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Yemen air strike kills 36 in Hajjah province; officials say

Yemen air strike kills 36 in Hajjah province, officials say

At least 36 Yemeni people have been killed in an airstrike by Saudi Arabia on Yemen’s southwestern province of Hajjah. Issa Ahmed, a resident in Hajjah province, told the Reuters news agency the bottling plant was hit on Sunday morning. He said: “The process of recovering bodies is finished now.

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Lucila Munaretto : North Vancouver Ballerina Wakes from Coma

Lucila Munaretto : North Vancouver Ballerina Wakes from Coma

Two weeks after colliding with a mini van in North Vancouver, 21-year-old Argentinean ballet dancer Lucila Munaretto is out of her medically induced coma and is on the road to recovery. “This morning she asked for a cappuccino and fried chicken. She said mom are you going to cook me some chicken today”?

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FDA approves ‘evolocumab’ for certain patients with high cholesterol

FDA approves evolocumab for certain patients with high cholesterol

The FDA has given the green light to evolocumab (Repatha, Amgen) injection for some patients who are unable to get their low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) under control with current treatment options. Evolocumab (Repatha, Amgen) is intended for use in addition to diet and maximally tolerated statin therapy in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) or atherosclerotic CVD, and in addition …

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Antibiotics increase type-2 diabetes risk; Danish researchers find

Antibiotics increase type-2 diabetes risk, Danish researchers find

Heavy use of antibiotics may increase patients’ risk of developing diabetes, according to a large study released yesterday. Danish researchers have found that people who developed Type-2 diabetes tended to take more antibiotics in the years leading up to the diagnosis than people who did not have the condition.

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