Articles filed under Health
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N. Chicago-based AbbVie to buy Pharmacyclics for $21BMar 04, 2015 12:00 am - AbbVie Inc. agreed to buy Pharmacyclics Inc. in a $21 billion deal after beating out Johnson & Johnson for control of a blockbuster blood cancer therapy that will help i...
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How much sugar is in that? WHO says we're eating too muchMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - New guidelines from the World Health Organization are enough to kill anyone's sugar high. The U.N. health agency says the world is eating too much sugar an...
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Rubio-Lee tax plan rewards investors, parents, businessesMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - With an eye toward a possible run for the White House, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio signed onto an extensive plan Wednesday to cut taxes for investors, ...
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Clarification: Health Overhaul-Republicans storyMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - In some versions of a story published Oct. 20, 2014, The Associated Press reported that Ohio Gov. John Kasich said in an AP interview he did not believ...
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Mouse study finds extra oxygen may spur tumor-fighting cellsMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - A provocative study in mice suggests something as simple as breathing in extra oxygen might give immune cells a boost in attacking cancer. The immune s...
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Australia clamps down on illegal foreign housing investmentMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australian authorities are clamping down on wealthy foreigners illegally buying real estate, ordering a Chinese billionaire to sell a Sydney m...
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US services firms grow at faster pace in FebruaryMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. services firms' activity rose at a slightly faster rate in February, powered by hotels, restaurants and wholesalers. The Institute for Supply Mana...
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Children in Southern California breathing easier, study saysMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Smog-covered mountains, gritty sidewalks, smelly fumes from traffic-choked freeways. The Los Angeles area was a tough place to breathe several decades...
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Excerpts from health care case argued at the Supreme CourtMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - Excerpts from arguments before the Supreme Court on Wednesday about whether the nation's health care law makes subsidies for buying insurance available to residents of a...
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Justices sharply divided over health care law subsidiesMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Sharply divided along familiar lines, the Supreme Court took up a politically charged new challenge to President Barack Obama's health overhaul Wednesd...