Pharmaceutical News

11:29 AM EST
2/10/2012 Briefing on Jonglei violenceSeveral clashes involving thousands of combatants in South Sudan's Jonglei state have highlighted the volatility of the world's newest country, affecting some-0,000 people. A major new offensive has been announced to start in early March.

Source:IRIN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Conflict

11:19 AM EST
2/10/2012 Report: Apple iPad 3 to debut first week of MarchRumors regarding the iPad 3's release dates surfaced in December, with many speculating the souped-up iPad 2 successor would make an appearance sometime in February 2012.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Computing And Information Technology, Hardware, Company Information, New Product, Science And Technology, Technology

11:13 AM EST
2/10/2012 Researchers find cancer drug rapidly clears dementia plaqueU.S. researchers say that a drug already approved for use on a form of skin cancer appears to reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer’s in mice.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Science And Technology, Research, Medical Research

11:05 AM EST
2/10/2012 Yoga bad for you?Many yoga devotees and instructors are tangled up over a new book about the dangers of yoga.

Source:AHN Topics:Lifestyle And Leisure, Leisure, Health, Physical Fitness

10:53 AM EST
2/10/2012 Colors for fall are warm, tasty, cool and veiledThe most popular colors in fall fashions for men and women are tasty, toasty and timely.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Fashion

10:50 AM EST
2/10/2012 'Violent' Madonna stalker escapes from Los Angeles mental hospitalPolice are looking for Robert Dewey Hoskins, the man convicted of threatening to kill singer Madonna, who walked out of Astascadero State Hospital on Feb. 3.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Entertainment, Crime, Law And Justice, Crime

10:42 AM EST
2/10/2012 Bayelsa State to speed up aid for oil-spill victimsNigeria's Bayelsa State government said yesterday it would speed up the release of money over the next two weeks to help hundreds of thousands of villagers affected by a Chevron off-shore oil spill in January.

Source:IRIN Topics:Health, Healthcare Policy, Disaster And Accident, Industrial Accident

10:23 AM EST
2/10/2012 Aid management goes automatedThe Philippines government and an international aid agency are automating inventory systems to improve relief distribution in one of the world's most disaster-prone countries.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Foreign Aid

10:06 AM EST
2/10/2012 HHS unveils final design for insurance labelsThe Obama administration today unveiled final regulations that detail what information health insurers must provide on new consumer labels mandated by the federal health law to explain their plans.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Health Organizations, Economy, Business And Finance, Financial And Business Service, Insurance

9:58 AM EST
2/10/2012 Thousands of Touaregs flee into Burkina FasoAt least 8,000 Touaregs fleeing fighting in neighbouring Mali have found refuge in Burkina Faso, having arrived “in a dire humanitarian condition,” the government said yesterday.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Refugee