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Chavez back in Venezuela after radiation therapy
Thu,29 Mar 2012 07:44 PM PDT
Reuters -  CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez returned home to Venezuela on Thursday after a first session of radiation treatment in Cuba that he hopes will cure his cancer and allow him to win a new six-year term in October. The 57-year-old socialist leader has said he will be flying back and forth to Havana over the coming weeks as he undergoes therapy, removing himself from the political stage just as his election rival ramps up his campaign. ...
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Mid-life Britain opens doors for disease research
Thu,29 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest and most detailed biomedical database opened its doors to researchers on Friday, offering scientists a unique glimpse into the health and lifestyles of 500,000 middle-aged Britons. The UK Biobank - with more than 1,000 pieces of information about each participant plus samples of blood, urine and saliva - will be available to researchers worldwide, on the condition they put their findings back into the public domain. ...
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Analysis: Obama could see silver lining if healthcare law rejected
Thu,29 Mar 2012 04:57 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The conventional wisdom is that it would be a political disaster for Democratic President Barack Obama, and a boon for Republicans, if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down all or most of Obama's healthcare overhaul. That could be: The healthcare law - which among other things would require most Americans to buy health insurance - is Obama's signature achievement in domestic policy, and the number-one target of many Republicans in this year's elections. ...
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House vote sets up Republican budget as manifesto, target
Thu,29 Mar 2012 04:47 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Republicans passed congressman Paul Ryan's deficit-cutting budget plan on Thursday, setting it up as a central theme for their election-year campaign efforts and as a target for Democratic attacks over its proposed healthcare cuts. In a preview of the messages they will carry home to their constituents during a two-week break, Republicans hailed the plan as a bold step toward reining in U.S. deficits, while Democrats decried it as an assault on the cherished Medicare healthcare system for the elderly. ...
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Obesity drugs need heart studies, U.S. advisers say
Thu,29 Mar 2012 04:26 PM PDT
Reuters - SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Heart safety studies should be required for new obesity drugs, U.S. drug advisers said on Thursday, possibly adding a new hurdle to the drugs' approval. An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted 17-6 that regulators should make companies conduct heart impact studies in order to sell their drugs in the United States, even if clinical trials do not initially show evidence of increased heart risk. "Anti-obesity drugs have a bad track record of cardiovascular risk," said Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
Analysis: Chief Justice Roberts may cast deciding healthcare vote
Thu,29 Mar 2012 02:21 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - During three days of historic healthcare arguments at the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts presided with a steady calm and folksy charm. From his center seat on the nine-member bench, Roberts gently mediated as colleagues interrupted one another's questions this week. He offered a break in arguments on Tuesday so spectators in the packed courtroom could briefly stand and stretch, and then at the end of that Day Two, warmly told lawyers, "Counsel, we'll see you tomorrow. ...
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Ibuprofen may help ward off altitude sickness
Thu,29 Mar 2012 01:48 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that taking ibuprofen before a trip to the mountains may help some people avoid the headaches and nausea that come with altitude sickness. Still, both a study author and one altitude expert not involved in the research said the approach won't help all travelers and climbers -- and isn't necessarily any better than taking prescription altitude-sickness drugs. Even with ibuprofen, "there are still a lot of people who do have symptoms," said Robert Roach, head of the Altitude Research Center at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. ... Full Story | Top |
Electronic health records mean fewer tests: study
Thu,29 Mar 2012 01:41 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors order fewer lab tests when they have access to a patient's electronic medical records, according to a new study, but the efficiency may be confined to state-of-the-art records exchanges for now. The new study is based on the experience of two hospitals -- Brigham and Women's and Massachusetts General -- that form Partners HealthCare, a not-for-profit healthcare system in Boston. The findings are at odds with another recent study. In the year 2000, the two hospitals established a health information exchange to access each others' electronic medical records. ... Full Story | Top |
Too little calcium, water linked to kidney stones
Thu,29 Mar 2012 01:06 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women whose diet include too little calcium or water -- or too much salt -- have an increased risk of developing kidney stones, a study confirms. Researchers found that among more than 78,000 U.S. women in their 50s and 70s, the risk of developing first-time kidney stones declined as calcium or fluid intake climbed. On the other hand, the odds went up with a higher sodium intake. Kidney stones develop when the urine contains more crystal-forming substances -- like calcium, uric acid and a compound called oxalate -- than can be diluted by the available fluid. ... Full Story | Top |
Too much sitting linked to shortened lives
Thu,29 Mar 2012 12:40 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Australians who spent a lot of time sitting at a desk or in front of a TV were more likely to die of any cause during a three-year period than those who were only sedentary a few hours a day, according to a new study. Researchers found that the link between too much time sitting and shortened lives stuck when they accounted for how much moderate or vigorous exercise people got as well as their weight and other measures of health. ... Full Story | Top |
Postpartum depression tied to domestic violence
Thu,29 Mar 2012 12:20 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mothers with postpartum depression are more likely to be in a violent relationship than moms without depression, and new mothers in abusive relationships are more likely to suffer postpartum depression, according to a new survey of women with infants. "I think intuitively and clinically it's not surprising that there would be an overlap between depression and intimate partner violence," said Dr. Linda Chaudron, a psychiatry professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center, who was not involved in this study. ... Full Story | Top |
Chavez back in Venezuela after radiation therapy
Thu,29 Mar 2012 12:00 PM PDT
Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez returned home to Venezuela on Thursday after a first session of radiation treatment in Cuba that he hopes will cure his cancer and allow him to win a new six-year term in October. The 57-year-old socialist leader has said he will be flying back and forth to Havana over the coming weeks as he undergoes therapy, removing himself from the political stage just as his election rival gears up his campaign. ...
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Studies show how pesticides make bees lose their way
Thu,29 Mar 2012 11:04 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered ways in which even low doses of widely used pesticides can harm bumblebees and honeybees, interfering with their homing abilities and making them lose their way. In two studies published in the journal Science on Thursday, British and French researchers looked at bees and neonicotinoid insecticides - a class introduced in the 1990s now among the most commonly used crop pesticides in the world. In recent years, bee populations have been dropping rapidly, partly due to a phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder. ...
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New high in U.S. autism rates inspires renewed debate
Thu,29 Mar 2012 10:45 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - About one in 88 children in the United States has autism or a related disorder, the highest estimate to date and one that is sure to revive a national argument over how the condition is diagnosed and treated. The estimate released on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention represents an overall increase of about 25 percent since the last analysis in 2006 and a near-doubling of the rate reported in 2002. Among boys, the rate of autism spectrum disorders is one in 54, almost five times that of girls, in whom the rate is one in 252. ...
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FDA seeks more advice on metal hip implants
Thu,29 Mar 2012 09:46 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration responded to mounting concerns about the safety of metal-on-metal hip implants, saying it would subject the devices to a two-day expert review that could lead to rigorous new standards. The FDA announced on Thursday an advisory panel for June 27-28 that will gather input from scientists, researchers, patients and medical practitioners to help regulators decide whether to impose new testing standards and review requirements to be met before a device can be sold in the United States. ... Full Story | Top |
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