Year: 2016

A closely watched AstraZeneca drug did not extend lives of patients with the rare cancer mesothelioma when given on its own, but the drugmaker said it still believed the medicine had a role to play in combination treatments. Mesothelioma is a deadly form of cancer that affects the lining of the lungs or abdomen. In a clinical trial tremelimumab failed to meet the goal of improving overall survival in hard-to-treat mesothelioma patients whose disease had already been treated unsuccessfully with standard drugs, AstraZeneca said on Monday.
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Try not to restrict chocolate (or other foods you enjoy), which could be unsuccessful in the long run. Just count the calories and stop eating when you …
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A pivotal abortion case coming before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday forces the justices to ponder seemingly mundane matters such as corridor width, the swinging motion of doors, floor tiles and the angle that water flows from drinking fountains. Abortion providers have challenged a Republican-backed law passed in Texas in 2013. At issue are two provisions, one involving facility standards for abortion clinics and the other involving physician affiliation with hospitals.

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Cutting junk food out of your diet is the first step toward weight loss. Interestingly, though, the seemingly healthy foods you're eating might be doing …
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By MacDonald Dzirutwe MASVINGO, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe marked his 92nd birthday at a nearly $1 million party organised by supporters in a drought-stricken area on Saturday, drawing criticism from opponents who said the celebrations were an affront to ordinary Zimbabweans. Mugabe, Zimbabwe's only leader since its independence from Britain in 1980, said no-one would starve as a result of a drought which has left three million people in need and prompted the declaration of a state of disaster in most rural areas. "If aid, as I undesterand, is to be given on the basis that we accept the principle of gay marriages, then let that aid stay were it is," Mugabe said during an hour-long speech.

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