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Idaho infant dies from whooping cough amid regional outbreak
Fri,4 May 2012 07:38 PM PDT
Reuters - SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Whooping cough took the life of a 9-week-old girl from Idaho this week, the first death from an outbreak of the highly contagious respiratory disease that has hit Idaho, Washington state and Montana, health officials said on Friday. Few details were available about the infant, who was treated for whooping cough at a hospital in Pocatello, Idaho, before being flown on Wednesday to a medical center in Salt Lake City, where she later died, hospital and state health officials said. ... Full Story | Top |
Arizona surgeons carry out rare mom-to-child liver transplant
Fri,4 May 2012 06:23 PM PDT
Reuters - PHOENIX (Reuters) - Surgeons in Arizona have successfully carried out a rare mother-to-child liver transplant, after a search for an organ from a deceased donor for the desperately ill 1-year-old girl came up blank, the hospital said. In a procedure performed on March 20 by surgeons at the University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson, Vanessa Negrete, 26, from Yuma, Arizona, donated a section of her liver to her daughter, Aliyah Negrete. Aliyah was released from the hospital this week. She and her mother were "doing great," the hospital said in a statement on its website. ... Full Story | Top |
Argentine "miracle baby" tiny but stable a month on
Fri,4 May 2012 04:52 PM PDT
Reuters - RESISTENCIA, Chaco (Reuters) - An Argentine baby who was mistakenly declared dead and whose parents found her breathing in the morgue 12 hours later has survived her first month of life, weighing in at just under 1 kilo (2.2 pounds). Luz Milagros - whose middle name means miracles in Spanish - is still hospitalized and her condition is serious but stable. She is getting breast milk and slowly getting stronger, hospital officials in the northern Chaco province said. "I'm thankful that we are still here, day by day, and it's been a month now," the infant's mother, Analia Bouter, said on ... Full Story | Top |
Planned Parenthood can be in Texas health program, court says
Fri,4 May 2012 04:45 PM PDT
Reuters - AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood can offer services for now as part of a Texas program for low-income women despite a new state rule that bans money going to affiliates of abortion providers, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday. The court order from a three-judge panel - which lifts an emergency stay put in place earlier this week - was the latest in a series of alternating legal victories for Planned Parenthood and the state of Texas. But the court battle over the Texas Women's Health Program is not finished. A hearing is scheduled for May 18 in U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Another ex-NFL player who had concussions to donate brain
Fri,4 May 2012 03:51 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - A judge in Ohio on Friday sentenced former NFL quarterback Art Schlichter to more than 10 years in prison for a phony ticket scheme and granted his request to have his damaged brain donated to science after he dies. A court-ordered mental examination of Schlichter, 52, found damage to the frontal lobes of his brain, a likely result of some 15 concussions he suffered during a stellar career at Ohio State University and in high school, said his attorney, Steven Nolder. ... Full Story | Top |
Seau's brain could hold clues about NFL injuries' impacts
Fri,4 May 2012 02:56 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - When 300-pound professional football players repeatedly slam into each other like runaway freight trains, what impact does that have on their brains? To find out, researchers who study sports-related injuries are examining the brains of former National Football League players like Junior Seau, 43, who committed suicide on Wednesday. They are trying to determine what, if any, long-term effect sports-related head injuries can have on players and whether damage caused by repeated jarring blows could have contributed to Seau's and other players' deaths. ... Full Story | Top |
Turkey court gives Ferguson time to settle - media
Fri,4 May 2012 02:44 PM PDT
Reuters -  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court trying British duchess Sarah Ferguson for secretly filming the treatment of mentally handicapped children adjourned after opening on Friday to give time for an out-of-court settlement, Turkish media said. Ferguson, who holds the title Duchess of York as the ex-wife of Britain's Prince Andrew, was not present in court. She signalled when the charges were brought in January that she would not return to face trial. The offences carry a maximum sentence of up to 22 years and six months. ...
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Turkey court gives Ferguson time to settle -media
Fri,4 May 2012 02:42 PM PDT
Reuters -  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court trying British duchess Sarah Ferguson for secretly filming the treatment of mentally handicapped children adjourned after opening on Friday to give time for an out-of-court settlement, Turkish media said. Ferguson, who holds the title Duchess of York as the ex-wife of Britain's Prince Andrew, was not present in court. She signaled when the charges were brought in January that she would not return to face trial. The offences carry a maximum sentence of up to 22 years and six months. ...
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Review finds Chantix may not raise heart risks
Fri,4 May 2012 02:10 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A review of past research concludes that people taking Pfizer's smoking-cessation drug Chantix do not have a higher risk of heart attacks and other serious heart problems as was reported by a study last year. The current paper's authors say last year's study could harm people by alarming them to the point of stopping their use of the drug. "The initial study that came out was misleading. The findings were inflated and they were just focusing on that relative risk. ... Full Story | Top |
Fewer jobs means more spending on U.S. Medicaid
Fri,4 May 2012 01:47 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Millions of people turned to the Medicaid health insurance program for the poor during the 2007-2009 recession as families coped with job losses and drastic drops in income, pushing Medicaid spending up by an average of 6.6 percent per year, according to a study released on Friday. The study by the nonprofit Kaiser Foundation found that state and federal spending on the program, which states administer with partial reimbursements from the U.S. government, grew to $400 billion in 2010 from $330 billion in 2007. That represents an average annual increase of 6. ... Full Story | Top |
Planned Parenthood can be in Texas health program, court says
Fri,4 May 2012 01:44 PM PDT
Reuters - AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood can participate for now in a Texas health program for low-income women despite a new state rule that bans affiliates of abortion providers, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday. The court order from the 5th U.S. Circuit -- which lifts an emergency halt that was put in place on earlier this week -- is the latest in a series of alternating victories for Planned Parenthood and Texas. But the court battle is not over. ... Full Story | Top |
Amish farm kids remarkably immune to allergies: study
Fri,4 May 2012 01:08 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Amish children raised on rural farms in northern Indiana suffer from asthma and allergies less often even than Swiss farm kids, a group known to be relatively free from allergies, according to a new study. "The rates are very, very low," said Dr. Mark Holbreich, the study's lead author. "So there's something that we feel is even more protective in the Amish" than in European farming communities. What it is about growing up on farms -- and Amish farms in particular -- that seems to prevent allergies remains unclear. ... Full Story | Top |
Some support for quit-smoking alternatives
Fri,4 May 2012 01:07 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Acupuncture and hypnosis are touted as drug-free ways to help smokers kick the habit, and there is some evidence that they work, according to a new research review. There are still plenty of questions -- including exactly how effective the alternative therapies might be, and how they measure up against standard quit tactics. But researchers say the alternatives should stand as options for smokers who want them. The findings, reported in the American Journal of Medicine, come from a review of 14 previous clinical trials. ... Full Story | Top |
Some ob-gyns cite religious conflicts over care
Fri,4 May 2012 09:49 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than one-third of obstetrician-gynecologists at religiously-affiliated hospitals say they've had a conflict with their institution about patient care policies based on religious tenets -- including over half of ob-gyns at Catholic hospitals, according to a new survey. The researchers didn't ask doctors exactly what those conflicts were about, but the lead author said in her experience disagreements typically come up over sterilization procedures for men, the use of contraception and the treatment of miscarriages. ... Full Story | Top |
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