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Boston Scientific Recalls Pacemakers and Defibrilla ... June 26, 2006
Boston Scientific Corp. on Monday recalled nearly 23,000 pacemakers and defibrillators that could fail because of an electrical flaw, and the company asked doctors to check 27,000 patients already implanted with potentially faulty devices.
J&J Buys Pfizer’s Healthcare for $16.6Bn June 26, 2006
Johnson & Johnson today agreed to buy rival Pfizer's consumer healthcare business for $16.6 billion (£9.1bn) in cash.
Pesticides Linked to Parkinson’s Disease June 26, 2006
New evidence that exposure to pesticides may be linked to the development of Parkinson’s disease has come from a study in the US.
Cocaine Use in Europe Rising June 26, 2006
A UN report says cocaine use in Europe has reached record levels with an estimated 3.5 million people taking the drug - a quarter of worldwide users.
Blogs being blocked in Kentucky June 26, 2006
Mark Nickolas, operator of www.bluegrassreport.org, one of the blogs Kentucky has blocked state employees from accessing, said he thought his site was targeted because it criticized the governor, adding, "It's outrageous; it shows that we are in the People's Republic of Kentucky now."
Message in a bottle found June 26, 2006
Steve Lieder of Antigo, Wisconsin, plucked a bottle from White lake 11 years after his good friend Joshua baker, who died in a wreck last year, set it afloat with a note inside that read, "My name is Josh Baker. I am 10. If you find this put it on the news. The date is 4/16/95."
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