Health firms race to develop nicotine free smoking cure
Researchers and major drug firms push for a vaccine or pill to end smoking addiction. Pfizer researchers target a brain receptor for varenicline in Phase III trials while Sanofi seeks FDA approval for Acomplia to curb smoking and overeating. Nabi touts NicVax as a nicotine vaccine to block brain receptors.
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Kosovo leader Haradinaj resigns to face UN indictment
Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj steps down to surrender to a UN court in The Hague over war crimes charges. He maintains innocence, saying his actions as an ethnic Albanian KLA commander during 1989 to 1999 were legal. If convicted, ethnic tensions may rise amid lingering postwar unrest. Serbian officials allege command responsibility for killings near Glodjanje in 1998.
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High statin doses may cut heart attack risk in study
A study of 10 000 patients shows that high doses of statins lowering LDL below 70 mg/dL can reduce heart attack and stroke risk by about 22 percent in moderate heart disease. Doctors warn it may push more patients onto statin therapy even before guideline changes.
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Foreign applications to U S graduate programs fall again
A new survey from the Council of Graduate Schools finds international applications to U S graduate programs for the coming year down 5 percent, following a 28 percent drop last year. The trend raises questions about applicant quality as U S universities rely on international students for teaching and research.
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