Many women stop their asthma meds while pregnant

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Almost a third of women on asthma control medications stop using them during the first few months of pregnancy – despite advice that a mother’s uncontrolled asthma is more dangerous to the developing fetus than the drugs, according to a new study from the Netherlands.The researchers could...

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Wall Street closed for second day

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters) – The stock market was closed for a second straight day on Tuesday as cash equity trading was canceled in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.Tuesday’s shutdown was the first time weather had resulted in a two-day market shutdown since the Great Blizzard of 1888. Exchanges expect to reopen on Wednesday. affiliate...

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Hurricane’s death toll rises to 65 in Caribbean

affiliate marketing PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As Americans braced Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, Haiti was still suffering.Officials raised the storm-related death toll across the Caribbean to 65, with 51 of those coming in Haiti, which was pelted by three days of constant rains that ended only on Friday. affiliate...

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Nexus 10 Costs $100 More Than Kindle Fire, Has 10x the Apps

affiliate marketing Amazon appears to be positioning its Kindle Fire lineup of tablets as the Pepsi to Apple‘s Coke, as John Gruber put it earlier this week. The various iPad models are better made and have more apps, but lack a handful of features and cost a lot more.How does the 8.9 inch Kindle Fire HD compare to Google’s new Nexus...

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Disney to make new ‘Star Wars’ films, buy Lucas co

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (AP) — A decade after George Lucas said “Star Wars” was finished on the big screen, a new trilogy is destined for theaters after The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday that it was buying Lucasfilm Ltd. for $ 4.05 billion.The seventh movie, with a working title of “Episode 7,” is set for release in 2015....

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Compounding Pharmacies Feeling the Effects of NECC’s Errors

affiliate marketing Closing the barn door after the horse has escaped doesn’t help those it might encounter, but it does protect people from the many other horses that remain in the barn. This is analogous to what’s going on with compounding pharmacies in Florida and Massachusetts, now that the unsanitary conditions of the New England...

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Five million ‘below living wage’

affiliate marketing 29 October 2012 Last updated at 11:14 ETOne in five workers in the UK is paid less than required for a basic standard of living, a report has said. affiliate marketing The proportion is much higher among waiters and bar staff, at up to 90% of workers, the research...

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Pole gets 30 years for killing 6 on Channel Island

affiliate marketing LONDON (AP) — A Polish builder who killed six people, including his wife and children, on the British Channel Island of Jersey has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.Damian Rzeszowski, 31, carried out the knife attack in August 2011 at his home. He was said to have become depressed after his wife admitted to an...

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Microsoft CEO says Windows 8 sales rate higher than Windows 7

affiliate marketing SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Monday sales of the company’s new Windows 8 operating system, released to the public on Friday, were running at a higher rate than its last release, Windows 7.“We’re above where we were with Windows 7,” Ballmer told the audience at an event...

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Anderson Cooper’s daytime show to end after two seasons

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Anderson Cooper‘s venture into daytime is coming to an end after just two seasons after failing to find an audience in the crowded daytime talk show market.Warner Bros Television, which syndicates “Anderson”, said on Monday the show will not be renewed after the current season ends in the summer...

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