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Legal loophole exposes Canadians to drug advertising banned in US: UBC research
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 27, 2009 |
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A legal loophole is counteracting Canada's ban on direct-to-consumer drug advertising and has exposed Canadians to more than $90 million worth of ads, including those for drugs with life-threatening risks, according to a ...
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Health care loophole would allow coverage limits
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A loophole in the Senate health care bill would let insurers place annual dollar limits on medical care for people struggling with costly illnesses such as cancer, prompting a rebuke from patient ...
Gov't misconduct may unravel Broadcom fraud case
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When the federal government revealed it had launched a massive investigation of some of Broadcom Corp.'s top executives for backdating stock options, it sent a shock wave through the business world.
New ethical questions are being raised in stem cell research
Dec 10, 2009 |
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A groundbreaking discovery two years ago that turned ordinary skin cells back into an embryonic or "pluripotent" state was hailed as the solution to the controversial ethical question that has plagued stem-cell science for ...
EBay official: Employees shared Craigslist data
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Employees of Internet auction site eBay shared confidential information gained from Craigslist with other employees developing eBay's own online classifieds business, an eBay executive said Wednesday.
EPA head: US must make up for lost time on climate
Dec 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The top U.S. environmental official told a divided U.N. climate conference Wednesday that the Obama administration's moves to "make up for lost time" and cut greenhouse gases would complement congressional ...
Broadcom co-founder takes stand in fraud trial
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Broadcom Corp.'s co-founder took the witness stand Tuesday in the fraud trial of the company's former chief financial officer.
Group corrects statement about safety of hot toys
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A consumer group that reported several of the holiday season's must-have toys are unsafe wants to make a correction.
Caffeine doesn't reverse the negative cognitive impact of alcohol, study shows
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 07, 2009 |
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People who drink may want to know that coffee won't sober them up, according to new laboratory research. Instead, a cup of coffee may make it harder for people to realize they're drunk.
EPA says greenhouse gases endanger human health
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment.
Google responds to newspaper critics
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Faced with a steady drumbeat of criticism from a shrinking newspaper industry, Google is out to prove that it is friend not foe.
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