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NEW YORK – Manufacturing activity in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region improved slightly in December, but new orders and the outlook for factory jobs slipped, according to the Philadelphia Fed’s report published on Thursday. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank said its business activity index edged up to 12.6 in December from …

If milk thistle curbs liver disease, science hasn’t adequately proven it yet, according to a report in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. Doctors from California and Europe reached that conclusion after reviewing 13 studies of milk thistle. No significant liver benefits were seen in patients with liver disease who took …

WASHINGTON – Bird flu appears more likely to wing its way around the globe by plane than by migrating birds. Scientists have been unable to link the spread of the virus to migratory patterns, suggesting that the thousands of wild birds that have died, primarily waterfowl and shore birds, are …