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China detains dozens in poison drug capsule scandal
Sun,22 Apr 2012 07:33 PM PDT
Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained 45 people, arrested nine and seized more than 77 million capsules tainted with chromium in China's latest product safety scandal, which has aroused widespread public concern despite repeated pledges to get tough. The government said the companies involved sold gel capsules made with industrial gelatin, which contains a far higher chromium content than the edible gelatin they should have used. ... Full Story | Top |
Anti-cholesterol statins don't reduce melanoma risk: study
Sun,22 Apr 2012 06:02 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Despite earlier indications that people taking cholesterol-lowering statins might have a reduced risk of developing melanoma, a study of thousands of women found that the popular drugs do nothing to prevent the deadly skin cancer. Evidence from experiments on cells and one trial in people had suggested some of the same properties of statins that protect against heart disease might also prevent melanoma, the most lethal type of skin cancer. ... Full Story | Top |
Exclusive: Amylin explores sale, hires bankers: sources
Sun,22 Apr 2012 02:51 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc , which spurned a $3.5 billion takeover bid from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and is fending off a lawsuit from activist investor Carl Icahn, started reaching out to potential buyers last week, sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday. Amylin, maker of diabetes drugs Byetta and Bydureon, has hired Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs as its financial advisers and Skadden Arps as its legal adviser, the sources said. Amylin and its advisers declined to comment. ... Full Story | Top |
Bee Gee Robin Gibb came close to death: doctors
Sun,22 Apr 2012 10:49 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb is conscious and able to speak to his wife and family after waking from a coma caused by a combination of illnesses that nearly cost him his life, his doctors said on Sunday. Paying tribute to his "iron will", Gibb's medical team said the singer had defied the odds to regain consciousness more than a week after he went into a coma. However, the outlook for the 62-year-old musician remains uncertain as he receives more treatment for advanced bowel cancer, pneumonia and liver failure. ...
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Republicans eye health plan should court overturn reform
Sun,22 Apr 2012 08:46 AM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in Congress are getting ready to answer an election-year question that has dogged the party's campaign for months: How would it replace President Barack Obama's healthcare law if the measure is overturned or repealed? House Republicans are working to create a legislative blueprint they can sell to voters after the Supreme Court rules on Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the nation's most sweeping healthcare legislation since Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960s. ...
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'Lucky man' Muamba hopes to play on despite mystery
Sun,22 Apr 2012 01:15 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Fabrice Muamba hopes to play soccer again after his remarkable recovery from an unexplained cardiac arrest that struck him down on the pitch last month despite feeling fitter than ever, the 24-year-has said. The Bolton Wanderers midfielder shocked the soccer world went he collapsed with no one around him in an English FA Cup quarter-final at Tottenham Hotspur. "It would be great to play football again and I hope that it will happen," he told Britain's Sun on Sunday newspaper in his first interview since his heart stopped working on its own for 78 minutes. ...
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Bee Gee Robin Gibb wakes from coma: report
Sat,21 Apr 2012 03:10 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has woken from a coma more than a week after he lost consciousness and has attempted to communicate with family members at his hospital bedside, the BBC reported on Saturday. Gibb, 62, has begun to show signs of recovery and has been able to nod and communicate with his family, spokesman Doug Wright was quoted as saying by the BBC. Wright could not immediately be reached to confirm the report. The singer contracted pneumonia and fell into a coma at a central London hospital earlier this month. ...
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FDA says focused on tracking drugs after approval
Sat,21 Apr 2012 01:14 PM PDT
Reuters -  ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Saturday it now spends as much effort and resources on surveilling a drug after it is approved as it does in the pre-approval process. The FDA was responding to critics who say the agency is toothless when it comes to tracking the safety of drugs already on the market, when industry funds that supported pre-approval reviews tend to dry up. "We think we've really balanced this," Dr. ...
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Wisconsin's Planned Parenthood suspends non-surgical abortions
Sat,21 Apr 2012 10:53 AM PDT
Reuters - MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin has suspended non-surgical abortions in response to a new state law that makes it harder for women to have the procedure, a move that followed anti-abortion measures in several Republican-controlled states. The law, which took effect on Friday, requires women visit a doctor at least three times before having a drug-induced abortion, forces physicians to determine whether women are being coerced into having an abortion and prohibits women and doctors from using web cams during the procedure. ... Full Story | Top |
GE profit, revenue top Wall Street forecasts
Sat,21 Apr 2012 02:21 AM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - General Electric Co topped Wall Street's profit and revenue forecasts for the first quarter, helped by strong demand for energy equipment and railroad locomotives. The largest U.S. conglomerate said on Friday industrial orders had risen 20 percent in the quarter and that selling prices had improved in most of its businesses. This should help Chief Executive Officer Jeff Immelt achieve his goal of boosting profit margins this year. "Global markets are improving, but volatility remains," Immelt told investors on a conference call. ...
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Vietnam seeks foreign help after skin disease kills 19
Fri,20 Apr 2012 10:12 PM PDT
Reuters - HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's health authorities will seek foreign assistance to deal with a resurgence of a mystery skin infection that has already killed 19 people in the central region and terrified villagers, state-run media reported on Saturday. The disease was first reported between April and December last year, with doctors unable to identify the cause and it has re-emerged in a mountainous district of Quang Ngai province. One village was reported to be in a state of terror over the death of a resident, and altogether 171 people reported infections on palms and the soles of their feet. ... Full Story | Top |
Conservative activist Breitbart died of heart failure: coroner
Fri,20 Apr 2012 08:30 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Conservative activist Andrew Breitbart died of heart failure with no prescription or illegal drugs in his system, the Los Angeles County Coroner's officials said on Friday. There was no significant trauma to the body of Breitbart, who died in March at the age of 43, and foul play was not suspected, a coroner's spokesman said in a written statement. The manner of death was classified as "natural." A final autopsy report was expected to be released in about two weeks, the spokesman said. ...
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University of Colorado clamps down on "pot fest" but many light up
Fri,20 Apr 2012 07:36 PM PDT
Reuters -  BOULDER, Colo. (Reuters) - The University of Colorado sought on Friday to clamp down on a huge annual marijuana fest, but after initially restricting access to the school, police later stood back and watched hundreds of people light up in a campus field. Three protesters who crossed police lines at the Boulder campus were arrested for trespassing and about 11 others cited, but a confrontation thought possible between protesters and police never materialized. ...
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FDA says nanotech may need extra safety tests
Fri,20 Apr 2012 02:20 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators said consumer products that use nanotechnology may have unknown effects on the human body, and advised food and cosmetic companies to further study the safety of these tiny particles. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued two draft guidelines on Friday calling for more studies, putting, for now, much of the onus for safety on companies. The FDA also rejected a consumer group's petition from 2006 that urged a separate category of regulation for nanotechnology due to its "unique human health and environmental risks. ... Full Story | Top |
Catholic nuns group "stunned" by Vatican slap
Fri,20 Apr 2012 02:07 PM PDT
Reuters -  CHICAGO (Reuters) - A prominent U.S. Catholic nuns' group said on Thursday it was "stunned" that the Vatican reprimanded it for spending too much time on poverty and social justice concerns and not enough on abortion and gay marriage. In a stinging report on Wednesday, the Vatican said the Leadership Conference of Women Religious had been "silent on the right to life" and had failed to make the "Biblical view of family life and human sexuality" a central plank in its agenda. ...
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