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PRESS RELEASE NicOx Board decides not to exercise its option to acquire the remaining shares of Altacor June 1, 2012. Sophia Antipolis, France. www.nicox.com NicOx SA (NYSE Euronext Paris: COX) today announces that its Board of directors has …
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(Reuters) – Being sleepy behind the wheel is almost as dangerous as drinking and driving, according to a study from France, with drivers who were either drunk or sleepy at least twice as likely to cause a vehicle accident as their sober or well-rested counterparts. For the study, researchers under the direction of Nicholas Moore at the Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Bordeaux analyzed information from 679 drivers admitted to a hospital in southwestern France for more than 24 hours because of a serious accident between 2007 and 2009. …
A lack of sleep could make you fat, scientists said on Thursday. Not getting enough shut-eye may inhibit a hormone which controls hunger satisfaction and boost an appetite-stimulating hormone, said a paper presented to the European Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France.
SIR – Your article on alternative medicine stated that Henry Beecher was “the … SIR – One reason why patients have faith in unproven alternative medicine is …
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MONDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) — Tattoos and body piercings are increasingly seen as nothing more than a fashion trend in western societies, but a new study in France found that those with body art tended to drink more alcohol than their peers.
Dr. Clower, appearing on Monday's episode of The Dr. Oz Show, has a solid track record of helping people lose weight while enjoying their food more. As the author of The French Don't Diet Plan, he has taken lessons he learned while living in France and …
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| If Dr Pierre Dukan is struck off in France, yet another celebrity diet promising guaranteed weight loss could bite the dust. By David Robson When Dr Pierre Dukan was asked to account for his diet's best-selling success in Britain, he replied: “It works … See all stories on this topic » |
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| What many people don't know is that these side effects are especially pronounced in people who exercise. To learn more about the effect statins have on exercising muscles, scientists in Strasbourg, France, recently gave the cholesterol-lowering drug … See all stories on this topic » |
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AP LONDON — Britain and France will hold a joint exercise to test their abilities to respond to a terror incident at the 2012 London Olympics. A joint British-French defense statement on Friday said authorities from the two countries are both working …
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AP – French authorities have filed preliminary charges against the former head of a now-defunct company accused of supplying potentially faulty breast implants affecting thousands of women.
It is heartening to hear that in the US, around 60% of the medical schools are teaching alternative medical practices. Similar encouraging trends in respect of complementary medicine and homeopathy are in evidence in Belgium, France and a number of …
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AP – European health authorities issued widely different recommendations Friday in dealing with potentially faulty French-made breast implants, with Germany and the Czech Republic following France in recommending their removal, while Britain insisted there isn’t enough evidence to suggest they should be taken out in all cases.