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Bee Gee Robin Gibb wakes from coma: report
Sat,21 Apr 2012 03:10 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has woken from a coma more than a week after he lost consciousness and has attempted to communicate with family members at his hospital bedside, the BBC reported on Saturday. Gibb, 62, has begun to show signs of recovery and has been able to nod and communicate with his family, spokesman Doug Wright was quoted as saying by the BBC. Wright could not immediately be reached to confirm the report. The singer contracted pneumonia and fell into a coma at a central London hospital earlier this month. ...
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FDA says focused on tracking drugs after approval
Sat,21 Apr 2012 01:14 PM PDT
Reuters -  ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Saturday it now spends as much effort and resources on surveilling a drug after it is approved as it does in the pre-approval process. The FDA was responding to critics who say the agency is toothless when it comes to tracking the safety of drugs already on the market, when industry funds that supported pre-approval reviews tend to dry up. "We think we've really balanced this," Dr. ...
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Wisconsin's Planned Parenthood suspends non-surgical abortions
Sat,21 Apr 2012 10:53 AM PDT
Reuters - MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has suspended non-surgical abortions in response to a new state law that makes it harder for women to have the procedure, a move that followed anti-abortion measures in several Republican-controlled states. The law, which took effect on Friday, requires women visit a doctor at least three times before having a drug-induced abortion, forces physicians to determine whether women are being coerced into having an abortion and prohibits women and doctors from using web cams during the procedure. ... Full Story | Top |
GE profit, revenue top Wall Street forecasts
Sat,21 Apr 2012 02:21 AM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - General Electric Co topped Wall Street's profit and revenue forecasts for the first quarter, helped by strong demand for energy equipment and railroad locomotives. The largest U.S. conglomerate said on Friday industrial orders had risen 20 percent in the quarter and that selling prices had improved in most of its businesses. This should help Chief Executive Officer Jeff Immelt achieve his goal of boosting profit margins this year. "Global markets are improving, but volatility remains," Immelt told investors on a conference call. ...
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Vietnam seeks foreign help after skin disease kills 19
Fri,20 Apr 2012 10:12 PM PDT
Reuters - HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's health authorities will seek foreign assistance to deal with a resurgence of a mystery skin infection that has already killed 19 people in the central region and terrified villagers, state-run media reported on Saturday. The disease was first reported between April and December last year, with doctors unable to identify the cause and it has re-emerged in a mountainous district of Quang Ngai province. One village was reported to be in a state of terror over the death of a resident, and altogether 171 people reported infections on palms and the soles of their feet. ... Full Story | Top |
Conservative activist Breitbart died of heart failure: coroner
Fri,20 Apr 2012 08:30 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Conservative activist Andrew Breitbart died of heart failure with no prescription or illegal drugs in his system, the Los Angeles County Coroner's officials said on Friday. There was no significant trauma to the body of Breitbart, who died in March at the age of 43, and foul play was not suspected, a coroner's spokesman said in a written statement. The manner of death was classified as "natural." A final autopsy report was expected to be released in about two weeks, the spokesman said. ...
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University of Colorado clamps down on "pot fest" but many light up
Fri,20 Apr 2012 07:36 PM PDT
Reuters -  BOULDER, Colo. (Reuters) - The University of Colorado sought on Friday to clamp down on a huge annual marijuana fest, but after initially restricting access to the school, police later stood back and watched hundreds of people light up in a campus field. Three protesters who crossed police lines at the Boulder campus were arrested for trespassing and about 11 others cited, but a confrontation thought possible between protesters and police never materialized. ...
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FDA says nanotech may need extra safety tests
Fri,20 Apr 2012 02:20 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators said consumer products that use nanotechnology may have unknown effects on the human body, and advised food and cosmetic companies to further study the safety of these tiny particles. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued two draft guidelines on Friday calling for more studies, putting, for now, much of the onus for safety on companies. The FDA also rejected a consumer group's petition from 2006 that urged a separate category of regulation for nanotechnology due to its "unique human health and environmental risks. ... Full Story | Top |
Catholic nuns group "stunned" by Vatican slap
Fri,20 Apr 2012 02:07 PM PDT
Reuters -  CHICAGO (Reuters) - A prominent U.S. Catholic nuns' group said on Thursday it was "stunned" that the Vatican reprimanded it for spending too much time on poverty and social justice concerns and not enough on abortion and gay marriage. In a stinging report on Wednesday, the Vatican said the Leadership Conference of Women Religious had been "silent on the right to life" and had failed to make the "Biblical view of family life and human sexuality" a central plank in its agenda. ...
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Big regional differences in glaucoma diagnosis found
Fri,20 Apr 2012 01:46 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new analysis of Medicare records finds dramatic differences across the U.S. in rates of new glaucoma diagnoses, suggesting the eye disease is likely being overdiagnosed in some regions and underdiagnosed in others, researchers said. ... Full Story | Top |
Mexico's conservatives bet on woman presidential hopeful
Fri,20 Apr 2012 01:16 PM PDT
Reuters -  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's ruling conservatives took a bold step by becoming the first major party to nominate a woman presidential candidate, but Josefina Vazquez Mota is struggling to close a big gap with the front-runner, hamstrung by internal party divisions. Three weeks into a compressed campaign season before the July 1 vote, Vazquez Mota trails Enrique Pena Nieto from the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, by double digits in most opinion polls. ...
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Colorado lights up pot debate by blazing regulatory trail
Fri,20 Apr 2012 12:54 PM PDT
Reuters - DENVER (Reuters) - At a Denver dispensary for medical marijuana, state inspector Mark Brown makes his usual checks, verifying that employees wear name-tag licenses and the video surveillance system works. The store is a laid-back place with a popcorn machine, a "Reefer Madness" movie poster and plenty of pot, sold both mixed into candy and as buds. Brown mingles with the staff, among them a tattooed man rolling joints in a side room. Fellow inspector Paul Schmidt, formerly an undercover agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, checks on the facility's marijuana-growing operation. ...
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Fatigue after early breast cancer often fades: study
Fri,20 Apr 2012 12:20 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many people treated for cancer are worn out for a time, but new findings suggest that long-lasting fatigue may be less common than thought -- at least for women with early-stage breast cancer. The study, of 218 women treated for early breast cancer, found that almost one-third had "cancer-related fatigue" at the end of treatment. But far fewer -- six percent -- still had the problem a year later. That suggests for most women with the disease post-treatment fatigue will fade with some time, the researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. ...
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Vatican crackdown on U.S. nuns a long time brewing
Fri,20 Apr 2012 11:45 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - When Pope John Paul II arrived in the United States in 1979, the president of the nation's most powerful organization of nuns met him with a challenge. In a bold welcoming address, Sister Theresa Kane called on the pope to include women "in all ministries of our church," including the priesthood. The pope sat silent, his expression stony. That moment did not change Vatican policy. But it unveiled growing tensions between the Vatican and American nuns. ... Full Story | Top |
Statins don't reduce melanoma risk: study
Fri,20 Apr 2012 11:36 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite earlier indications that people taking statins might have a reduced risk of developing melanoma, a large new study of women finds the popular cholesterol-lowering drugs do nothing to prevent the deadly skin cancer. "For primary prevention (of melanoma) I think we're putting the nail into the coffin of that theory," said Dr. Robert Dellavalle, chief of dermatology at the Denver VA Medical Center, who was not involved in the new research. Melanoma is the most lethal of the skin cancers, with 70,000 new cases diagnosed in the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
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