By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People who monitor their own blood pressure at home may get better results if they also have extra support like counseling and lifestyle coaching, a research review suggests. To see how blood pressure control is influenced by patients checking it themselves at home, researchers examined data from 25 previously […]
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By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. government is investing more than $170 million to help two new vaccines against the Ebola virus and two Ebola drugs complete the steps needed for approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the department of Health and […]
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LONDON (Reuters) – Renovations that will silence the Big Ben bell in the British parliament’s famous clock tower for four years will cost more than double the original estimate, officials said on Friday. The commissions overseeing the work at Westminster have agreed to set aside 61 million pounds ($81 million) as opposed to the 29 […]
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(Reuters) – Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has been involved in a road accident in the Netherlands and will be assessed by club doctors when he returns on Friday, the Premier League side has said. “Sergio Aguero will be assessed by Club doctors today after being involved in a road accident on Thursday,” City said […]
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(Reuters) – Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has dismissed criticism for his team’s recent form, saying that the Merseyside club have identified their weak points and are working on solving them. Liverpool have won only one of their six fixtures in September across all competitions, a narrow 3-2 league win over Leicester City last Saturday. Their […]
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(Reuters) – Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is facing a long spell on the sidelines due to a hamstring injury, manager Jose Mourinho said on Friday. Pogba suffered the injury in United’s 3-0 Champions League win over Basel this month. “He’s injured, he cannot play tomorrow and it’s not an injury that I can have […]
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By Abhishek Takle SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel went fastest ahead of team mate Kimi Raikkonen as Ferrari set the pace on the opening day of Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix practice on Friday. Vettel’s time of one minute 31.261, the fastest ever around the 5.5-kilometre Sepang track, was set in the second 90-minute […]
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By Abhishek Takle SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel went fastest ahead of team mate Kimi Raikkonen as Ferrari set the pace on the opening day of Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix practice on Friday. Vettel’s time of one minute 31.261, the fastest ever around the 5.5-kilometre Sepang track, was set in the second 90-minute […]
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By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The humanitarian situation in Yemen is a “catastrophe”, and cholera cases could reach a million by the end of the year, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday. Warring parties in Yemen – including the western-backed Saudi-led coalition – are all using disproportionate force, leading to […]
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(Reuters) – Crystal Palace striker Christian Benteke has been ruled out for at least six weeks due to a knee ligament damage, manager Roy Hodgson said on Friday. Winger Wilfried Zaha has not recovered from his knee injury in time to visit Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday, while Chelsea loanee Ruben Loftus-Cheek […]
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By Tiisetso Motsoeneng JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s central bank has told top lenders they cannot fire auditor KPMG, entangled in a scandal involving friends of President Jacob Zuma, because it might undermine financial stability, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. KPMG sacked its South African leadership two weeks ago after it found […]
Read More JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s auditor general said on Friday it would retain KPMG as its auditor. KPMG sacked its South African leadership two weeks ago after it found work the accounting firm had done for companies owned by the Gupta family “fell considerably short” of its standards. The family has business links with President […]
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