Friday, April 29, 2016

Biden gets papal blessing for his global war on cancer

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden took his crusade against cancer to the Vatican on Friday and heard Pope Francis call for an "economic paradigm shift" where medical research is dictated by need rather than profit.


Thursday, April 28, 2016

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Trial to 'prevent' diabetes starts

A major trial is set to start in Scotland aimed at preventing type-1 diabetes in children

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Alonso should have been allowed to race: Dennis

McLaren Formula One Executive Chairman Ron Dennis signs autographs as he arrives for the Japanese F1 Grand Prix at the Suzuka CircuitBy Alan Baldwin MANAMA (Reuters) - Aggrieved McLaren boss Ron Dennis says Formula One teams must decide whether a driver is fit to race, rather than the governing body's doctors, after Fernando Alonso was barred from the Bahrain Grand Prix. Spaniard Alonso failed a medical at the Sakhir circuit on Thursday after breaking ribs in a huge Australian Grand Prix crash. Belgian reserve Stoffel Vandoorne was drafted in but McLaren still tried to persuade the FIA to reinstate Alonso as late as Saturday.