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Feb172020 by adminNo Comments

Harry Maguire scores as Manchester United win at Chelsea – but Red Devils captain avoids red card for kick on Michy Batshuayi

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Manchester United breathed new life in their quest for Champions League football with a very useful 2-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Headers from Anthony Martial and Harry Maguire secured the win, although the Red Devils captain arguably shouldn’t have been on the pitch to score his goal. AFP or licensors Maguire’s powerful header helped seal the win but should he have been on the pitch to score it? Maguire was fortunate to escape being sent off in the first half for kicking out at Chelsea frontman Michy Batshuyai. Meanwhile, Chelsea had two goals in the second half disallowed following VAR checks on a night where the hosts will feel very aggrieved. The result sees Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men go just three points behind fourth-placed Chelsea a...

Dec262019 by adminNo Comments

Rwanda avoids US-style opioids crisis by making own morphine

Health

BUSHEKELI, Rwanda -- It was something, the silence. Nothing but the puff of her breath and the scuff of her slip-on shoes as Madeleine Mukantagara walked through the fields to her first patient of the day. Piercing cries once echoed down the hill to the road below. What she carried in her bag had calmed them. For 15 years, her patient Vestine Uwizeyimana had been in unrelenting pain as disease wore away her spine. She could no longer walk and could barely turn over in bed. Her life narrowed to a small, dark room with a dirt-floor in rural Rwanda, prayer beads hanging on the wall by her side. A year ago, relief came in the form of liquid morphine, locally produced as part of Rwanda’s groundbreaking effort to address one of the world’s great inequities: As thousands die from addiction in ri...

Nov102018 by adminNo Comments

Tiny pacemaker prototype avoids open chest surgery for infants

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Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A pacemaker protype the size of an almond designed to make procedures for infants less invasive, less painful and more efficient has been tested on pigs. Dr. Rohan Kumthekar, a cardiology fellow at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., will show off the device and present his abstract Sunday at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2018 in Chicago. Kumthekar believes the process will lead to shorter surgeries, faster recovery times and reduced medical costs. "Placing a pacemaker in a small child is different than operating on an adult, due to their small chest cavity and narrow blood vessels," Kumthekar said in a press release. "By eliminating the need to cut through the sternu...

Jul252018 by adminNo Comments

Mourinho avoids Premier League title question

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Jose Mourinho refused to answer whether he thought his Manchester United squad are strong enough to compete for the Premier League title next season.United have brought in three players for around £68m this summer and the 55-year-old told ESPN he would like to sign "two more players".Then asked at a news conference if he was confident of challenging, Mourinho said: "I don't answer your question." The Portuguese manager stayed silent when pressed to explain why.United were runners-up to Manchester City last season, but finished 19 points behind the champions, and lost to Chelsea in the FA Cup final.The £47m spent on midfielder Fred has been their biggest outlay of the current windo...

May302018 by adminNo Comments

Ocado moves up to FTSE 100 as M&S avoids relegation

Business

Marks & Spencer has avoided relegation from the FTSE 100 as online grocery retailer Ocado moves into the elite group of UK-listed firms, it has been confirmed. Online gambling company GVC Holdings will join Ocado in its promotion, while South African private healthcare provider Mediclinic International and security company G4S will fall into the FTSE 250 to make way.The changes take effect on Monday 18 June.M&S had been put forward by commentators as one to watch during the quarterly reshuffle, as the 134-year-old British company struggles against tough competition in clothing and food, its two main offerings.Only a week ago they announced plans to close a total of 100 stores by 2022 under a five-year transformation plan, placing thousands of jobs at risk.M&S, which has see...