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PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech inspectors have found horsemeat in meatballs made in Sweden for IKEA Group, the world’s biggest furniture retailer, the Czech food regulator said on Monday. The checks were carried out in response to a European-wide scandal that erupted last month when tests carried out in Ireland revealed some beef products also contained horsemeat. It has triggered recalls of ready meals and damaged confidence in Europe’s vast and complex food industry. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A group representing pediatricians says disciplining students with out-of-school suspension or expulsion is counterproductive to school goals and should only be used on case by case basis. The policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that pediatricians familiarize themselves with the policies of their local school districts, and advocate for prevention and alternative strategies. “The adverse effect of out-of-school suspension and expulsion on the student can be profound,” the experts write in the journal Pediatrics on Monday. . . .

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(Reuters) – Cochlear implants can improve speech and quality of life in adults with severe hearing loss – and two implants seem to work better than one, according to a U. S. analysis of past research. The study, which appeared in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, included 42 studies that compared hearing, speech and quality of life in eligible adults before and after they received a cochlear implant or compared having one versus two functioning implants. According to the U. S. National Institutes of Health, about 17 percent of U. S. . . .

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The "Language" Gene and Women’s Wagging Tongues

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Katie?s Take

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House has moved to make the results of federally funded research available to the public for free within a year, bowing to public pressure for unfettered access to scholarly articles and other materials produced at taxpayers’ expense. "Americans should have easy access to the results of research they help support," John Holdren, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, wrote on the White House website. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – U. S. Affymax Inc. and Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said they are voluntarily recalling all lots of anemia treatment Omontys (peginesatide) in the U. S. , due to reports of serious hypersensitivity reactions, including some deaths. As of Sunday, fatal reactions to the injection have been reported in approximately 0. 02 percent of 25,000 patients after receiving their initial injection of the treatment, Affymax said in a statement. (Reporting by James Topham; Editing by Nick Macfie)

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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande sang the praises of local produce at the annual French farm show, where the horse meat scandal added to French cattle breeders’ downbeat mood. Hollande, who was long the head of the rural Correze region, spent hours talking to livestock farmers, who worry that the discovery of horse meat in lasagnas and other processed foods labeled as beef-based will cast another cloud over their sector. "We need to promote French quality, French production and French cattle breeding," Hollande told reporters at Europe’s largest farm show. . . .

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PARIS (Reuters) – Meat from three horse carcasses contaminated with a banned drug has entered the human food chain in France but there is no danger to the public, the French farm minister said on Saturday. The meat, which came from a lot of six British carcasses exported to France, contained traces of phenylbutazone – known as bute – an anti-inflammatory painkiller for sporting horses, banned for animals intended for eventual human consumption. French Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll said there was no danger to public health. . . .

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ROME/ZURICH (Reuters) – Italy’s Health Ministry said on Saturday that tests had found no trace of horse DNA in minced beef meals by Swiss food giant Nestle that were removed from sale on Monday. Nestle removed the ready-made beef ravioli and tortellini sold under its Buitoni brand from shelves in Italy and Spain and halted production of the meals after its own tests had found more than 1 percent horse DNA in the products. . . .

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