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Actavis to buy Warner Chilcott in $5 billion stock deal
Reuters(Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Actavis Inc, itself a recent takeover target, said on Monday it would buy specialty pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott Plc for $5 billion in stock to expand its branded drug portfolio, lower taxes and increase profits....Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Deutsche Bank AG, Chemical Industry, Morningstar Incorporated
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Clermont location is Goodwill Industries of Central Florida's first 'American-made' retail store
Goodwill Industries of Central Florida has opened its first "American-made" retail store and Job Connection Center at 1855 S. Grand Highway, Clermont. Completed in partnership with Winter Park-based Williams Company, roughly 98 percent of the...
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Judge temporarily delays 12-week abortion law in Arkansas
An Arkansas law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Friday. In a ruling from the bench, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock granted a preliminary injunction...Tags: Trials, U.S. Supreme Court, Social Issues, Mike Beebe, Court Preliminary
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DEALTALK: Warner Chilcott buy may be Actavis' best takeover defense
ReutersBy Jessica Toonkel NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. generic drugmaker Actavis , the subject of intense takeover speculation, may have found its best defense: a potential purchase of Warner Chilcott Plc, a specialty pharmaceutical company that has been...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Stock Market, Science and Technology, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Chemical Industry
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Ovarian cancer fall sped up as hormone use dropped
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ovarian cancer rates in the U.S. began to decline faster in 2002 around the time many older women went off hormone replacement therapy, according to a new study. That year, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) found that...Tags: Medical Specialization, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Breast Cancer, Symptoms, Menopause
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READER SUBMITTED: Bilingual Integrative Medical Practice Opens in Farmington
FarmingtonSald Primary Care & Integrative Medicine opened in May 1 with a treatment center in Farmington that offers patients access to a primary care physician, naturopathic physician, acupuncture and nutritional counseling. In addition, all support staff...Tags: Medical Specialization, Diseases and Illnesses, General Practitioners, Infertility, Naturopathic Medicine
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Angelina Jolie among growing number of women choosing mastectomy before cancer
Actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy rather than risk developing breast cancer hit close to home for Melissa DeSantis, a Bel Air mother of three children. As DeSantis read about Jolie's experience, she began to feel a sense of...
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Family, Franklin Square Medical Center
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Hysterectomy not tied to heart risk factors: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite evidence suggesting that women whose uterus has been removed may be more likely to experience heart troubles, a new study finds that the usual signs of heart disease risk are not more severe in middle-aged women after...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Medical Procedures and Tests, Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses, Arteriosclerotic Vascular Disease
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Top 3 Health Tips: Ways Twitter can help you stay fit
Did you wake up early for your new spin class? Tweet about it! A new study shows using Twitter as a support network can help people shed extra pounds. Try these tips from Women's Health magazine, published by Rodale of Emmaus, on how social media can help...Tags: Social Media, Emmaus, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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LETTER: 1950s Not Quite So Rosy
In response to the letter "Back To The 1950s" [May 11]: The point being missed by the letter writer is that President Obama was speaking about one issue, women's health, being taken back to the 1950s by today's opponents of Planned Parenthood and...Tags: Barack Obama, Korean War (1950-1953), Social Issues, Planned Parenthood, Abortion
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Angelina Jolie and the fate of breast cancer genes
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk of getting breast cancer struck a chord with fellow celebs as well as with Los Angeles Times staffers Anna Gorman and Paul Whitefield,...
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Biotechnology, Medical Specialization, U.S. Supreme Court, Science and Technology
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PRESSURE COOKER-AIRPORT ARREST Nephew: Man mistakenly jailed for pressure cooker DETROIT (AP) — The nephew of a Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport says the case is a misunderstanding, and that the pressure cooker his uncle was...Tags: Mark Schauer, Punishment, Elections, Fires, Museums
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