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Former NFL star Junior Seau dies in apparent suicide
Wed,2 May 2012 07:26 PM PDT
Reuters -  OCEANSIDE, California (Reuters) - Former San Diego Chargers linebacker Junior Seau, considered one of the best National Football League defensive players of his generation, was found dead at his home in Southern California on Wednesday from a gunshot wound to the chest in an apparent suicide, police said. He was 43.
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Can portfolio theory save lives?
Wed,2 May 2012 05:33 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - With U.S. biomedical research under assault by everyone from patients to Congress for turning so few scientific discoveries into treatments, a leading finance expert says decisions about what studies to bankroll should be made the same way pension funds, mutual funds, and university endowments decide how to invest their money. Those decisions should be guided by "financial portfolio theory," argues a paper published Wednesday in the science journal PLoS ONE. ... Full Story | Top |
U.S. quarantines two dairies after mad cow case
Wed,2 May 2012 04:37 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two California dairy farms are under quarantine and a calf ranch is under investigation following discovery of the latest case of mad cow disease, but the government on Wednesday said the actions were standard procedure and there was no threat to the food supply. Also, a calf born to the infected cow was found and tested negative for the disease. Cattle records at the two dairies are being matched to determine if any at-risk cattle are on the farms, said the Agriculture Department. ...
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Bronzed U.S. mom denies taking daughter, 5, into tanning booth
Wed,2 May 2012 04:00 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - A New Jersey mom with a passion for tanning is facing a child endangerment charge for allowing her then 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth. Authorities say Patricia Krentcil's daughter, now 6, turned up at her elementary school in Nutley, New Jersey, with a sunburn on April 24, prompting a school nurse to contact police. The extremely tan Krentcil, 44, appeared on Wednesday in a Newark courtroom where she pleaded not guilty to a charge of child endangerment. ... Full Story | Top |
U.S. charges more than 100 for Medicare fraud schemes
Wed,2 May 2012 03:53 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have charged 107 people, including doctors and nurses, for trying to defraud the federal Medicare healthcare program for the elderly and disabled of about $452 million, the biggest Medicare fraud sweep to date, the Obama administration said on Wednesday. At least 91 people were arrested in Miami; Houston; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and four other cities on a variety of charges: from submitting false billing for home healthcare, mental health services, HIV infusions and physical therapy to money laundering and receiving kickbacks. ... Full Story | Top |
Bausch and Lomb weighs increase of U.S. loan, raises pricing
Wed,2 May 2012 02:13 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK, May 2 (LPC) - Bausch and Lomb revised pricing on its covenant-lite term loans and is said to be weighing an increase to the size of its US dollar-denominated term loan at the expense of the euro-denominated loan amid ongoing volatility in the European loan market, sources said. "The European market continues to be unsettled so they will have to place more of the debt in U.S. investor hands," said one investor currently looking at the loan. ... Full Story | Top |
Pre-surgery bladder tests often unnecessary: study
Wed,2 May 2012 02:02 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Uncomfortable and expensive tests sometimes done before surgery to treat the most common cause of urine leakage in women may be unnecessary, according to a new study involving 630 volunteers at 11 medical centers. Researchers found no difference in the success rate of urinary incontinence surgery for patients that received the testing and women who were simply screened for leakage in their doctor's office. Doctors "need to do a careful history and exam, and if you do that you probably don't need an expensive, uncomfortable and invasive test," lead researcher Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
Autograft ACL repair better in young athletes: study
Wed,2 May 2012 01:12 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests young athletes who need knee ligament surgery do better over the long run when their own tissue is used for the reconstruction procedure, rather than tissue from a donor. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) connects the upper and lower leg bones and helps stabilize the knee. It gets the most use in athletes who play a sport such as basketball that involves quick cuts and changes in direction. ... Full Story | Top |
Facebook calls on members to flag organ donor status
Wed,2 May 2012 12:59 PM PDT
Reuters -  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tired of the long wait for a new kidney, Michael Shelling, a 50-year-old video game marketing consultant based in San Diego, decided to take a more active role in the search. About three months ago, he decided to tap into his social network by setting up a Facebook page to get the word out to his friends, and their friends, that he needs a new kidney and, by the way, his blood type is O. The search may have paid off. A potential donor is going through testing to see if they are a match. It is the kind of scenario Facebook hopes to foster. ...
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Kids on cow farms may have fewer allergies
Wed,2 May 2012 11:51 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who grow up on farms and have contact with cows and cow milk are less likely to have allergies and asthma than kids raised nearby but not on a farm, according to a new study from Europe. Researchers had previously noticed that kids raised on European farms have lower rates of asthma and allergies than other children (see Reuters Health story of June 1, 2010). But the new findings help identify, at least in part, what specifically may protect some farm-raised youngsters against developing asthma or allergies. "Nature can really teach us something here," said Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
Bird flu paper that raised bioterrorism fears published
Wed,2 May 2012 11:24 AM PDT
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - The journal Nature has published the first of two controversial papers about laboratory-enhanced versions of the deadly bird flu virus that initially sparked fears among U.S. biosecurity experts that it could be used as a recipe for a bioterrorism weapon. The publication of the paper by Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, on Wednesday follows months of acrimonious debate that pitted the need for science to be free of censorship against the obligation to protect the public from a potentially devastating flu pandemic. ... Full Story | Top |
Georgia bans most late-term abortions, assisted suicide
Wed,2 May 2012 11:16 AM PDT
Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law two pieces of legislation on Tuesday to restrict late-term abortions and outlaw assisted suicide in the state. The first law banned most abortions after 20 weeks' pregnancy, making Georgia the eighth U.S. state to outlaw most late-term abortions based on controversial research that a fetus can feel pain by that stage of development. Georgia already prohibits most abortions starting in the third trimester. The second law signed by Deal made it a felony to help people take their own lives. ... Full Story | Top |
Biotech targets fight back as Big Pharma circles
Wed,2 May 2012 10:16 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Biotech companies are fighting back in an unequal battle with Big Pharma, helped by a small but powerful cohort of investors who dominate the companies' share registers. A Reuters analysis of 10 likely biotech takeover targets shows the extent to which a few large investors, including Fidelity Investments, Capital Research Global Investors, Wellington Management and T. Rowe Price Associates hold the keys to the kingdom when it comes to negotiating a deal. From Amylin Pharmaceuticals to Onyx Pharmaceuticals and Human Genome Sciences , these U.S. ...
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CORRECTED: Fund fighting killer diseases cuts jobs, to focus on 20 countries
Wed,2 May 2012 10:04 AM PDT
Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - The Global Fund, an organization that has received millions of dollars from Bill Gates but found grant money was being misused, is cutting its workforce and tightening its focus on 20 countries hardest hit by AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The Global Fund's General Manager Gabriel Jaramillo said in a statement that the fund had completed a re-organization that would rebalance its workforce with 39 percent more people managing grants and 38 percent fewer in support roles. ... Full Story | Top |
As preterm births soar globally, U.S. ranks 130 of 184
Wed,2 May 2012 09:02 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's developed countries have seen their average rate of premature births double to 6 percent since 1995, despite efforts to reduce the phenomenon, according to a report released on Wednesday. Worldwide, 15 million of the 135 million babies born in 2010 were premature and 1.1 million died, according to the "Born Too Soon" report, which was compiled as part of the United Nations' "Every Woman Every Child" initiative. ... Full Story | Top |
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