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Maine Governor LePage apologizes for "Gestapo" comment
Mon,9 Jul 2012 06:50 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maine Governor Paul LePage apologized on Monday for calling the U.S. Internal Revenue Service the "Gestapo" during criticism of President Barack Obama's healthcare law. The Republican governor compared the tax agency to Nazi secret police during a weekend radio address on healthcare. "You must buy health insurance or pay the new Gestapo — the IRS," he said, according to local media reports. Democrats criticized the governor and called the remarks offensive. ... Full Story | Top |
Smoking in movies may turn teens to cigarettes: study
Mon,9 Jul 2012 06:19 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Youth who watch a lot of movies with cigarette-smoking characters, no matter what the film's rating is, are more likely to start smoking themselves, according to a new U.S. study. The lead author of the report, which appeared in Pediatrics, said the conclusion supports the idea that the smoking itself - not the sex, profanity or violence that may go along with it in certain films - influences teens to take up the habit. ...
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Babies in dog-owning families may be healthier: study
Mon,9 Jul 2012 05:27 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Dogs are no longer just man's best friend - the furry family members may also protect infants against breathing problems and infections, according to a European study. Researchers, whose report appeared in the journal Pediatrics, found that Finnish babies who lived with a dog - or, to a lesser extent, a cat - spent fewer weeks with ear infections, coughs or runny noses. They were also less likely to need antibiotics than infants in pet-free homes. ...
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Venezuela's Chavez says "totally free" of cancer, again
Mon,9 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT
Reuters -  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday declared himself fully recovered from cancer and ready to return to the streets for his re-election campaign ahead of an October vote. "Free, free, totally free," an ebullient Chavez told reporters when asked if he was free of the disease that struck a year ago. The 57-year-old socialist leader, who has dominated the South American OPEC member since taking power in 1999, was first diagnosed with cancer in the pelvic region in the middle of last year. ...
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Green Food Project too vague, says WWF
Mon,9 Jul 2012 04:03 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A government project to overhaul UK's food system to meet rising global demand without harming the environment, yet keeping prices affordable, drew criticism for its lack of clear time lines and targets. The Green Food Project, a partnership between government, farming and food industries and environmental and consumer organisations, outlined how food production and consumption could change across various sectors and geographical areas. ... Full Story | Top |
UK's Green Food Project too vague, says WWF
Mon,9 Jul 2012 04:01 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A UK government project to overhaul the UK's food system to meet rising global demand without harming the environment, yet keeping prices affordable, drew criticism for its lack of clear time lines and targets. The Green Food Project, a partnership between government, farming and food industries and environmental and consumer organizations, outlined how food production and consumption could change across various sectors and geographical areas. ... Full Story | Top |
Texas rejects key provisions of Obama's health law
Mon,9 Jul 2012 03:01 PM PDT
Reuters -  AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Governor Rick Perry said on Monday Texas will not implement an expansion of the Medicaid program or create a health insurance exchange, placing the state with the highest percentage of people without insurance outside key parts of President Barack Obama's signature law. The announcement makes Texas the most populous state that has rejected the provisions. Some 6.2 million people are without health insurance in Texas, or 24.6 percent of the state population, the highest percentage in the nation. California has more people without insurance but a lower percentage. ...
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BioMimetic submits more data on bone graft product
Mon,9 Jul 2012 02:17 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - BioMimetic Therapeutics Inc said it submitted additional data sought by health regulators for the marketing approval of the company's bone graft product, sending its shares up 14 percent after the bell. The biotechnology company said it filed an amended application saying that the bone graft product, Augment, is not inferior to autograft. The Food and Drug Administration in January declined to approve marketing of BioMimetic's bone graft product and asked for additional safety and efficacy data from a late-stage trial. ... Full Story | Top |
FDA focuses on training to stem painkiller abuse
Mon,9 Jul 2012 01:59 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health regulators are hoping more education for doctors and patients can stem the growing tide of prescription painkiller abuse in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration is mandating that all companies that make long-acting or extended-release opioid medicines - including painkillers like oxycodone and methadone - fund training programs for doctors and distribute info sheets for patients that promote proper use of the pills. ... Full Story | Top |
In the end, it may not be about medicine
Mon,9 Jul 2012 01:33 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For cancer patients, a good death may have more to do with simple human values than with the latest medical treatments, a new study suggests. People who got treatment at intensive care units (ICU) or died in the hospital, for example, were more nervous and burdened by their symptoms in the week before they died than were other patients. By contrast, those who prayed or meditated, were visited by a pastor or had a good rapport with their doctor had a higher quality of life, as judged by family members or another caregiver. ...
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Canadian nuclear power engineers walk off jobs
Mon,9 Jul 2012 01:27 PM PDT
Reuters -  VANCOUVER/TORONTO (Reuters) - Nuclear engineers at the Candu Energy subsidiary of Canada's SNC-Lavalin Group Inc went on strike on Monday in a contract dispute and no talks to end the walkout are scheduled, their union said. The engineers, who design and perform major service at CANDU reactors in Canada and around the world, are not responsible for day-to-day reactor operations. The walkout is not expected to disrupt power supply unless the strikers set up picket lines outside nuclear plants and operational staff refuse to cross them. ...
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Expensive, newer stents not better for all patients
Mon,9 Jul 2012 01:17 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many heart patients get newer, pricey stents inserted during artery-clearing procedures, even if it's not clear they'd be worse off with more basic models, a new study suggests. Along with being more costly, so-called drug-eluting stents require patients to take aspirin and other blood-thinning drugs for a longer period of time after their procedure - which may mean they have to put off future elective surgeries because of bleeding risks, according to one researcher who worked on the report. ... Full Story | Top |
Study supports urinary tract infection protection from cranberries
Mon,9 Jul 2012 01:13 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who regularly drink cranberry juice or take cranberry capsules are less likely to get urinary tract infections, a new review of past evidence suggests. Researchers found cranberry products seemed especially helpful for women who had trouble with recurrent UTIs. Although cranberry juice and capsules are popular antidotes to the common bacterial infections, researchers haven't always been sure whether or how they might work. ... Full Story | Top |
WellPoint to buy Amerigroup for $4.5 billion in Medicaid play
Mon,9 Jul 2012 12:50 PM PDT
Reuters -  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Health insurer WellPoint Inc will buy rival Amerigroup Corp for $4.46 billion, nearly doubling its Medicaid business in a major bet on the expansion of the U.S. government's health plan for the poor. The companies announced the deal on Monday, just a week and a half after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's healthcare law, which aims to extend coverage to more than 30 million uninsured Americans. Sources familiar with the deal said the high court decision helped serve as a catalyst to negotiations that took place over several months. ...
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QLT's workforce cut, CEO quits after shareholder coup
Mon,9 Jul 2012 12:48 PM PDT
Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - Charting a new course after a boardroom coup, Canadian biotech company QLT Inc outlined plans on Monday to cut 68 percent of its workforce and find a new chief executive. The company's new board, elected following a proxy battle in June, plans to sell or spin off parts of the company, return $100 million in capital to shareholders and focus on developing a treatment for several eye diseases that can cause blindness. ... Full Story | Top |
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