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Auxilium Pharma rejects Endo's takeover offer
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s board has rejected an approximately $1.4 billion unsolicited takeover offer from Ireland's Endo International PLC.
Sep 22, 2014
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New report compares global food traceability regulations and requirements of 21 countries
The Global Food Traceability Center (GFTC) just released a new report in the peer-reviewed journal, Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, that evaluates and compares the traceability regulations of 21 Organization ...
Aug 20, 2014
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Researchers say concealed pregnancies persist and have not been relegated to the era of the Mother and Baby Homes
A major research programme by academics in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, will explore the experience of concealed pregnancy in contemporary Ireland. They hope the research findings will ensure ...
Jun 26, 2014
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Helping family caregivers cope with the daily stress of providing care to a relative with dementia
A Symposium on Dementia and Caregiving featuring leading US Dementia Expert, Professor Steve Zarit, an eminent clinician and academic, working in the field of ageing, dementia and caregiving for over 40 years took place in ...
May 29, 2014
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Community taking a dive for young cancer patient
An effort to help the family of a 5-month-old Missouri boy with cancer has inspired thousands of people across the U.S. and even abroad to take a plunge into cold bodies of water.
Apr 7, 2014
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Irish pubs keep spark despite a decade smoke-free
Ten years ago this week, landlord Christy Ruane feared the introduction of the smoking ban in Ireland would stub out his business, and with it the popularity of the traditional Irish pub.
Mar 28, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
One in ten adolescents in Northern Ireland self-harm
New research has found that one in ten adolescents in Northern Ireland self-harm and that past exposure to the Northern Ireland conflict and social media are new associated risk factors.
Mar 12, 2014
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Poor health of Irish immigrants in England may be linked to childhood abuse, study finds
The generally poor health of Irish immigrants to England during most of the 20th century was not caused primarily by difficulties of assimilation or tensions between the two nations, but by the abuse Irish expatriates suffered ...
Dec 17, 2013
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Woman challenges Ireland's abortion ban at UN
An Irishwoman whose fetus bore a fatal heart defect has filed a United Nations petition against Ireland because the predominantly Catholic country outlaws abortions in such circumstances.
Nov 13, 2013
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New research provides crucial insight into lives of children in care
The findings from one of the most comprehensive long-term studies ever undertaken into children in care will be revealed at Queen's University Belfast today (Wednesday 11 September).
Sep 11, 2013
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