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| Vaccine exemptions rising, tied to whooping cough Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 09:10 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of New York parents who had their child skip at least one required vaccine due to religious reasons increased over the past decade, according to a new study. What's more, researchers found counties with high religious exemption rates also had more whooping cough cases - even among children that had been fully vaccinated. States set their own requirements on which vaccines a child must have received to enter school. ... Full Story | Top |
| Frontman of Australian band Yothu Yindi dies Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 07:26 PM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - Mandawuy Yunupingu, lead singer of Australian rock band Yothu Yindi, which mixed traditional Aboriginal music and modern rock, has died at the age of 56 after battling kidney disease. Best known for their 1991 hit "Treaty", Yothu Yindi were strong advocates of reconciliation between white and Aboriginal Australians and helped put the issue on Australia's national stage. The album "Tribal Voice" hit number three on the Billboard top world music albums chart in 1992. ... Full Story | Top |
| Angelina Jolie makes first public appearance after mastectomy Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 06:30 PM PDT  By Edward Baran LONDON (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie made her first public appearance since announcing her double mastectomy on Sunday, joining fiance Brad Pitt on the red carpet in London where she welcomed the debate on women's health that the surgery had sparked. The Oscar-winning actress has stayed out of the spotlight since announcing her operation in a New York Times column last month, saying the decision was made after finding she carried a gene giving her an 87 percent chance of getting breast cancer. ... Full Story | Top |
| British manufacturers urge health budget cuts to fund growth Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 04:09 PM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - British manufacturers urged the government on Monday to cut the healthcare budget and put money into growth-generating areas such as infrastructure and technology when it unveils its latest spending review next month. The criticism of Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to exempt healthcare from budget cuts highlights growing concerns that efforts to reduce Britain's fiscal deficit could endanger its economic recovery. ... Full Story | Top |
| Vinegar screening helps cut cervical cancer deaths in India: study Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 01:46 PM PDT By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A simple screening program for cervical cancer using vinegar and visual exams helped reduce deaths caused by the cancer by 31 percent in a group of 150,000 poor women in India, researchers reported on Sunday. If implemented broadly, the screening program could lead to the prevention of 22,000 deaths from cervical cancer in India, and 72,000 deaths in the developing world each year, the team reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago. "We had a 31 percent reduction in cervical cancer death. ... Full Story | Top |
| Merck melanoma drug shrinks tumors in 38 percent of patients Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 01:15 PM PDT  By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Merck & Co drug designed to unmask tumor cells and mobilize the immune system into fighting cancer helped shrink tumors in 38 percent of patients with advanced melanoma in an early-stage study, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. Based on the findings about the drug lambrolizumab, published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago, Merck says it will move directly into a late-stage clinical trial, which will start in the third quarter. "This is a top priority at Merck," Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
| Longer tamoxifen use reduces breast cancer recurrence Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 11:35 AM PDT By Deena Beasley CHICAGO (Reuters) - Breast cancer is less likely to recur if women previously treated for the disease take the drug tamoxifen for 10 years, instead of the recommended five years, according to a British study. The study was a component of a larger international trial, for which similar results were announced last year. "I think it's huge because it's the second trial to show a benefit for 10 years versus five years," said Dr. Sandra Swain, medical director of the Cancer Institute at Washington Hospital Center and president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, or ASCO. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bernanke jokes about own future in Princeton commencement speech Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 11:02 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Never believe Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke doesn't have a sense of humor. "I wrote recently to inquire about the status of my leave from the university, and the letter I got back began, 'Regrettably, Princeton receives many more qualified applicants for faculty positions than we can accommodate,'" Bernanke said in remarks prepared for delivery on Sunday to new Princeton University graduates in his commencement speech. "Note to journalists: This is a joke," said a footnote attached to the text provided to reporters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Roche's Avastin extends life in advanced cervical cancer Sunday, Jun 02, 2013 04:37 AM PDT By Bill Berkrot (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's drug Avastin helped prolong the lives of women with advanced cervical cancer when added to chemotherapy in a late-stage clinical trial, likely paving the way to another major use for the multibillion-dollar medicine. This marked the first study to demonstrate that a drug which blocks blood vessel formation in the tumor can prolong the lives of women with gynecologic cancers, researchers said. ... Full Story | Top |
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