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On Monday, Boston Scientific Corp's stock climbed nearly 4%, thanks to approval of its heart device by FDA.

The agency approved the utilization of the left atrial appendage closure device known as Watchman in patients whose atrial fibrillation causes a high risk of stroke.

The device was approved as an alternative for patients who seek an alternative to blood-thinning warfarin drugs like Coumadin.

According to the American Heart Association, Atrial fibrillation is an irregular heart beat that feels like a quivering heart. This condition affects about 2.7 million people in the US as it increases the risk of stroke.

Lizzie Velasquez has faced bullying at every stage of her life, but she decided to fight back and continued to win through a single YouTube video.

Velasquez, 26, in her life so far, has always believed that she was no different from any other child of her age. No matter, one could already tell the big difference by just a single look at her.

Velasquez, on Saturday 14th of March, has released a full documentary entitled A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez story, directed by Sarah Hirsh Bordo.

The documentary is about her amazing journey from becoming a victim to a hero for all the bullied people around the world. Through the documentary, she wants every girl to come forward and fight back.

A new analysis has showed that diabetic women in the US have to bear lifetime health care costs of $283,000 and the condition badly affects their earning power as well. The analysis was conducted with the aim of looking at the costs from the rise in diabetes, which is now the plight of 382 million people world over. Experts have warned that the number is highly likely to touch the 592 million mark by 2035.

"Employment chances for women with diabetes in the U. S. are decreased by almost half. Women with diabetes also lose out on $21,392 in earnings per year-the highest loss due to diabetes worldwide", said study author Till Seuring of UEA's Norwich Medical School in a statement.

After Coca-Cola Bottling announced better profit compared to market expectations, the stock touched a new 52-week high during trading on Monday. The company traded up to $108.00 and closed at $107.90. Earlier, the stock had closed at $106.65.

In a research note on Friday, analysts at Citigroup Inc. set a $112.00 price target on shares of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, an improvement from its earlier target of $100.00. The stock has been rated by three equities research analysts with a hold rating. And a buy rating has also been issued for the company by three analysts. Currently, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated has an average rating of 'Buy'.

A research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association's Pediatrics publication unveiled that the anti-vaccination movement is to be blamed for measles outbreak linked to Disneyland.

The researcher said, "The ongoing measles outbreak linked to the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, shines a glaring spotlight on our nation's growing anti-vaccination movement and the prevalence of vaccination- hesitant parents".

In order to reach at the above mentioned conclusion, they have assessed the publicly available statistics. The researchers said that after seeing a significant rise in the cases of measles in America, it seems that a considerable percentage might be susceptible to infection either due to complete no vaccination or incomplete vaccination.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has rejected the proposal to create Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, a new National Marine Sanctuary on the Central Coast, which would have stretched from Cambria to near Gaviota in Santa Barbara County.

NOAA has said that the nomination by the Northern Chumash Tribal Council was not insufficient. Lisa Wooninck, policy coordinator with the NOAA Sanctuaries regional office in Monterey, said, "It really just boiled down to the fact that some of the management considerations needed more detail".

According to the director of the Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club Andrew Christie, the Chumash can submit the nomination with additional details. The club is in favor of the formation of the sanctuary.