rolled into one before the court can proceed.
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Cyndi Lauper on the true colors of politics
Lauper, one of the biggest activists for gay and lesbian rights, talks about Obama’s move on gay marriage.
Chavez shows strength after Cuba cancer treatment
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez strode, sang and gave a rousing speech on Friday in a careful show of vigor after his latest cancer treatment in Cuba fanned rumors he was dying five months before an election. The socialist Chavez, who had only been seen live in public once in the previous month, addressed the nation after flying back from Havana where he has completed six rounds of radiation therapy. …
John Edwards’ mistress led a tabloid-grade life
Rielle Hunter’s life had a lurid, supermarket-tabloid quality to it — full of deception, betrayal, reckless behavior and broken dreams — well before she became a party to one of the biggest lies in recent American political history.
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