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Mother wins back permanent custody of obese Ohio boy
Thu,10 May 2012 07:10 PM PDT
Reuters - CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio juvenile court judge removed a protective order on Thursday in the case of a third-grader who was taken from his mother's custody last October after he tipped the scales at 219 lbs (99 kg). Juvenile court judge David Stucki ruled in favor of a mother's petition to permanently restore the boy to her custody and to close the boy's case with the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services. Social workers were alerted to the child's medical situation in March 2010 when the boy, then 7, was hospitalized for two weeks with severe breathing problems. ... Full Story | Top |
Head of abortion-rights group NARAL to leave
Thu,10 May 2012 06:30 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nancy Keenan will step down as head of the abortion-rights advocacy group NARAL Pro-Choice America at the end of the year, a change she said on Thursday was timed to coincide with the rise of a new generation voters. Keenan, 60, who has led NARAL for nearly eight years, has chosen not to renew her contract, which expires at the end of December. Under Keenan's tenure, NARAL has supported dozens of candidates elected to Congress and has earned a reputation for helping to sway close races. ... Full Story | Top |
Blood test may help identify kids' smoke exposure: study
Thu,10 May 2012 05:53 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - More than half of the children who took part in a study on exposure to cigarette smoke tested positive for such exposure, despite only a handful of their parents admitting to lighting up, according to a U.S. study. Parents may think their children are exposed only if they're around someone actively smoking a cigarette, or are unaware of where else their children may be breathing in smoke - but a blood test may help identify and reduce smoke exposure, said researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. ... Full Story | Top |
Fish tied to lower colon cancer risk: study
Thu,10 May 2012 05:47 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - People who eat plenty of fish may have a lower risk of colon cancer and, even more, rectal cancer, according to an analysis of 41 studies from around the world. The analysis, which appeared in the American Journal of Medicine, is the latest report that ties fish consumption to a number of possible health benefits. Jie Liang of Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases in Xi'an, China, and colleagues combined the results from 41 studies published between 1990 and 2011 that measured fish consumption and tracked cancer diagnoses. ... Full Story | Top |
Industry defends ingredient critics deride as "meat glue"
Thu,10 May 2012 05:26 PM PDT
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. meat industry on Thursday defended an additive that critics have called "meat glue," saying the enzymes are safe, natural and not being used to deceive consumers. Recent reports have highlighted how meat processors use the enzymes, formally known as transglutaminase and beef fibrin, to bind smaller cuts of beef and pork and form consistently sized, uniformly shaped larger steaks. The U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
FDA panel backs Gilead's Truvada to prevent HIV
Thu,10 May 2012 05:07 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel of outside experts recommended Gilead Sciences Inc's Truvada as a treatment for preventing HIV infection among people at risk for contracting AIDS, including homosexual and bisexual men. In a move that could lead to a new milestone for treatment in the evolution of the worldwide AIDS epidemic, the FDA advisory committee voted 19-3 to endorse the drug's use for controlling HIV infection among the highest risk group - men who have sex with men. ... Full Story | Top |
Alzheimer's research fraud case set for trial
Thu,10 May 2012 04:32 PM PDT
Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - Two Harvard teaching hospitals and a prominent Alzheimer's disease researcher accused of using falsified data to obtain a government research grant are set to stand trial after a federal appeals court said this week that a lower court erred when it dismissed the case. The lawsuit accuses Marilyn Albert, a former professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where she was conducting research, of submitting a grant application based on manipulated data. ... Full Story | Top |
Colorado governor seeks legislative session on civil unions
Thu,10 May 2012 04:12 PM PDT
Reuters -  DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado's Democratic governor called on Thursday for a special legislative session to consider a civil unions bill that would grant legal rights to same-sex couples, setting up a potential showdown with Republican lawmakers. Governor John Hickenlooper said in an executive order calling for the session, due on Monday, that the bill was needed so couples, regardless of their sexual orientation, could "take care of each other and their families. ...
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UK cost body backs Botox for some migraine patients
Thu,10 May 2012 04:05 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's healthcare cost-effectiveness body NICE has changed its mind on Allergan's anti-wrinkle injection Botox and decided it is worth paying for on the state-funded health service for some patients suffering migraines. Botox is licensed to prevent headaches in adults with chronic migraine but the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) had previously said it was not convinced of the value of funding the treatment on the country's National Health Service (NHS). ... Full Story | Top |
Arena obesity pill wins over U.S. advisers
Thu,10 May 2012 03:10 PM PDT
Reuters - SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - An experimental obesity pill from Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc won the support of U.S. advisers on Thursday, as public health advocates push for new solutions to the nation's growing obesity epidemic. A panel of outside experts to the Food and Drug Administration voted 18 to 4 to recommend approval of lorcaserin, bringing the drug a step closer to U.S. approval as one of the first new weight-loss treatments in over a decade. Lorcaserin is Arena's most important product. Shares of Arena, which were halted pending the panel vote, nearly doubled in value to $6. ... Full Story | Top |
India drugs inquiry could prompt new U.S. scrutiny
Thu,10 May 2012 02:56 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global drugmakers could face new U.S. scrutiny after a report from lawmakers in India alleged abuses in that country's drug approval process, lawyers familiar with such investigations said. An Indian parliamentary panel on Wednesday said officials of India's drug regulator had been colluding with pharmaceutical companies to speed up approval procedures, allowing some drugs that are not permitted in other countries to go on sale. The U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
House OKs Republican replacement for automatic cuts
Thu,10 May 2012 02:10 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Republican plan to halt automatic spending cuts and protect military budgets next year by cutting social safety net programs and rolling back some financial reforms. The Sequester Replacement Act sets up a new budget battle with Democrats in coming months as Congress gets serious about dealing with the across-the-board cuts due to hit in January. Passed on a mostly party-line vote of 218-199, the Republican plan would partially offset $97.6 billion in automatic cuts in fiscal 2013 and shrink deficits by $242. ... Full Story | Top |
Many kids exposed to smoke despite parents' claims
Thu,10 May 2012 01:26 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than half of kids who were part of a new study from California tested positive for secondhand smoke exposure -- despite only a handful of their parents admitting to lighting up. Parents may think kids are only exposed if they're around someone actively smoking a cigarette, researchers said, or are unaware of where else their children might be breathing in smoke. They said a blood test may help identify and reduce smoke exposure. ... Full Story | Top |
Fish tied to lower colon cancer risk: study
Thu,10 May 2012 12:32 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who eat plenty of fish may have a lower risk of colon and rectal cancers, a new report suggests. The finding comes from an analysis of 41 past studies on the link between fish in the diet and new diagnoses and deaths from colorectal cancer. "People who rarely eat fish may experience health benefits in a variety of areas -- heart disease, reproductive and now colon cancer -- by increasing their fish consumption somewhat," said Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
Georgia college student battles flesh-eating bacteria
Thu,10 May 2012 11:44 AM PDT
Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia college student was in critical condition on Thursday suffering with a rare, flesh-eating bacterial infection following a zip line accident last week. Aimee Copeland, 24, was kayaking and zip-lining along the Little Tallapoosa River near Carrollton, Georgia, on May 1 when the line broke and she suffered a cut to her calf, her father, Andy Copeland, wrote in a Facebook posting. Emergency room doctors closed the wound with 22 staples and released the woman, a graduate student at West Georgia University, her father wrote. ... Full Story | Top |
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