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Hostile Bid For Illumina: Swiss drug maker Roche is making a $44.50 per-share hostile bid for Illumina, valuing the gene-sequencing company at $5.7 billion, the WSJ reports. Illumina has already rejected an offer of $40 per share, Roche says. The latest bid represents a premium of about 18% to Illumina’s $37.69 closing price […]
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Weight-Loss Research: Want to lose body fat? A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that focusing on calories — not the balance of protein, fat and carbohydrate — is the key, the WSJ reports. Those on a low-protein diet did gain less weight than those on regimens with […]
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Weighing the Risks: An outside FDA advisory panel is recommending clearer language covering the potential risks of blood clots on the labels of some birth-control pills, though a majority of panel members said the benefits of the pills outweigh the risks, the WSJ reports. Studies attempting to figure out whether Bayer AG’s Yaz, […]
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Betsy McKay
The environmental risk factors for breast cancer supported by “consistent scientific evidence,” according to a new report by the Institute of Medicine and commissioned by Susan G. Komen for the Cure, will sound pretty familiar to anyone who has been paying attention to breast-cancer prevention.
In that corner: unnecessary medical radiation, combination hormone […]
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New Pollution Threat?: The particles contained in tailpipe exhaust, already implicated in other health problems, may also injure the brain, affecting mental capacity, intelligence and emotions, the WSJ reports. Researchers describe the evidence to date as mostly circumstantial and say it’s unclear, for example, whether there’s a chronic cognitive effect on drivers with […]
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A U.S. soldier observes an Afghan man digging a hole to be used as a garbage dump at the Sabloghay Camp in Zari district of Kandahar province.
Did burn pits used by the military to dispose of waste including computer parts and plastic water bottles cause long-term health effects in soldiers stationed nearby?
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Amy Dockser Marcus
Just in time for the July 4th weekend, the National Resources Defense Council is advising beachgoers to beware.
“Our nation’s beaches continue to suffer from bacterial pollution that puts swimmers at risk,” the environmental group says. Last year was the second-worst for beach closings and health warnings in the 21 years that […]
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Also: nutritional labels to hit meat in 2012; Nintendo warns on 3-D games for young users; first organ donor dies.
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Wall Street Journal health blogger Katherine Hobson will take questions from readers in a live chat on Monday, Nov. 1 about the TEDMED conference in San Diego. Ask your questions now.
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Wall Street Journal health blogger Katherine Hobson will take questions from readers in a live chat on Monday, Nov. 1 about the TEDMED conference in San Diego. Ask your questions now.
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