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Health care's big deal
2014-11-29 01:33:46| Biotech - Topix.net
Scientist Janet Lineberger does research for Merck & Co. in February 2013. Merck agreed in June to pay nearly $4 billion for Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. to combine its hepatitis C medicines with its own.
Too little sleep poses long-term health risks
2014-11-28 10:12:16| Biotech - Topix.net
We all know what it's like to get a lousy or short night of sleep: Tempers shorten, snacks become more tempting, attention gets harder to sustain. Researchers are just beginning to understand the long-term consequences of a lifetime of those rough mornings - and it doesn't look good.
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New Mexico utility endangering public health with coal mine deal
2014-11-27 23:44:56| Energy - Topix.net
All across the country, the cost of coal is going up, while the price of clean energy is coming down. Coal is in decline, due in large part to the adverse public health impacts and climate consequences of mining and burning coal.
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Toolkit for ocean health
2014-11-26 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] david.stacey@uwa.edu.au 61-864-883-229 Frontiers @frontiersin The ocean is undergoing global changes at a remarkable pace and we must change with it to attain our best possible future ocean, warns the head of The University of Western Australia's Oceans Institute.</p…
Obama to unveil new limits on ozone pollution in victory for health groups
2014-11-26 02:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Obama administration will unveil new limits on smog pollution bringing the US up to par with public health standards in other industrialised countries. The Environmental Protection Agency is under a court-ordered deadline to propose new rules for ground-level ozone by 1 December. The New York Times reported that the announcement would come on Wednesday. The new standards represent a victory for public health and environment groups which had sued the Obama administration for rejecting stricter...
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