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(NewsVoir); The Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children by helping charitable organizations provide healthy nutrition to children in need, today announced the launch of the third phase of Casa Herbalife program with Smile Foundation, a national development organization that works for underprivileged children and youth in education, healthcare, livelihoods and women’s empowerment. During the third phase unveiled today in Bangalore, the HFF will extend grants to provide nutritional support to 1,000 children across India, through Smile Foundation’s ‘Mission Education’ program.

Cipla Ltd, a global pharmaceutical company which uses cutting edge technology and innovation to meet the everyday needs of all patients, is announced the appointment of Umang Vohra as Global Chief Financial and Strategy Officer and Prabir Jha as Global Chief People Officer effective 1st October 2015.

Voluntary recall of a number of drugs have been initiated by Sun Pharma and Wockhardt from the US market due to different reasons.

Sun Pharma initiated voluntary recall of multiple lots of Bupropion Hydrochloride Extended-release Tablets USP (SR), 200 mg, 60-count bottle for "failed dissolution specification", while Wockhardt started recalling its Lisinopril Tablets USP, 5 mg and 20 mg for "CGMP violations".

One-year-old infant's ability to group objects according to the names associated with them - as opposed to their appearance alone - offers a glimpse into how their vocabulary will develop by the time they are 18 months, shows a new study. The findings will appear in an upcoming issue of the open access journal Frontiers in Psychology.

Growing in severe poverty can adversely affect children's brain development, new research has found. The study was published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

Ezetimibe can reduce the cardiovascular problems in diabetes patients, says a new study. The drug achieved greater reductions in LDL cholesterol than statins alone, resulting in lower risks of cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes and the benefits observed in diabetics were greater than in those without diabetes.

A large clinical trial in the US has found that omega-3 supplements will not slow cognitive decline in older people, debunking earlier research that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids can protect brain health. The paper was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Looking at bright screens before going to bed can affect the sleep patterns of young teenagers, reveals a new study. The study is published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.