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WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a removable valve system designed to control prolonged air leaks in the lungs.
LONDON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The European Medicines Agency is calling for suspension of marketing for the anti-obesity drug Acomplia after reports of psychiatric risks.
HOUSTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- NASA said space traveler Richard Garriott and two members of the Expedition 17th crew have returned safely from the International Space Station.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. drug regulators said they're reviewing labeling of Chantix after reports of traffic accidents and seizures involving users of the anti-smoking drug.
SEATTLE, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle is giving 104 grants of $100,000 each to researchers exploring new ways to improve global health.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Space shuttle Endeavour was moved Thursday from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Launch Pad 39A in preparation for a Nov. 14 liftoff.
GREENBELT, Md., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it has started thermal vacuum testing of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, simulating the harsh rigors of space.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy says it has selected four proposals to receive total funding of $7 million to conduct climate research field studies.
PARIS, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says the COROT satellite has used a technique similar to seismology to open a new era for understanding the sun's interior.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- University of Maryland archaeologists say they have found one of the earliest U.S. examples of African spirit practices.
JACKSONVILLE, N.C., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- An African-American church in North Carolina is leading an effort to fight off the onset of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline in the elderly.
HOKKAIDO, Japan, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A study led by Japanese and German researchers suggests climate change will have different effects on lakes in warmer and colder regions of the Earth.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A Johns Hopkins University study of land around the Chesapeake Bay area suggests a nitrogen cycle imbalance is damaging water quality and fish.
BOSTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they have developed a self-assembling hydrogel delivery system that's biocompatible, efficient and easy to tailor.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. study has determined why episodic treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS with anti-retroviral drugs increases the overall risk of death.
LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says new research indicates a powerful greenhouse gas might be at least four times more prevalent than has been thought.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say an early trial of a multi-kinase inhibitor has shown impressive tumor shrinkage in patients with a hard-to-treat form of thyroid cancer.
SYDNEY, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Australian scientists at the University of New South Wales say they have become the first to achieve 25 percent efficiency in a silicon solar cell.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of Nonna's Real Italiana Cuccine-brand stuffed artichokes due to a labeling error.
