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| California gets OK to force-feed some hunger-striking inmates Monday, Aug 19, 2013 08:18 PM PDT  By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California authorities won court approval on Monday to force-feed some prisoners on a hunger strike after officials voiced concerns that inmates may have been coerced into refusing food in a protest against the state's solitary confinement policies. U.S. District Court Judge Thelton E. Henderson, responding to a request by state authorities, ruled that California prison doctors may force-feed select inmates near death, even if they had previously signed orders asking not to be resuscitated. ... Full Story | Top |
| Vice President Biden in Houston as son gets medical tests Monday, Aug 19, 2013 07:29 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Monday accompanied his son Beau to Houston where the younger Biden was undergoing tests to investigate symptoms that led to his hospitalization last week, the White House and the Delaware Department of Justice said. "Beau Biden is being evaluated to determine the cause of an episode of disorientation and weakness that he experienced while on vacation with his family," the White House said in a statement. Biden, 44, is the oldest son of the vice president and was hospitalized in 2010 for what doctors described as a mild stroke. ... Full Story | Top |
| California may force-feed some inmates on hunger strike, judge says Monday, Aug 19, 2013 04:27 PM PDT SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California authorities won court permission to force feed some hunger striking inmates who are refusing food to protest against the state's practice of holding prisoners believed to be gang members in near-isolation for years on end. In response to a request from prison officials who said they feared some inmates had been coerced into participating in the strike, U.S. District Court Judge Thelton E. Henderson said prison doctors may force feed some inmates who are near death, even if they had signed orders asking not to be resuscitated. ... Full Story | Top |
| Covidien recalls some prefill flush syringes Monday, Aug 19, 2013 02:46 PM PDT (Reuters) - Medical device maker Covidien Plc said it was recalling 14 lots of its Monoject prefill flush syringes sold in the United States and Bermuda as they contained non-sterilized water which could cause life-threatening infections. Some of the syringes, meant to administer saline or anti-clotting drug heparin, also had mismatched caps, labels and wrappers, the company said. (http://link.reuters.com/jag52v) The syringes are used to reduce blood clots in veins and remove medication left at catheter sites. Using the heparin syringe containing only water could cause clotting in catheters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Many pediatricians don't offer Spanish autism tests Monday, Aug 19, 2013 01:31 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Only one in 10 pediatricians offers screening for general developmental and autism spectrum disorders in Spanish, according to a new study. Researchers who surveyed 267 California pediatricians found only a handful offered Spanish developmental and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) screenings that are recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). "It may be that the pediatricians don't think that the screening tools are reliable for children who speak Spanish," Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
| Elderly son of heiress Brooke Astor to plea for parole Monday, Aug 19, 2013 01:28 PM PDT  By Francesca Trianni NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brooke Astor's 89-year-old son, in prison for swindling his late philanthropist mother, is slated to appear before the New York State Parole Board this week to seek an early medical release, a Department of Corrections spokeswoman said on Monday. Anthony Marshall, convicted in 2009 of grand larceny and other charges for taking advantage of his aging mother, suffers from Parkinson's disease and is unable to walk or feed himself, according to his lawyers. He began serving his sentence on June 21. ... Full Story | Top |
| Many young, white women frequently tan indoors Monday, Aug 19, 2013 01:07 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than one in every four young, white U.S. women uses an indoor tanning facility at least once a year, according to a new study. Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta found that between 25 and 30 percent of young, white women reported using an indoor tanning facility in the last year. "Among this population indoor tanning is widespread and because of the association between indoor tanning and cancer, reducing indoor tanning is important," Gery Guy Jr., the study's lead author, told Reuters Health. ... Full Story | Top |
| Telemedicine improves care for kids seen in rural ERs Monday, Aug 19, 2013 01:06 PM PDT By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Telemedicine consults can help rural emergency room doctors provide better care to seriously ill or injured young patients, new research confirms. Rural hospitals and doctors' offices are increasingly using telemedicine - essentially, videoconferencing with another doctor from a remote location - to gain access to specialty care, Dr. James Marcin of the University of California Davis Children's Hospital in Sacramento, the senior author of the new study, told Reuters Health. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lilly defends blockbuster Alimta with unusual ammo Monday, Aug 19, 2013 12:35 PM PDT By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co, now facing one of the worst patent cliffs in its history, could find $15 billion in sorely needed relief if it beats the odds and wins a closely watched patent battle with generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. While a Lilly victory is not widely expected, a number of patent attorneys and industry analysts say the patent being challenged by Teva, beginning Monday in Indianapolis federal court, will pass legal muster. The U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Swiss ban 'inappropriate' ski lifts for North Korea Monday, Aug 19, 2013 11:38 AM PDT By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland has banned the sale to North Korea of equipment for a luxury ski resort planned for the ruling elite in the widely impoverished state that is under U.N. sanctions, officials said on Monday. North Korean leader Kim Jung-un, who studied under an assumed name in the Swiss capital Berne and is believed to have gone on school ski trips in the Alps, wants to develop leisure activities for tourists and the upper crust among its 23 million citizens. ... Full Story | Top |
| Judge blocks Oklahoma law on "Plan B" emergency contraception Monday, Aug 19, 2013 11:36 AM PDT By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - A judge in Oklahoma issued a temporary restraining order on Monday blocking implementation of a law that critics said would limit a woman's access to emergency contraception known as the "morning after pill," court records showed. "Once again Oklahoma politicians' efforts to turn back the clock on women's health and rights have been blocked," David Brown, an attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in an emailed statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| GTx muscle drug fails late-stage trials, shares plunge Monday, Aug 19, 2013 10:14 AM PDT By Pallavi Ail (Reuters) - GTx Inc's experimental drug to treat muscle wasting in cancer patients became its second successive lead drug to fail late-stage trials, wiping out nearly two-thirds of the market value of the once-promising cancer-focused pharmaceutical company. GTx said on Monday that the drug, enobosarm, failed to meet the twin goals of improving body mass and physical function in cancer patients — the latter measured by improvement in their ability to climb stairs. ... Full Story | Top |
| New Jersey bans gay conversion therapy Monday, Aug 19, 2013 09:30 AM PDT  By Victoria Cavaliere NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie on Monday signed into law a measure to prevent therapists from counseling gay and lesbian youths to change their sexual orientation, making his the second U.S. state to ban so-called conversion therapy. The state senate approved the measure in June, putting it on the desk of Christie, who is seeking re-election this fall and also widely considered a White House contender for the Republican Party in 2016. ... Full Story | Top |
| GTx says muscle drug fails in late-stage trials Monday, Aug 19, 2013 05:36 AM PDT (Reuters) - GTx Inc said its experimental drug to treat muscle wasting in cancer patients was not effective in improving body mass in late-stage trials. A 3-mg dose of the drug, enobosarm, was tested on about 325 patients with non-small cell lung cancer - the most common form of lung cancer. There is no approved cure for cancer-induced muscle wasting which causes decreased physical function, fatigue and weight loss. (Reporting by Pallavi Ail in Bangalore; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty) Full Story | Top |
| Sentencing phase to open for U.S. soldier guilty of Afghan murders Monday, Aug 19, 2013 03:05 AM PDT  By Jonathan Kaminsky TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - The military judge in the court-martial of a U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty in June to the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians was due to hear arguments on Monday over rules for the sentencing proceedings that open this week in Washington state. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales' lawyers argued last week that prosecutors' exposure to statements he made during a psychiatric exam — after the judge mistakenly furnished them with a copy — compromised their client's constitutional right to avoid self-incrimination. ... Full Story | Top |
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