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| Texas withdraws subpoena for tweets on new abortion law Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 06:50 PM PDT By Marice Richter DALLAS (Reuters) - The Texas Department of Public Safety said on Thursday it had withdrawn a subpoena for information from Twitter regarding two tweets about conservative Texas lawmakers, including Governor Rick Perry, and the passage of restrictive abortion regulations. The department had sought information, documents and records related to the Twitter accounts of Denise Romano of Austin and Michael Mayer of New York in an investigation into their tweets between July 17 and 19, the day before and after Perry signed the abortion bill into law. ... Full Story | Top |
| Florida clinic in baseball scandal subject of U.S. probe: lawyer Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 06:14 PM PDT  By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - The Florida anti-aging clinic at the center of a doping scandal involving Major League Baseball players, including New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, is under federal investigation for selling controlled substances to high school students and other athletes, according to the lawyer for a whistleblower in the case. The U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Texas is running out of execution drug pentobarbital Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 05:03 PM PDT By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas, the state with the highest execution rate in the country, is running out of a sedative used in its three-drug cocktail for lethal injections for the second time in 13 months, a state official said on Thursday. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark confirmed that the state's supply of pentobarbital, which has been used in the execution of condemned killers in the state since July 2012, will reach its expiration date in September. ... Full Story | Top |
| Retiree healthcare gap to burden U.S. states, cities: economists Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 04:54 PM PDT  By Hilary Russ (Reuters) - U.S. state and local governments have about $1 trillion of unfunded retiree healthcare liabilities, a shortfall that is expected to pressure budgets in the near future even more than pension costs, two Federal Reserve Board of Governors senior economists said on Thursday. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. official challenges claim that Obamacare hurts workers Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 03:55 PM PDT  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. healthcare official on Thursday challenged claims by Republican lawmakers that the country's healthcare reform law is causing workers to lose hours or benefits, saying she is aware of only isolated cutbacks. At a stormy House of Representatives committee hearing, Marilyn Tavenner, who heads the Medicare and Medicaid programs, said she has found only anecdotal evidence of employers reducing work hours or benefits because of worries about President Barack Obama's landmark reforms, which take effect on January 1. "I am out there. I am listening. ... Full Story | Top |
| Two health workers among latest Saudi cases of MERS virus Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 02:16 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Two Saudi health workers who had been in contact for patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infections are among three new cases reported to the World Health Organization, the U.N. agency said on Thursday. The WHO said the female health staff, from the Saudi regions of Assir and Riyadh, both had mild symptoms of MERS, while a third new case in a 67-year-old woman from Riyadh was more severe, with that patient being treated in hospital. ... Full Story | Top |
| Quitting smoking post-angioplasty tied to longer life Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 01:58 PM PDT  By Veronica Hackethal, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who quit smoking after a balloon angioplasty to improve blood flow to the heart live an average of two years longer than those who keep smoking, a new study suggests. Researchers found people who were undergoing balloon angioplasty in their 50s, on average, and quit smoking within one year after the procedure lived another 18.5 years. In contrast, those who continued to smoke lived about 16.4 years, on average, after angioplasty. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. TV series 'Glee' to address drug abuse, death of Cory Monteith Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 01:32 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television musical series "Glee" will address the death of star Cory Monteith in the upcoming season, writing his character out of the show and touching on Monteith's real-life drug use, U.S. TV network Fox said on Thursday. Monteith, who played high school jock-turned-show-choir-member Finn Hudson, died last month at age 31 in Vancouver from an accidental overdose of heroin and alcohol. The actor's death has forced Fox to push back the show's fifth season premiere in September by one week as its writers rewrite episodes without Monteith's character. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pacira Pharma pain drug fails late-stage trial Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 01:24 PM PDT (Reuters) - Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc said its lead drug did not meet the main goal in a late-stage trial of reducing pain for patients undergoing a surgical procedure called posterolateral thoracotomy. Pacira said the company did not meet the main goal of reducing pain scores over 72 hours, compared with a placebo. The results are from a second late-stage study of the drug, Exparel, which is already approved as a single-dose injection to treat postsurgical pain. (Reporting By Vrinda Manocha in Bangalore; Editing by Maju Samuel) Full Story | Top |
| FDA warns of serious rash risk with acetaminophen pain pills Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 01:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tylenol and other painkillers containing the ingredient acetaminophen can cause a potentially deadly skin rash known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, U.S. health regulators said on Thursday. Companies that sell prescription acetaminophen will be required to add a warning about the skin rash to the drug's package insert, the Food and Drug Administration said. The agency will also request or encourage companies who sell acetaminophen products over the counter to add a warning about the risk of serious skin reactions. ... Full Story | Top |
| Many teens have permanent ringing in the ears Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 12:57 PM PDT By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One in five high schoolers has permanent ringing in the ears, and few take measures to protect their ears from loud music, according to a new study. Those numbers are surprisingly similar to results of a study of college-aged adults, said lead author Annick Gilles, a clinical audiologist at Antwerp University Hospital in Edegem, Belgium. She and her coauthors had expected the numbers to be higher for college-aged people, who "go out a lot," she told Reuters Health. ... Full Story | Top |
| Illinois governor signs law allowing medical marijuana Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 12:48 PM PDT  By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - A law allowing marijuana to be used for medical purposes in Illinois was signed on Thursday by Governor Pat Quinn, making it the second most populous state in the country after California to permit medicinal use of the drug. "Over the years, I've been moved by the brave patients and veterans who are fighting terrible illnesses," Quinn said. "They need and deserve pain relief. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama picks government trouble-shooter Koskinen to lead IRS Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 12:42 PM PDT  By Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated John Koskinen, known as a trouble-shooter of distressed organizations, to lead the Internal Revenue Service amid a controversy over the agency's scrutiny of conservative political groups. If confirmed by the Senate, Koskinen will take over the agency's 90,000 employees responsible for administering the increasingly complex tax code. ... Full Story | Top |
| Activists mobilize for busy August on immigration, Obamacare Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 12:41 PM PDT  By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - August might not be much of a recess for U.S. lawmakers weary from bruising budget fights and nomination showdowns: the break promises a frenzy of meetings in their home districts with activists trying to pressure them on immigration and health care reform. Progressives, Tea Party conservatives, the business and faith communities and other interests have spent weeks - and in some cases months - planning for the five-week break that begins Friday when lawmakers return to their home districts. ... Full Story | Top |
| Uruguay president defends 'cutting edge' pot legalization vote Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 10:41 AM PDT  MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguay's leftist President Jose Mujica said his country would not become a haven for pot smokers the day after its lower chamber of Congress narrowly voted to legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana. The bill, which needs to pass the senate to become law, goes beyond the no penalization policy in the Netherlands and creates a government body to regulate legal sales and public smoking clubs and to monitor marijuana consumption for Uruguayans. To avoid making the country a drug tourism destination, only Uruguayans would be allowed to use marijuana. ... Full Story | Top |
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