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Posts Tagged ‘NPR’

One-Third Of New Drugs Had Safety Problems After FDA Approval

By | May 9, 2017

More than 70 drugs approved by the FDA from 2001 to 2010 ran into safety concerns that prompted in withdrawals from the market, “black box” warnings or other actions.

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More Salt In School Lunch, Less Nutrition Info On Menus: Trump Rolls Back Food Rules

By | May 7, 2017

The Trump administration has said it wants to remove burdensome regulation, and on Monday it served up a taste of what that looks like when it comes to two aspects of food policy: school lunch and calorie labels on menus. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced a plan to delay a mandate that would require schools…

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A Lazarus Patient And The Limits Of A Lifesaving Stroke Procedure

By | May 2, 2017

About 800,000 people have strokes each year in the U.S. Most are caused by clots that block blood to the brain. In some cases, doctors can remove the clot using a device that looks like a fishing net.

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The Cocktail King Of Cuba: The Man Who Invented Hemingway’s Favorite Daiquiri

By | April 30, 2017

Ernest Hemingway liked to get up early. He did his best writing in the morning, standing in front of his typewriter, plucking the keys as fast as the words might come to him. This was fortunate, because by 11 a.m., the Havana heat began to creep into his rented room at the Hotel Ambos Mundos.…

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Dogs Are Doggos: An Internet Language Built Around Love For The Puppers

By | April 28, 2017

DoggoLingo is a rising language on the Internet that’s full of cutesy suffixes and onomatopoeias. It might even change the way you talk to your pet.

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