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| WikiLeaks' Assange downplays health concerns Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 07:50 PM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in London's Ecuadorian embassy for nearly six months, played down concerns about his health on Thursday, saying he enjoyed being at the centre of the legal and diplomatic storm. Assange, 41, whose website angered the United States by releasing thousands of secret diplomatic cables, took sanctuary in Ecuador's embassy in June, jumping bail after exhausting appeals in British courts against extradition to Sweden for sexual assault allegations. ... Full Story | Top |
| Drug, alcohol abuse tied to early-life strokes: study Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 04:22 PM PST (Reuters) - Younger adults who suffered a stroke were often smokers or had abused drugs or alcohol, according to a U.S. study that looked at over 1,000 patients. Strokes are often thought of as a condition of the elderly, but researchers said long-term changes in the heart, arteries or and blood as a result of drug abuse or heavy drinking may put users at higher-than-average risk earlier in life. "Substance abuse is common in young adults experiencing a stroke," wrote lead researcher Brett Kissela from the University of Cincinnati in the journal Stroke. ... Full Story | Top |
| Health officials tell Greece to act fast to control HIV Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 03:01 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A spiraling outbreak of HIV in debt-stricken Greece could run out of control if urgent action is not taken, European health officials said on Friday. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said infections with the AIDS-causing virus among drug users and other high-risk groups were rising fast, and that a failure to act would mean far higher costs in future. ... Full Story | Top |
| More House Republicans see Obama tax hikes as part of "cliff" deal Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 02:45 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small but growing number of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives believe tax hikes on the rich like those favored by President Barack Obama will be part of a final deal to resolve the so-called fiscal cliff. "I wouldn't have a problem with letting those tax rates go up," provided they are coupled with spending cuts, Representative Mike Simpson of Idaho told Reuters Thursday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Debt limit hike must be part of fiscal cliff deal: Reid Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 02:45 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. debt ceiling increase must be part of any deal to resolve the looming "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and spending cuts, the top Democratic senator said on Thursday, further complicating talks to stave off the austerity measures. President Barack Obama will not sign any agreement that does not contain a debt limit hike, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada told reporters after meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. That demand was underpinned with the White House warning Republican lawmakers that the $16. ... Full Story | Top |
| FDA approves Exelixis' cabozantinib for thyroid cancer Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 02:10 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Exelixis Inc's cabozantinib as a treatment for medullary thyroid cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. Cabozantinib, the company's lead product candidate, is an oral drug designed to limit blood supply to tumors as well as block two segments of a pathway used by cancer cells to grow and spread. The FDA announcement came shortly after the close of stock market trading in New York, where Exelixis shares eased slightly on the day at $5.24 per share. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. diets not up to U.S. standards: study Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 01:52 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a broad comparison of U.S. dietary standards and real Americans' eating habits, researchers found that people fall short of nutritional recommendations overall, but some groups are worse than others. Among the findings, researchers said that children and the elderly seemed to eat a healthier diet than younger and middle-aged adults, and women had a better diet than men. Hispanics also tended to have better quality diets than either blacks or whites. ... Full Story | Top |
| Drug, alcohol abuse tied to early-life strokes Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 01:24 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Younger adults who suffered a stroke were often smokers or had abused drugs or alcohol, in a new study from Ohio and Kentucky. Although strokes are often thought of as a condition of the elderly, researchers said long-term changes in the heart, arteries and blood as a result of drug abuse or heavy drinking may put users at higher-than-average risk earlier in life. It's also possible that some drugs, particularly cocaine and methamphetamines, may trigger a stroke more immediately, according to Dr. S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Study finds herbalists at higher urinary cancer risk Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 01:09 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A small new study from Taiwan links a widely banned substance traditionally used in Chinese medicine to an elevated risk for kidney and bladder cancers among professional herbalists. Herbs, such as fang chi, that contain the plant-derived aristolochic acid, are known to cause cancer as well as kidney failure, and the current study suggests that working with these herbs raised urinary cancer rates among Taiwanese herbalists who handled fang chi before its ban in 2003. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ranbaxy halts generic Lipitor production after recall: FDA Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 12:56 PM PST (Reuters) - Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories will stop manufacturing its version of Pfizer Inc's cholesterol fighter, Lipitor, while it gets to the bottom of the cause of a recent recall, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on its website. Earlier this month, Ranbaxy recalled certain lots of the widely used cholesterol lowering medicine known generically as atorvastatin at doses of 10 milligrams, 20 mg and 40 mg after the company discovered contamination with tiny glass particles. ... Full Story | Top |
| FDA advisory panel backs J&J tuberculosis drug Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 11:43 AM PST (Reuters) - An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday voted that an experimental Johnson & Johnson drug for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis appears to be safe and effective, but highlighted potential heart and liver-safety issues. The medicine, called bedaquiline, targets adenosine triphosphate synthase, an enzyme the tuberculosis bacterium needs to generate its energy. If approved, J&J said it would be the first drug in 40 years with a new mechanism of action against tuberculosis. ... Full Story | Top |
| J&J says it won't enforce AIDS drug patent in Africa Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 11:42 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Generic manufacturers are to be given a free rein to make cheap copies of Johnson & Johnson's HIV/AIDS drug Prezista for sale in Africa and other poor countries. U.S. healthcare group J&J said on Thursday it would not enforce patents, provided generic firms made high-quality versions of the drug - known generically as darunavir - for sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries. Prezista is a relatively new drug used when patients develop resistance to older antiretrovirals. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hot flashes may return after ending antidepressant Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 10:13 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For about a third of women taking antidepressants to treat menopause symptoms, hot flashes and night sweats will return after discontinuing the drug, according to a new study. "It's important for people to understand that...the benefit of the treatment is related to the duration of the treatment," said Dr. Hadine Joffe, lead author of the study. But that shouldn't discourage women from trying an antidepressant if they want to, she added. ... Full Story | Top |
| Former President George H. W. Bush stable in hospital Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 10:04 AM PST  HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former President George H. W. Bush is being treated at a Houston hospital for complications related to bronchitis and is in stable condition, the hospital said on Thursday. "President Bush has been in and out of The Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center being treated for complications related to his bronchitis," Bush's office said in a statement released by the hospital. "He is in stable condition, and is expected to be released within the next 72 hours." The Houston Chronicle reported Thursday that Bush, 88, has been in the hospital for a week. ... Full Story | Top |
| No reasonable fiscal proposal yet from Republicans: Reid Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 09:29 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid on Thursday said Democrats are still waiting for a reasonable proposal from Republicans to resolve a stalemate over the "fiscal cliff" of tax hikes and spending cuts looming at year's end. "We need a proposal from them," Reid told reporters. He made the comments shortly after U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican, emerged from a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, telling reporters he was disappointed in progress of the talks. ... Full Story | Top |
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