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Western fast food tied to heart risks in Asia: study
Sun,22 Jul 2012 05:41 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Even relatively clean-living Singaporeans who regularly eat burgers, fries and other staples of U.S.-style fast food are at a raised risk of diabetes and more likely than their peers to die of heart disease, according to an international study. But Asian fast foods, such as noodles or dumplings, did not bear the same risk, the study published in the journal Circulation said. With globalization, U.S.-style fast food has become commonplace in East and Southeast Asia. The study looked at more than 60,000 Singaporeans of Chinese descent. ... Full Story | Top |
Analysis: Braving crowds, waiting for hours for free medicine in India
Sun,22 Jul 2012 02:22 PM PDT
Reuters -  CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - For Ramaiyah Venkat, a retired Indian schoolteacher, the two-hour bus journey every three months to get free insulin is worth it even if he has to queue for hours at the dispensary and sometimes gets less than he needs. Thousands of people like Venkat flock to the huge Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital in Chennai city every day. Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu, one of two Indian states offering free medicine for all. The state provides a glimpse of the hurdles India faces as it embarks on a program to extend free drug coverage nationwide. ...
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Mind games of the victorious
Sun,22 Jul 2012 02:02 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - For decades after the first sports psychology lab was established in 1920 in Germany, mental coaches have been the water boys of sports science, viewed by their colleagues as not quite good enough to make the first-string team. That has changed. Virtually every top professional team and elite athlete has a psychologist on speed dial for help conquering the yips - when stress makes crucial muscles jerk and ruins, say, an archery shot - marshal the power of visualization, or just muster the confidence that can mean the difference between medaling or just muddling through. ...
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Bacteria outbreak in Northern Europe due to ocean warming, study says
Sun,22 Jul 2012 10:02 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Manmade climate change is the main driver behind the unexpected emergence of a group of bacteria in northern Europe which can cause gastroenteritis, new research by a group of international experts shows. The paper, published in the journal Nature Climate Change on Sunday, provided some of the first firm evidence that the warming patterns of the Baltic Sea have coincided with the emergence of Vibrio infections in northern Europe. Vibrios is a group of bacteria which usually grow in warm and tropical marine environments. ... Full Story | Top |
Iran adds batch of fuel to reactor: nuclear chief
Sun,22 Jul 2012 08:20 AM PDT
Reuters -  DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has sent a new batch of enriched uranium to fuel a medical research reactor in its capital, the country's nuclear chief said on Sunday, an indication Tehran is digging in as its standoff with world powers over the enrichment continues. Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said a fourth batch of 20-percent enriched fuel produced inside Iran has now arrived at the Tehran Medical Research Reactor, according to the Mehr news agency. Iran says the reactor produces medical isotopes used to treat cancer patients. ...
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International health panel says treat all HIV infections
Sun,22 Jul 2012 07:05 AM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An international health panel has recommended for the first time that all HIV patients be treated with antiretroviral drugs, even when the virus's impact on their immune system is shown to be small. The nonprofit International Antiviral Society-USA cited new evidence that untreated infection with the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS can also lead to a range of other conditions, including cardiovascular disease and kidney disease. In addition, data have shown that suppressing HIV reduces the risk of an infected person passing the virus to another person. ...
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Former lab technician charged in New Hampshire hepatitis C outbreak
Sat,21 Jul 2012 09:18 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - A former lab technician faces charges in connection with a hepatitis C outbreak that reportedly infected dozens of patients at a New Hampshire hospital, authorities said. David Michael Kwiatkowski, 32, is charged with obtaining controlled substances by fraud and tampering with a consumer product, U.S. Attorney John P. Kacavas said this week. The outbreak at the Exeter Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Unit is believed to have infected some 30 people with the disease, considered the most serious of hepatitis strains, authorities said. ... Full Story | Top |
Nothing but net? Basketball science has more answers
Sat,21 Jul 2012 07:14 AM PDT
Reuters -  (This is the seventh in a series of stories about the science behind the Olympics to run daily this week.) NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a multibillion-dollar sport like basketball, one might expect trainers had figured out every nuance of aerodynamics, mechanics and all things Newtonian to increase the rate at which the ball goes through the hoop. Think again. Take free throws. For 50 years professional players in the United States have sunk these shots from the "charity line" - so called because the points are supposedly such sure things they're gifts - at a rate of about 75 percent. ...
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U.S. appeals court reconsiders Myriad gene patent ruling
Fri,20 Jul 2012 04:25 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Myriad Genetics Inc illegally patented acts of nature when it claimed ownership of two genes linked to cancer, the federal government told an appeals court on Friday. Lawyers from Myriad, as well as the American Civil Liberties Union and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office appeared in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at the direction of the U.S. Supreme Court in order to examine the impact of Mayo v. Prometheus, the high court's March ruling that companies cannot patent observations about nature. ... Full Story | Top |
WHO endorses use of HIV medicines for prevention
Fri,20 Jul 2012 02:18 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The World Health Organization has endorsed using HIV medicines among people who do not have the infection but are at high risk of getting it and suggested that poor and wealthy countries alike set up pilot projects to better understand the benefits. The United Nations agency made its suggestion on Friday, four days after U.S. regulators approved use of Gilead Sciences Inc's Truvada for people who are not infected but may engage in sexual activity with HIV-positive partners. The concept is known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. ... Full Story | Top |
Mom's nut consumption tied to less allergy in kids
Fri,20 Jul 2012 02:01 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study based on 62,000 Danish mothers, the children of those who ate peanuts and tree nuts while pregnant were less likely to develop asthma or allergies than the kids whose mothers shunned nuts. The results support the recent withdrawal of recommendations that pregnant women should avoid nuts because they might raise a child's risk for allergies to the nuts themselves and for other hypersensitivities like asthma, according to the U.S. and Danish researchers. ... Full Story | Top |
FDA OKs Onyx's Kyprolis for multiple myeloma
Fri,20 Jul 2012 01:22 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drug regulators approved Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc's Kyprolis for people with a type of blood cancer that has failed to respond to other medicines. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday the intravenous drug was approved for treating multiple myeloma in people who have tried at least two other medicines, including Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd's Velcade and Celgene Corp's Revlimid or Thalomid. Multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that affects the plasma cells in bone marrow, is relatively rare in the United States but often deadly. ... Full Story | Top |
FDA approves Novartis drug Afinitor for breast cancer
Fri,20 Jul 2012 01:21 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Novartis AG drug Afinitor to treat women with a certain type of breast cancer. The drug is the first in a class known as mTOR inhibitors to be approved for post-menopausal women with advanced hormone-receptor positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. The European Medicines Agency in June also endorsed Afinitor as a breast cancer treatment. ... Full Story | Top |
Western fast food tied to heart risks in Asia
Fri,20 Jul 2012 01:17 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even relatively clean-living Singaporeans who regularly eat burgers, fries and other staples of U.S.-style fast food are at raised risk of diabetes and significantly more likely than peers to die of heart disease, according to a new study. With globalization, fast food - widely regarded as nutritionally poor - has become commonplace in East and Southeast Asia. But there's been little research into the effects of western junk food on the health of non-western populations, especially those transitioning to more-prosperous lifestyles. ... Full Story | Top |
Most women return to work after breast cancer
Fri,20 Jul 2012 10:20 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who were in the workforce before a breast cancer diagnosis often get back to their normal job routine after treatment, a study of Swedish women finds. Researchers found that of 505 women treated for breast cancer, three-quarters were employed 16 months after their diagnosis - which is in line with the rate of employment among Swedish women in general. And of women who were working before their diagnosis, 72 percent went back without any change in their schedules. Fifteen percent had cut back on their hours, while 11 percent had not gone back at all. ... Full Story | Top |
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