Month: December 2016

By Shadia Nasralla STEINACH AM BRENNER/Austria (Reuters) – Austrian police have started searching freight trains traveling from Italy at night to tackle illegal migration and avert further deaths after two stowaways died earlier this month. A man and a woman from Eritrea who had hidden on a train bringing trucks from Italy were crushed to death in Austria’s Tyrol province, likely having lost consciousness due to freezing winter temperatures. Since early November, police have picked up about 90 African migrants heading for Germany on railways in Tyrol, which are used by most cargo trains going from Italy across the Alps.
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A new study from the University of Eastern Finland has found that frequent sauna bathing may be linked with a reduction in the risk of dementia in men. The study looked at of 2,315 apparently healthy men aged 42-60 years who were participating in the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study (KIHD). The men were divided into three different groups based on their sauna-bathing habits: one group for those taking a sauna once a week, one group for 2-3 times a week, and another for those taking a sauna 4-7 times a week.

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Mylan, which first announced it would launch the generic version of its allergy auto-injector EpiPen for $300 in August, said the authorized generic would be available in pharmacies starting next week. Mylan's move comes a day after 20 U.S. states filed a lawsuit over pricing against generic drugmakers, including Mylan, Teva Pharmaceuticals and four other generic drugmakers. The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday filed criminal charges against two generic drug industry executives, alleging that they colluded to fix prices and split up market share.

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“It is obvious you can survive on potato for a year, but whether or not you would survive as well as you could if you ate a variety of foods is the question …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank said on Thursday that 48 governments have ratcheted up the fight against extreme poverty by committing $75 billion in new funds to the International Development Association, the bank’s fund for the poorest countries. The replenishment will enable IDA to scale up development interventions to tackle conflict, fragility and violence, forced displacement, climate change and gender inequality, the World Bank said. It also will help promote better governance and institution building and economic development, areas that the World Bank has targeted for the next three years.
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By Girish Gupta and Mircely Guanipa PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Struggling to feed herself and her seven children, Venezuelan mother Zulay Pulgar asked a neighbor in October to take over care of her six-year-old daughter, a victim of a pummeling economic crisis. The family lives on Pulgar's father&039;s pension, worth $6 a month at the black market rate, in a country where prices for many basic goods are surpassing those in the United States. With average wages less than the equivalent of $50 a month at black market rates, three local councils and four national welfare groups all confirmed an increase in parents handing children over to the state, charities or friends and family.

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Healthy Fleet's 10 Pound Challenge runs from New Year&039;s Day to the end of February. Participants will have 59 days to form healthy eating habits and …
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