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(Reuters) – U. S. specialty drugmaker Allergan Inc said late on Tuesday that it would buy MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc for about $958 million in cash, an acquisition intended to widen its presence in the treatment of adult migraines. MAP Pharmaceuticals is developing Levadex, an orally inhaled drug for the acute treatment of migraines in adults. Levadex is currently under review by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, which is set to make a decision about the drug around April 15. . . .

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans on Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, even as battles over the contentious issue have largely shifted from the federal courts to statehouses. Dozens of protesters braved frigid temperatures to gather in front of the Supreme Court on the anniversary of the landmark January 22, 1973, Roe v. Wade ruling that made abortion legal in the first three months of pregnancy. With a companion ruling, the decision declared abortion a constitutional right. . . .

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prayers, marches and protests kicked off in Washington on Tuesday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, even as battles over the issue have largely shifted from the federal courts to statehouses. Many of the anti-abortion protests are the latest editions of those held each year around the anniversary of the January 22, 1973, ruling that legalized abortion in the first three months of pregnancy. . . .

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Emelie Olsson is plagued by hallucinations and nightmares. When she wakes up, she’s often paralyzed, unable to breathe properly or call for help. During the day she can barely stay awake, and often misses school or having fun with friends. She is only 14, but at times she has wondered if her life is worth living. Emelie is one of around 800 children in Sweden and elsewhere in Europe who developed narcolepsy, an incurable sleep disorder, after being immunized with the Pandemrix H1N1 swine flu vaccine made by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline in 2009. . . .

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ZURICH (Reuters) – Novartis clinched European approval for the first vaccine against meningitis B, and will seek to sell the drug as soon as possible. "Novartis is working with health authorities to provide access to Bexsero as soon as possible," the Swiss drugmaker said in a statement on Tuesday. There is currently no approved vaccine offering broad protection against "MenB," this particular type of meningitis. Novartis won a European panel backing for Bexsero in November. . . .

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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap. com) – “Avenue Q” is partnering with Logo on a series of public service announcements designed to create awareness about HIV, the show’s producer and the cable channel announced Monday. The campaign will include six on-air spots by Tony Award winner Jeff Whitty, who wrote the book for “Avenue Q,” and it will feature puppets from the Broadway musical. . . .

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JIUQUAN, China (Reuters) – China could be considering relaxing its harsh one-child policy because of women like Hu Yanqin, who lives in a village at the edge of the Gobi desert. When Hu married a construction worker seven years ago, she knew she was going to have only one child, although the area where she lives, the Jiuquan region in northwestern Gansu province, is one of the rare places in China where those living in rural areas have been free to have two children since 1985. . . .

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Imagine if doctors could add something to their mentally ill patients? pills so that they could tell on their smartphones whether the patients were taking the pills as prescribed. Inventor Don Spector has actually filed a patent that would do just that, and he did. . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Doonya, which combines high-energy aerobics and conditioning with the hip-swaying, arm-swirling exuberance of Indian folk, pop and classical dance, is a Bollywood-based workout that experts say can be fun and effective. Named for the Hindi word for world, Doonya is the brainchild of two fitness instructors who tapped their heritage for inspiration. It draws on the infectious song and dance numbers popularized by the prolific Hindi-film industry based in Mumbai, nicknamed Bollywood, where movies usually feature intricate love sagas and plot twists. . . .

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SEOUL (Reuters) – When South Korean widow Yoon Sook-hee, 62, died after a bout of pneumonia in mid-January, she joined a growing number of old people in this Asian country who die alone and was cremated only thanks to the charity of people who never knew her. Once a country where filial duty and a strong Confucian tradition saw parents revered, modern day South Korea, with a population of 50 million, has grown economically richer, but family ties have fragmented. Nowadays 1. 2 million elderly South Koreans, just over 20 percent of the elderly population, live – and increasingly die – alone. . . .

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