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Older U.S. women more likely to drink while pregnant, study shows
Thu,19 Jul 2012 06:59 PM PDT
Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - Older, more educated U.S. women are much more likely to drink while pregnant, a new federal study released on Thursday concluded. About 14 percent of pregnant women ages 35 to 44 reported having at least one drink in the previous 30 days, an analysis of survey data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. That compares with 7.6 percent for all pregnant women and just 4.5 percent for those ages 18 to 24. ... Full Story | Top |
Toward a cure for AIDS: Scientists set research agenda
Thu,19 Jul 2012 02:23 PM PDT
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - A team of global scientists has devised a strategy to find a cure for AIDS, an effort inspired by the remarkable story of a single U.S. patient named Timothy Ray Brown who was cured from the disease. Brown's treatment in Berlin involved the destruction of his immune system and a stem cell transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV infection. The procedure is too costly and too difficult to replicate on a large scale. ... Full Story | Top |
Bristol-Myers drug fails liver cancer trial
Thu,19 Jul 2012 02:13 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co on Thursday said its experimental drug brivanib failed in a late-stage trial to match Nexavar, a cancer treatment sold by Bayer AG and Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc, in prolonging the lives of patients with advanced liver cancer The Bristol-Myers drug is an oral once-daily treatment that blocks receptors to VEGF, a protein involved in many cancers, and also blocks enzymes called FGFR tyrosine kinases that have been linked to cancer. The company said it will continue other trials of the medicine in kidney cancer and against other tumor types. ... Full Story | Top |
Express Scripts, Walgreen settle pharmacy spat
Thu,19 Jul 2012 01:57 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Walgreen Co will soon be able to fill prescriptions for Express Scripts Holding Co patients after the two corporate giants settled their long-running dispute, removing a concern that has weighed on the drugstore chain's shares for a year. Walgreen, the largest U.S. drugstore chain, will be part of the broadest network of drugstores available to clients of pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts, as of September 15, the companies said on Thursday. ... Full Story | Top |
Vivus falls on concerns of patent protection for diet pill
Thu,19 Jul 2012 01:12 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Shares of Vivus Inc fell sharply on Thursday afternoon after well-known short-seller Citron Research cast doubts on the drugmaker's ability to protect its weight-loss pill's patents. Citron in a report on its website pointed out the possibility that Johnson & Johnson could challenge Vivus in court over patents that cover usage of anti-seizure drug topiramate -- one of the key ingredients in Vivus' freshly approved Qsymia. The Citron report comes two days after U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Indoor tanning bans more common than a decade ago
Thu,19 Jul 2012 01:10 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More and more countries, along with several U.S. states, are banning indoor tanning altogether or restricting access to it, according to a new study. The researchers found that between 2003 and 2011, the number of countries with age restrictions on indoor tanning jumped from two to 11. During that time, the number of U.S. states restricting access also increased from three to 11. "I think this shows a concern around the world, (a push) for more regulations on these instruments and more recognition of the dangers from using them," said Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
Canada energy industry must improve green record: Senate report
Thu,19 Jul 2012 12:26 PM PDT
Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will not be able to fully benefit from huge resources of oil and natural gas unless the energy industry improves its environmental record, a Senate report concluded on Thursday. The report, from the Energy Committee of the Senate, said Canada should do more to persuade the world it was developing its resources responsibly. "Canada must demonstrate its commitment to mitigating greenhouse gas emissions on a national scale," it said, adding that firms working in the oil sands industry had to improve their environmental performance. ... Full Story | Top |
Almonds a healthy snack substitute for dieters
Thu,19 Jul 2012 11:44 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Substituting almonds for less healthy foods could help dieters stick to a calorie-controlled diet, and lower their cholesterol at the same time, says a new study. "Nuts, and in this case almonds, shouldn't be on the 'do not eat' list, they can be effectively incorporated in a weight loss plan, with the caveat that they have to be portion controlled," said Dr. Gary Foster, who led the study at Temple University in Philadelphia. ... Full Story | Top |
Analysis: Biosensors - the canary in a coalmine worth $13 billion
Thu,19 Jul 2012 11:16 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - When Tony Turner started studying the arcane area of biosensors 30 years ago, the market for those devices was worth only $5 million a year and he used to see one research paper on the subject every two years. Now a professor at Linkoping University in Sweden running a department dedicated to bioelectronics, Turner says a study he led at Cranfield University in Britain found the devices now generate annual sales of $13 billion and spawned 6,000 research papers last year. ... Full Story | Top |
German parliament defends circumcision after court ban
Thu,19 Jul 2012 10:42 AM PDT
Reuters -  BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's lower house of parliament passed a resolution on Thursday to protect the religious circumcision of infant boys after a district court ban on the practice outraged Muslims and Jews and sparked an emotional debate in the country. The main political parties have criticized the ruling by a Cologne court and Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has promised a new law to make clear doctors or families will not be punished for carrying out the procedure. ...
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Restaurant meals a bit healthier after menu law
Thu,19 Jul 2012 10:34 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Chain restaurants in the Seattle area seem to have made small changes for the better since a 2009 law forced them to put nutrition information on their menus, a new study finds. Eighteen months after the law went into effect in King County, Washington, calorie counts were a bit lower, the study found. "Sit down" chain restaurants did better than fast-food joints: their entrees were an average of 73 calories lighter, versus a small, 19-calorie reduction at fast-food places. There were also some improvements in sodium and saturated fat content. ... Full Story | Top |
Psivida eye device to move to late-stage trials, shares up
Thu,19 Jul 2012 09:17 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Psivida Corp said U.S. health regulators cleared its experimental eye insert to skip initial studies and proceed directly to late-stage trials, sending its shares up as much as 53 percent on Thursday. The product is a sustained-release device which is injected into the back of the eye and aims to treat posterior uveitis, an inflammatory disease of one of the layers of the eye. The condition is the third largest cause of blindness in the United States, the company said. The U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Lab testing firms Quest, LabCorp face low-volume growth
Thu,19 Jul 2012 09:16 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The top two laboratory testing providers, Quest Diagnostics Inc and Laboratory Corp of America Holdings, lowered their revenue forecasts as a shaky economy and an uncertain reimbursement environment lead to fewer lab tests. However, second-quarter profits at both companies were in line with analysts' estimates as they successfully cut costs to improve margins. Quest shares were down 4 percent at $60.45 in morning trade on the New York Stock Exchange while LabCorp shares were down more than 6 percent at $87.60. ... Full Story | Top |
CVS still sees rivals' resolved spat boosting profit
Thu,19 Jul 2012 07:52 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - CVS Caremark Corp said business it had gained from the impasse between rivals Walgreen Co and Express Scripts Holding Co, which was resolved on Thursday, should add about 5 cents per share to its profit in the second half of the year. Walgreen, the largest U.S. drugstore chain, stopped filling prescriptions for Express Scripts patients at the end of 2011 after the companies were unable to agree on contract terms. Sales at CVS, the No. 2 chain, rose as a result. ... Full Story | Top |
Taro rejects India's Sun Pharma buyout bid
Thu,19 Jul 2012 07:26 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Taro Pharmaceutical Industries has rejected a $367 million bid from Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries for the one-third stake of the Israeli company it does not already own. Taro said in a statement on Thursday the $24.50-per-share offer by Sun Pharma was inadequate and "not in the best interests" of its minority shareholders. Grand Slam Asset Management, one of Taro's minority shareholders, said last October that a fair offer would be at least $48.50 per share. Mumbai-based Sun Pharma, which holds 66. ... Full Story | Top |
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