Fujifilm says tests results on Avigan as Ebola drug by end-2014

Tablets of Avigan are displayed during a photo opportunity at Fujifilm's headquarters in TokyoBy Ayai Tomisawa and Reiji Murai TOKYO (Reuters) – Fujifilm Holdings Corp said it expects its influenza drug Avigan to be approved by international government bodies to treat Ebola after it receives clinical test results as early as the end of the year. Fujifilm has been growing its pharmaceutical division through a series of mergers and acquisitions as its photography business wanes. In 2008, it bought Toyama Chemical Co, whose drug Avigan has been drafted to the global fight against Ebola. …

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India gets minister for yoga and traditional medicine

Shripad Naik, India's new minister in charge of the department of AYUSH, sits inside his office in New DelhiBy Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has set up a ministry to promote alternative therapies such as yoga and traditional ayurveda medicine, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on a mission to raise awareness and the appeal of home-grown health treatments. Modi has repeatedly called for greater use of India's health remedies and exercises, part of a push to promote traditional learning. During his first address at the United Nations in September, he encouraged more people to take up yoga and called for an International Yoga Day. …

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Mormon church admits founder Joseph Smith had about 40 wives

A genealogy chart hangs on a wall as people research records to work on their genealogy in the Family History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at Brigham Young University in Provo(Reuters) – The Mormon church has admitted that founder Joseph Smith married about 40 women including a 14-year-old and others who were already the wives of his followers, having maintained for nearly 200 years that he was monogamous. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has tried to gloss over aspects of its history, including the polygamy practiced by Smith and Brigham Young, who helped found Salt Lake City, Utah, the headquarters of the Mormon church. …

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