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Cycling-Armstrong fails to convince fans with confession-poll

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Jan 23 (Reuters) – Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong failed to convince many people he was truly sorry for his actions during his televised confession to cheating his way to a record seven Tour de France titles by using drugs, according to a Reuters poll. Armstrong, 41, admitted in an interview with Oprah Winfrey last week that he used performance-enhancing drugs and lied about it for over decade, finally owning up to being at the centre of one of the biggest drug scandals in world sport. But the two-part interview aired over 2. …

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"Disappointed" Livestrong still grateful to Armstrong

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(Reuters) – The cancer foundation set up by Lance Armstrong said they were ‘disappointed’ with the former cyclist’s admission of doping but remained grateful to him for his work battling the disease. Armstrong, who has already been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast worldwide on Thursday that he had used performance enhancing drugs in all of his wins. …

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Cycling-"Disappointed" Livestrong still grateful to Armstrong

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Jan 17 (Reuters) – The cancer foundation set up by Lance Armstrong said they were ‘disappointed’ with the former cyclist’s admission of doping but remained grateful to him for his work battling the disease. Armstrong, who has already been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast worldwide on Thursday that he had used performance enhancing drugs in all of his wins. …

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France will ask EU to curb use of newer birth control pills

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PARIS (Reuters) – French health authorities will ask the European Union to restrict the use of newer types of contraceptive pills over concerns they might carry health risks. France’s health minister Marisol Touraine said on Friday the newer pills, which have caught on because they reduce side effects from earlier versions such as weight gain and acne, should only be prescribed by specialist doctors to women who cannot use other types of contraception. …

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France may curb use of riskier oral contraceptives

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An illustration picture shows a blister-pack of birth control pills in NicePARIS (Reuters) – French health regulators are studying limiting the use of contraceptive pills that carry health risks and will stop reimbursing prescription costs of some types from March, after a woman sued drugmaker Bayer over alleged side-effects. An inquiry launched this week by the ANSM health regulator will review prescription practices by doctors, who it says may be over-prescribing higher-risk third and fourth-generation pills. …

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Coca-Cola, Sanofi team for new line of "Beautific" drinks

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(Reuters) – U.S. soft drink company Coca-Cola Co is teaming up with French drugmaker Sanofi to launch a line of drinks in France that will claim to aid health and beauty. The partnership calls for the co-development and distribution of drinks under the Oenobiol “Beautific” brand, a Coca-Cola spokesman said. “This is a small-scale pilot which is currently limited to a number of pharmacies in France,” the spokesman, Kent Landers, said. He declined to say whether the drinks could later be sold more widely. A Sanofi spokesman was not immediately available to comment. …

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