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U.S., Norway pledge $150 million for maternal health
Fri,1 Jun 2012 05:16 PM PDT
Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - The United States and Norway each pledged on Friday to give in the range of $75 million to help protect mothers during labor, delivery and the first 24 hours after birth. The money would go into the "Saving Mothers, Giving Life," initiative, a partnership financed with public and private funds that seeks to reduce the death of mothers immediately before, during and soon after they give birth. Recalling the 1980 birth of her daughter, Chelsea, U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Walgreen, Express Scripts drop claims against each other
Fri,1 Jun 2012 03:05 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Walgreen Co said on Friday that it and drug benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co had dropped claims against each other stemming from a September 2011 lawsuit, but said the dismissals did not mean they were any closer to reaching a new deal. Walgreen, the largest U.S. drugstore chain, stopped filling prescriptions in January for members of Express Scripts, which manages prescription drug benefits for employers and other clients, after the two companies failed to agree on terms to renew their contract. ... Full Story | Top |
U.S. nuns push back against Vatican crackdown
Fri,1 Jun 2012 02:07 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The largest organization of U.S. Catholic nuns on Friday rejected a Vatican assessment that they had fallen under the sway of radical feminism and needed to hand control of their group over to a trio of bishops. The Leadership Conference of Women Religious, whose members represent about 80 percent of nuns in the United States, issued a sharp statement calling the Vatican's rebuke unsubstantiated and "the result of a flawed process that lacked transparency. ... Full Story | Top |
Do doctor-payment sunshine laws work?
Fri,1 Jun 2012 02:04 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The mere passage of a law that requires drug companies to disclose how much money they pay doctors may not change physician prescribing practices, suggests a new study. In two states that passed so-called sunshine laws requiring drugmakers to disclose payments, doctors' choices of which drugs to prescribe for their patients did not differ much from those of peers in states without such a law. ... Full Story | Top |
Study questions fructose role in hypertension
Fri,1 Jun 2012 01:24 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sweet drinks have been linked to a slightly higher risk of developing high blood pressure, but, contrary to earlier research, a large new study finds that fruit sugar in those drinks is not the likely culprit behind that association. Following more than 200,000 men and women for up to 38 years, researchers found that regularly consuming sweetened drinks -- either containing sugars or artificially sweetened -- was associated with a rise of about 13 percent in the risk of developing high blood pressure. ... Full Story | Top |
Babies fed soy formula develop as well as others
Fri,1 Jun 2012 01:21 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One-year-olds raised on breast milk, regular formula or soy formula seem to fare equally well in brain development, a new study suggests. Past studies have found that, as far as growth, babies given soy formula develop the same as their peers fed breast milk or traditional formula made from cow's milk. But not much was known about signs of brain development, like an infant's early language skills. The new study, reported in the journal Pediatrics, suggests that brain development is similar, whether babies get breast milk, standard formula or the soy variety. ... Full Story | Top |
Allergan wins new trial in big Botox damages case
Fri,1 Jun 2012 12:29 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Allergan Inc has been granted a new trial in a case brought by a man who won a $212 million jury verdict last year after claiming he was disabled by taking Botox injections. Douglas Ray Jr's jury award had already been slashed to less than $13 million total under Virginia state law, and now, after a federal judge's ruling on Friday, he will have to make his case all over again. Ray accused Allergan of failing to warn doctors of the risk that Botox injections could cause autoimmune reactions that lead to brain damage. ... Full Story | Top |
Medical marijuana legalized in Connecticut
Fri,1 Jun 2012 12:11 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Connecticut on Friday became the 17th U.S. state to legalize the medical use of marijuana. The state's Governor Dannel Malloy signed into law legislation allowing licensed physicians to certify an adult patient's use of marijuana for medical purposes, according to a statement from the governor's office. The new law puts in place restrictions to prevent the kind of abuse that has plagued some of the 16 other states and the District of Columbia where pot is legal for medical use. ... Full Story | Top |
Premature babies have higher psychiatric risk
Fri,1 Jun 2012 11:27 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Babies born prematurely have a much higher risk of developing severe mental disorders including psychosis, bipolar disorder and depression, according to a study to be published on Monday. Scientists in Britain and Sweden found that people born very prematurely - at less than 32 weeks' gestation - were three times more likely than those born at term to be hospitalized with a psychiatric illness at age 16 and older. The researchers think the increased risk may be down to small but important differences in brain development in babies born before a full 40 week gestation period. ... Full Story | Top |
Hospitals fight drug scarcity, fear patients harmed
Fri,1 Jun 2012 11:09 AM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, pharmacists are using old-fashioned paper spreadsheets to track their stock of drugs in short supply - a task that takes several hours each day. Most of the hospital's medicines - with usage estimated at $100 million a year - are tracked by automated systems that allow for quick reorders when the supply runs low. But these automated systems, designed to help the hospital avoid purchases and storage costs of unused pills and vials, do not work if it is uncertain when the next batch of drugs will come in. ...
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WebMD names Pfizer executive as new CEO
Fri,1 Jun 2012 10:38 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Health information website WebMD Health Corp named Pfizer Inc executive Cavan Redmond as its CEO, entrusting the industry veteran with the task of reviving its flagging business after the company ended talks to sell itself. WebMD is one of the best-known websites for information on everything from cancer to better eating habits, but has recently warned of falling profits as it struggles to attract advertisers. WebMD, in which activist investor Carl Icahn declared a 13. ... Full Story | Top |
Smith & Nephew pulls metal-on-metal hip component
Fri,1 Jun 2012 09:31 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Smith & Nephew is withdrawing a component of one of its all-metal artificial hip systems, following a higher than normal level of patient problems with the device. The voluntary recall will add to concerns about the safety of metal-on-metal hips, although the British company said on Friday the issues with its system were different to those seen with some other all-metal implants. ... Full Story | Top |
Aromatherapy may boost massage for menopause relief
Fri,1 Jun 2012 09:22 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A handful of massage sessions with scented oils may help ease menopause symptoms for some women, suggests a small study that found massage with unscented oil also helped, but considerably less. Many women are looking for alternative ways to manage hot flashes, sleep problems and other symptoms of menopause. The most effective treatment is hormone replacement therapy, but that carries possible health risks that many women are not willing to take. Hormones have been tied to increased risks of blood clots, heart attack, stroke and breast cancer. ... Full Story | Top |
NRC to finalize nuclear safety guidelines in August
Fri,1 Jun 2012 06:31 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - U.S. regulators plan to finalize a set of new safety rules for operating the nation's nuclear reactors in August, after considering public comment through July. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has drafted several guidelines to ensure proper implementation of three orders the agency issued to nuclear power plants in March, in response to lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in March last year. ... Full Story | Top |
Clorox to be aggressive in healthcare deals
Fri,1 Jun 2012 05:20 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Clorox Co Chief Executive Don Knauss plans to be fairly aggressive in buying assets to expand his company's healthcare offerings as it looks to triple the size of that business over the next five years. The 99-year-old company is best-known for its namesake bleach, but its healthcare business - encompassing products like disinfecting spray, germicidal wipes and hand sanitizer - has been a small growth engine in recent years. The business has grown to around $100 million in annual revenue from around $2 million over the past five years, Knauss told Reuters in an interview. ... Full Story | Top |
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