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• FDA acts to encourage generic competition for complex drugs

  02-10-2017 23:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TRENTON, N.J. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is opening a new front in its efforts to reduce high drug prices by encouraging development of generic versions of hard-to-make ...
  
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• Ontario breast milk bank calling for donations as supply for preemies low

  02-10-2017 21:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Ontario's Human Milk Bank is calling for donations of breast milk from lactating women to help save sick and pre-term babies' lives.The milk bank says donations decline over ...
  
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• Glass Partitions Jazz Up Refurbished Bilbao Apartment

  02-10-2017 19:00
  PAUZARQ arquitectos refurbished an old apartment located in the famous Plaza del Museo, in Bilbao, Spain. The result is an unconventional home with industrial design influences that meets the contemporary living needs of the owners.“This apartment in Bilbao possessed two singular features that conditioned the planned approach right from the beginning,” the architects explained. “On one hand, a powerful reinforced concrete structure with edged girders; on the other han
  
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• Songs that hate women and the women who love them: why I’m still a fan of AC/DC

  02-10-2017 18:07
  Music history is littered with lyrics that exclude or degrade women. As a new book collects essays from female fans writing on their favourite problematic artists, one writer explain why she’s reappraising the rock bandAC/DC are the worst. This much I know. They are preposterously smutty, hopelessly unsophisticated, and pretty much every one of their songs sounds the same. As well as big riffs, they are defined by casual sexism and oafish double entendres. When not extolling the delights o
  
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• Should you be worried about this year’s ‘spider invasion’?

  02-10-2017 17:57
  The warm summer has produced a bumper crop of arachnids creeping into our homes. Britain’s eight-legged beasts can give you a fright, and some can even bite – but are any really dangerous?
  ’Tis the season when our lives become festooned with spiders. The humungous webs of plump orb-weaver spiders block our path outside, while indoors we are greeted by amorous male house spiders, which are not seeking to terrify us but simply searching for a mate. Some experts suggest this year&
  
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• Nine-seat Araki sushi restaurant wins three Michelin stars

  02-10-2017 17:32
  London eatery joins four other top-rated UK establishments, including Fat Duck and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, in 2018 guideA sushi restaurant in London with just nine seats is the latest British eatery to gain three Michelin stars, increasing the number of top-rated restaurants in the UK to five.The Araki, which opened off Regent Street in 2014, joined the top tier of restaurants in the latest Michelin Guide to Great Britain and Ireland, announced on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• Size-zero ban hits Paris catwalks, campaigners hopeful

  02-10-2017 17:25
  PARIS (Reuters) - Labels from Givenchy to Saint Laurent showed of their new designs at Paris Fashion Week, alongside another innovation meant to wean the industry off its association with unhealthily...
  
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• The Latest: Facebook announces more ad transparency measures

  02-10-2017 17:14 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - The Latest on Facebook and the investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election (all times local):11 a.m.Facebook is announcing more measures to increase transparency in advertising as ......
  
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• ‘The desire to have a child never goes away’: how the involuntarily childless are forming a new movement

  02-10-2017 17:13
  One in five British women born in the 60s don’t have children – and the grief many of them feel has rarely been acknowledged. But now they, and men in the same position, are organising with others around the world to gain recognition and comfortJody Day is giving a TEDx talk to a room full of people against a backdrop of signposts she has chosen for the occasion: “Crazy cat woman”, “Witch”, “Hag”, “Spinster”, “Career wom
  
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• Bottle rocket: why craft spirits are causing a stir

  02-10-2017 17:07
  There has been an explosion in bijou new gins and whiskies, with 45 distilleries opening in the UK last year alone. Can they do what craft brewers have done for beer, and take on the big boys?
  Today when ordering a G&T, rather than being offered a choice between Gordon’s or Beefeater, you might be handed a menu complete with tasting notes. There might even be recommendations for which tonic water to have with your gin. There has been an explosion in new distilleries over the last 10 ye
  
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• Why baby advice books make mums miserable (especially the ones on breastfeeding)

  02-10-2017 16:52
  A study of new mothers has confirmed something we already knew: mothering self-help books can do more harm than good. So are any actually worth reading?Some bits of research are so welcome that they sound a bit made-up, but sincerely, this wasn’t: Amy Brown, a researcher into maternal and infant health at Swansea University, did a study of 350 new mothers and their use of baby manuals and mothering self-help books. She found a clear relationship between mental health and the number of
  
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• Stella McCartney takes on the '80s at Paris Fashion Week

  02-10-2017 16:26 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PARIS - Boundless ideas peppered with 1980s fun was the expansive spirit behind Stella McCartney's accomplished collection at Paris Fashion Week that had celebrities on the front row tapping their ...
  
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• In Italy with mom, indulge but let someone else take photos

  02-10-2017 16:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  FLORENCE, Italy - My mom can't take a good picture. It's not that she needs time to adjust the lighting or find a better angle. It doesn't get better after ...
  
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• Elon Musk’s Mars project is the ultimate symbol of our throwaway culture

  02-10-2017 14:06
  Why struggle to make Mars a nice place to live when we can’t look after the planet we’ve already got?Elon Musk made some rather wild promises at the International Astronautical Congress last week: his SpaceX company is going to start sending people to Mars by 2024, and in 40 to 100 years, he will have a million of us living there.I have one big question about this. Why bother? Mars is a rotten place to live. You can’t breathe, eat, drink or go outdoors; the soil’s toxic,
  
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• Let's eat … date night. The changing face of British mealtimes – podcast

  02-10-2017 13:48
  Gnocchi or nookie? For our last meal in this series about British mealtimes, it’s a romantic dinner for two as host Hersha Patel explores how our food habits have changed over the years – and celebrates the art of eating togetherSubscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Soundcloud and Acast and join the discussion on Facebook, Twitter and emailIt’s time for a romantic meal for two as our host Hersha Patel meets Filippo Marra and Brad Clark from Italian/Alpine food
  
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• Granite Is No Longer the Most Popular Kitchen Surface and This Material Is

  02-10-2017 13:01
  We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. Granite has been the counter surface of choice in many high-end homes since its heyday in the 1990s. But the material is not the most low-maintenance or contemporary looking. For those who went against the grain and chose an alternative material like quartz, you are now a majority!The National Kitchen & Bath Association announced its results fro
  
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• Recipes from The Modern Cook’s Year | Book extract

  02-10-2017 13:00
  Picking produce at its prime ensures every mouthful is worthwhile. In this second excerpt from her new cookbook, our columnist shares ideas for vibrant autumnal platefulsThe techniques I lean on in the kitchen change as the year unfolds. In the autumn, my oven is in constant use: I start roasting again, big trays of jewel-coloured roots, the last of the corn, broccoli and cauliflowers. In winter, my heavy, cast-iron pots seldom leave the hob, always full of soup or a vegetable braise. In spring,
  
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• Can our daughter's partner benefit from our joint will?

  02-10-2017 13:00
  We’re worried that after we die he may be entitled to half our propertyQ Our daughter is the sole beneficiary in our joint will. Our entire estate is left to her and her only. However, she has a partner who is the father of our grandchildren and who, shall we say, is and never would be our choice of partner for our daughter. Unfortunately we cannot change this, it’s her choice.What worries us for the future, after our passing, is that if he stays with her and marries her whether he w
  
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• Crossword blog: can you be cryptic in German?

  02-10-2017 10:44
  How do cryptic puzzles work in the German language? Schroduck, a familiar name from our cluing competitions, is the right person to ask about the Kreuzworträtsel. So, that’s what we didThe majority of clues are sort-of-cryptic to very-cryptic definitions (maybe a bit like the American crosswords you highlighted the other week). Here’s a not-very-cryptic clue from a couple of weeks ago that stuck with me: Continue reading...
  
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• Can even moderate drinking increase the risk of cancer?

  02-10-2017 09:10
  New research argues that just a small glass of wine a day increases the risk and that ‘responsible drinking’ targets are misleadingAlcohol may be a social lubricant but WHO and Public Health England say it can cause cancer. Last week the alcohol industry was accused of downplaying the link between alcohol and the increased risk of seven cancers: mouth, throat, oesophagus, liver, breast, rectum and colon. A research paper in Drug and Alcohol Review found that “responsible drinki
  
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• Sex with my ex-husband was incredible, but my new partner is dreadful in bed

  02-10-2017 09:00
  Our relationship is good and he’s an amazing man, but how can I get him to be a better lover without hurting his feelings?I am beginning to dread sex. My ex-husband was an incredible lover and we were together for 22 years, but he was unfaithful to me more than once and we divorced. About a year later, I met my current partner. I have tried telling him what I would like but unfortunately he truly is dreadful in bed. He is an amazing man and our relationship is pretty solid and the last thi
  
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• Hitting the right nerve: the electronic neck implant to treat depression

  02-10-2017 07:00
  For people with severe depression who don’t respond to standard treatment, vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) offers new hopeSteve Collins is a 45-year-old unemployed architect who has been living with severe depression for 15 years. “I’m like a hermit crab hiding under rocks, crouching in dark spaces and only venturing out occasionally; there’s no light, no hope, no way in or out. I’ve been in therapy for years and must have taken at least six different antidepressant d
  
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• Sudoku 3868 easy

  02-10-2017 01:01
  Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9.For a helping hand call our solutions line on 0906 200 83 83. Calls cost £1.03 per minute from a BT landline. Calls from other networks may vary and mobiles will be considerably higher. Service supplied by ATS. Call 0330 333 6946 for customer service (charged at standard rate). Continue reading...
  
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• Quick crossword No 14,790

  02-10-2017 01:00
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• Cryptic crossword No 27,317

  02-10-2017 01:00
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