A new study finds that the epilepsy drug levetiracetam appears not to be associated with thinking, movement and language problems for preschool children born to mothers who took the drug during pregnancy, although the drug valproate was ...
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Major pork producers Smithfield Foods and Tyson Foods have both announced plans this week to develop animal welfare improvements within their facilities, including moving away from the practice of using sow gestation crates, small metal ...
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A new review of existing research suggests a possible link between domestic violence and abortions. Led by Susan Bewley of Kings College London in the United Kingdom, the review was based on the findings of 74 studies that looked at ...
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Although social networking sites let users keep in touch with a wide group of acquaintances, new research shows that people still put most of their efforts into communicating with a small group of friends or family members. To maintain a ...
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World Fuel Services Corporation (NYSE: INT), announced today that a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Watson Petroleum Limited, a leading distributor of gasoline, diesel, heating oil, ...
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Leveraging its three-year, high profile partnership with the Manchester United Football Club in India and the United Kingdom, Apollo Tyres Ltd. has launched a broad corporate advertising campaign. Using television, cinema, print, digital ...
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Biosign Technologies is pleased to announce the execution of a Share Purchase Agreement under which it has agreed to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Saint John NB based IBL Internet Business Logic, a practice management ...
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Descartes Systems Group, a Waterloo, Ontario-based logistics software provider, has acquired Impatex Freight Software Limited, a freight forwarding company based in the United Kingdom, and Compudata, a supply chain integration provider in ...
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China's wheat imports are expected to hit a nine-year high in 2013, as the country continues to turn to the international market to meet a surging demand for the grain for use in high-protein foods, animal feed, industry and processed ...
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Nations that are considering nuclear energy must grapple with its high capital costs and Fukushima-scale risk. An energy-policy riptide along the English Channel shows how unpredictable the calculations can be: Both France and the United ...
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When it comes to factors affecting children's school performance, DNA may trump home life or teachers, a new British study finds. "Children differ in how easily they learn at school. Our research shows that differences in students' ...
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Breast cancer risk in women may be tied to the rate at which their breast-tissue density changes as they age, a new study suggests. Researchers examined 282 breast cancer patients and 317 women without the disease who underwent both ...
Although measles has been virtually eliminated in the United States, outbreaks still occur here. And they're usually triggered by people infected abroad, in countries where widespread vaccination doesn't exist, federal health officials said ...
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Private contractors who worked in Afghanistan, Iraq and other conflict zones over the past two years have high rates of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study finds. Researchers conducted an anonymous online ...
Antibiotics for children that are covered by private insurance cost five times more in the United States than in the United Kingdom, where costs are covered by a government universal health plan. That's the finding of researchers who ...