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High levels of tar increases addiction of rolled out cigarette smokers. - IBNLive - 1 Reads

Readers using e-books are less likely to absorb what they have read. - IBNLive - 1 Reads

PLANKSTADT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New CordenPharma Management Team for APIs and Drug Products - BusinessWire - 1 Reads

MEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Network Health announced that Commonwealth Care open enrollment has begun. From June 3 - 21, 2013, Commonwealth Care members can change their health plan to any Commonwealth Care-administering plan. - BusinessWire - 1 Reads

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) today announced that it will provide an overview of the Company’s business at two upcoming investor conferences being held next week: The William Blair Growth Stock Conference in Chicago. Timothy P. Clackson, Ph.D., president of research and development and chief scientific officer, will present on Tuesday, June 11 at 8:10 a.m. (CT). The Goldman Sachs 34th Annual Global Healthcare Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. - BusinessWire - 3 Reads

Liberian journalist Mae Azango says she spent a year living “like a bat, going from tree to tree” with her daughter in order to escape religious fanatics who were threatening to kill her for exposing the practice of female genital mutilation in her home country last year. A senior reporter at the local FrontPage Africa - Inter Press Service - 2 Reads

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7pkjgn/celgene) has announced the addition of the "Celgene Partnering 2005-2013" company profile to their offering. This report provides all the information you require to better understand Celgene and its partnering interests and activities over the past seven years. Benefits Detailed company profile of the company Partnering interests and therapy focus revealed Partnering activity since 2005 - number of d - BusinessWire - 3 Reads

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HCA Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HCA) will present at the following healthcare conferences in June. June 12, 2013 at 2:00 pm (PT) at the Goldman Sachs 34th Annual Global Healthcare Conference in Palos Verdes, CA. June 19, 2013 at 11:15 am (ET) at the Wells Fargo 2013 Healthcare Conference in Boston, MA. A link to the live audio webcast, where applicable, and copies of any related presentation materials will be made available at the Investor Relations section of the Co - BusinessWire - 2 Reads

Visual inspection of the cervix after application of 4% acetic acid is a low-cost alternative. - DNA - 4 Reads

Muzaffar Shah, a shopkeeper from Kabul, sits in a hospital waiting room, desperate for news. He has travelled nearly 300 km to get to the Khyber Teaching Hospital in Peshawar, capital of northern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, where his wife is now in intensive care. Just a few days ago, she delivered a baby - Inter Press Service - 3 Reads