Archive: 30/05/2016
Guarding against deadly blows to the chest in kids' sports
A blow to the chest sometimes knocks the heart out of rhythm, and can kill. Fortunately it's rare. But most victims are otherwise healthy kid athletes. And survival hinges on fast use of heart-zapping defibrillators that ...
May 30, 2016
Czech government again approves ban on smoking
The Czech government has again approved a smoking ban in restaurants.
May 30, 2016
Pharma sector set for wave of mergers, acquisitions: study
The pharmaceuticals sector is facing an intensive period of mergers and acquisitions in the coming years, even if US firms Pfizer and Allergan recently failed to tie the knot, the corporate consultancy firm EY said Monday.
May 30, 2016
Experts call for patient care guidelines and effective therapies to combat Alzheimer's
Some 47 million people worldwide suffer from some form of dementia. Scientists are working feverishly to find a cure for the most common form, Alzheimer's. At the Congress of the European Academy of Neurology in Copenhagen, ...
May 30, 2016
Pakistan says new sampling shows progress against polio
For the first time in Pakistan's history all the previous month's environmental samples for polio have tested negative—a sign of progress in the campaign to eradicate the virus, an official said Monday.
May 30, 2016