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Click to View in Browser 02/27/2014 China suspends Polish pork imports over swine fever: report WARSAW (Reuters) - China has suspended imports of pork from Poland citing concerns over African swine fever (ASF) among wild boars, Poland's embassy to China was quoted as saying on Thursday by Polish news agency IAR. Tiny Northwest Biotherapeutics aims to dominate brain cancer NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ten years ago, cash-strapped biotechnology company Northwest Biotherapeutics Inc was down to three employees and one week from closing its doors when a financial backer came forward at the annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. Pacira says painkiller effective in wider range of patients (Reuters) - Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc said a late-stage study showed the painkiller, Exparel, significantly reduced pain for a wider range of patients after surgery, sending its shares up 5 percent in premarket trading. Hundreds of foods in U.S. contain 'ADA' plastics chemical: report (Reuters) - Nearly 500 foods found on grocery store shelves in the United States, including many foods labeled as "healthy," contain a potentially hazardous industrial plastics chemical, according to a report issued Thursday by a health research and advocacy group. Recreational marijuana proposal certified for Alaska ballot (Reuters) - Alaska voters will decide this summer whether America's Last Frontier will become the third U.S. state to legalize the sale and recreational use of marijuana for adults under a proposal that officially qualified on Wednesday for a statewide ballot. Bayer buys Dihon to add traditional Chinese medicine FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer said it would buy privately held Dihon Pharmaceutical Group Co, a maker of traditional herbal Chinese medicines (TCM), as the German drugmaker pushes to become the world's largest non-prescription medicines group. Britain sets out plans for first 'three-parent' IVF babies LONDON (Reuters) - Britain published draft regulations on Thursday that would make it the first country in the world to offer "three-parent" fertility treatments to families who want to avoid passing on incurable diseases to their children. U.S. proposes major update to food labels in bid to combat obesity WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Packaged foods sold in the United States would display calorie counts more prominently and include the amount of added sugar under a proposal to significantly update nutritional labels for the first time in 20 years as health officials seek to reduce obesity and combat related diseases such as diabetes. Evening workouts don't disturb sleep NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Couch potatoes looking for a reason to forgo working out in the evening may no longer be able to use difficulty sleeping afterward as an excuse, according to a recent study. Obesity rates remain high, but stable in the U.S. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than a third of U.S. adults and 17 percent of kids and teens are obese, rates that haven't changed much in a decade, researchers say. Related Video Northeast scrambles to salt roads despite dwindling supplies ahead of snow Northern Lights over Norway The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS

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