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| Ohio teacher awarded $171,000 after firing over artificial insemination Monday, Jun 03, 2013 07:34 PM PDT By Bob Driehaus CINCINNATI, Ohio (Reuters) - A Catholic school teacher fired by the Cincinnati Archdiocese after becoming pregnant by artificial insemination was awarded $171,000 in damages on Monday by a federal court jury that ruled her dismissal violated U.S. anti-discrimination laws. The U.S. District Court jury in Cincinnati awarded Christa Dias $71,000 in lost wages and emotional distress damages and ordered the archdiocese to pay her $100,000 in punitive damages. ... Full Story | Top |
| Representative McCarthy diagnosed with lung cancer Monday, Jun 03, 2013 04:57 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Representative Carolyn McCarthy, a gun control advocate elected to Congress after her husband was killed in a mass shooting, said on Monday she has lung cancer. "I look forward to a successful treatment and returning to continue the mission that I've started as a member of Congress," the 69-year-old New York Democrat said in a statement. McCarthy was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1996, three years after her husband was killed in a shooting spree on a Long Island, New York, commuter train. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. House approves bill on prescription drug tracking Monday, Jun 03, 2013 03:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on Monday setting out how the federal government should track prescription drugs moving through the distribution chain. The Republican-controlled House passed the measure easily, by voice vote. Some Democrats have opposed the bill for not going far enough to ensure safety. The legislation, often known as "track and trace," was aimed at enhancing supply chain security for patients, including protection against counterfeit or stolen drugs. ... Full Story | Top |
| Daily sunscreen may prevent skin aging Monday, Jun 03, 2013 02:03 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using sunscreen every day may help protect against aging skin, according to a new study from Australia. Although the benefits of sunscreen are well know when it comes to preventing sunburns and lowering skin cancer risks, researchers said rigorous studies were lacking on how sunscreen use affects the signs of skin aging, or photoaging. Still, one dermatologist who wasn't involved in the new study said the findings just reinforce what skin doctors already know and tell their patients. ... Full Story | Top |
| Vegetarian diet tied to fewer deaths over time Monday, Jun 03, 2013 01:35 PM PDT  By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who limit how much meat they eat and stick to mostly fruits and vegetables are less likely to die over any particular period of time, according to a new study. "I think this adds to the evidence showing the possible beneficial effect of vegetarian diets in the prevention of chronic diseases and the improvement of longevity," said Dr. Michael Orlich, the study's lead author from Loma Linda University in California. In 2012, a Gallup poll found about 5 percent of Americans reported to be vegetarians. ... Full Story | Top |
| Flaxseed no help for kids with high cholesterol Monday, Jun 03, 2013 01:32 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some evidence it might be beneficial for adults, eating flaxseed every day didn't help children with high cholesterol get their numbers down, in a small new study. Researchers asked kids to eat muffins and bread with extra flaxseed and found there was no change in their LDL, or "bad" cholesterol, compared to those who ate baked goods made without flaxseed. And their HDL, or "good" cholesterol, went down on the flaxseed diet. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama urges greater openness in dealing with mental illness Monday, Jun 03, 2013 01:20 PM PDT  By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that Americans need to become more open about mental health issues so that people struggling with problems are not ashamed to seek help. More than 60 percent of Americans with mental illness do not receive treatment, many of them because they are embarrassed or afraid of being ostracized, Obama said, speaking at a White House conference on mental health. "We wouldn't accept it if only 40 percent of Americans with cancers got treatment," Obama said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lou Reed says he is 'bigger and stronger' after liver transplant Monday, Jun 03, 2013 01:08 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lou Reed says he is "bigger and stronger than ever" after a life-saving liver transplant and is looking forward to getting back to performing on stage. "I am a triumph of modern medicine, physics and chemistry," the 71-year-old rocker said on his website after his wife revealed news of the transplant at the weekend. "I am bigger and stronger than ever. My Chen Taiji and health regime has served me well all of these years," Reed said, referring to a traditional martial arts workout regime aimed at promoting health and relaxation. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obamacare Medicaid feud to leave 3.6 million uninsured: study Monday, Jun 03, 2013 01:05 PM PDT  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fourteen Republican-led states that oppose expanding Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health reform will leave 3.6 million of their poorest adult residents uninsured, at a cost of $9.4 billion per year by 2017, researchers said on Monday. The findings, published in the journal Health Affairs, could point to a larger-than-expected impact from the bitter political feud engulfing a major provision of the healthcare reform law due to take full effect next year. ... Full Story | Top |
| New drugs trail many old ones in effectiveness against disease Monday, Jun 03, 2013 01:04 PM PDT By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite the more than $50 billion that U.S. pharmaceutical companies have spent every year since the mid-2000s to discover new medications, drugmakers have barely improved on old standbys developed decades ago. Research published on Monday showed that the effectiveness of new drugs, as measured by comparing the response of patients on those treatments to those taking a placebo, has plummeted since the 1970s. ... Full Story | Top |
| Last of Boston Marathon bombing victims released from hospital Monday, Jun 03, 2013 12:25 PM PDT  By Daniel Lovering BOSTON (Reuters) - The last person hospitalized with injuries from the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings was discharged on Monday, still facing a long recovery from the loss of her left leg and severe injuries to her right leg. Three people were killed and 264 injured, many losing legs, when two homemade pressure-cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the race. Erika Brannock, 29, a preschool teacher from Baltimore, had traveled to the city with her sister and brother-in-law to support her mother, who was running her first marathon. ... Full Story | Top |
| GE settles with N.Y. over high-rate healthcare credit card Monday, Jun 03, 2013 12:16 PM PDT By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - General Electric Co has reached a settlement with New York's attorney general to end a probe into whether consumers were pressured into using a health care credit card carrying a high interest rate. The settlement with GE Capital Retail Bank and its CareCredit LLC unit adds protections for patients, including some who were charged a rate as high as 26.99 percent on their CareCredit cards, the attorney general Eric Schneiderman said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Vaccine group suspends Sierra Leone support after funds misused Monday, Jun 03, 2013 11:47 AM PDT By Simon Akam FREETOWN (Reuters) - A vaccination provider set up with money from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has put on hold some $6 million earmarked for Sierra Leone after an audit showed misuse of previous funds, a document seen by Reuters showed. The leaked letter from the GAVI Alliance dated November 15 2012 and addressed to Sierra Leone's health minister says an in-depth audit revealed "serious concerns of misuse of GAVI funds" totaling $1,099,640. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soul singer Sharon Jones says she has cancer, postpones album Monday, Jun 03, 2013 11:35 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Soul group Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings on Monday postponed the release of its forthcoming album and tour after Jones was diagnosed with early-stage bile duct cancer, according to a statement on the band's website. The singer, 57, is to undergo surgery, and is expected to make a full recovery but will require a "lengthy" rehabilitation period, the statement said. "Over the last few weeks I haven't felt good and I didn't know what was going on," Jones said in a statement. "We just found out that I have a stage-one tumor on my bile duct. ... Full Story | Top |
| Study finds strong genetic links for blacks with breast cancer Monday, Jun 03, 2013 10:33 AM PDT By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Researchers have been working for years to determine whether genetic glitches are driving high rates of especially deadly breast cancer in black women in the United States. Now, the most comprehensive genetic study yet found that one in five black women already diagnosed with breast cancer and referred for genetic counseling had at least one of 18 genetic mutations known to increase the risk of the disease. ... Full Story | Top |
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