Daily News: Reuters Health News Headlines - HIV, hepatitis tests urged for 7,000 Oklahoma dental patients

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Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: HIV, hepatitis tests urged for 7,000 Oklahoma dental patients S.Africa's Mandela "comfortable", treated for pneumonia Nelson Mandela "comfortable", treated for pneumonia Saudi Arabia to allow women's sports clubs - paper

HIV, hepatitis tests urged for 7,000 Oklahoma dental patients  Saturday, Mar 30, 2013 08:24 AM PDT By Steve Olafson OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A Tulsa, Oklahoma, health center on Saturday began drawing blood samples from patients who may have been exposed to viruses at an oral surgery dental clinic that is under investigation. As many as 7,000 of Dr. W. Scott Harrington's patients are being notified by letter that health officials recommend they be tested for hepatitis and HIV. The investigation began when one of Harrington's patients tested positive for HIV and Hepatitis C. ... Full Story	Top
S.Africa's Mandela "comfortable", treated for pneumonia  Saturday, Mar 30, 2013 07:37 AM PDT By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is comfortable and able to breathe without problems as he continues to respond to treatment in hospital for a recurrence of pneumonia, President Jacob Zuma's office said on Saturday. After the revered 94-year-old statesman and former South African president spent a third night in hospital, the presidency said doctors had drained excess fluid from his lungs to tackle the infection. "This has resulted in him now being able to breathe without difficulty. ... Full Story	Top
Nelson Mandela "comfortable", treated for pneumonia  Saturday, Mar 30, 2013 07:12 AM PDT By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is comfortable and able to breathe without problems as he continues to respond to treatment in hospital for a recurrence of pneumonia, President Jacob Zuma's office said on Saturday. After the revered 94-year-old statesman and former South African president spent a third night in hospital, the presidency said doctors had drained excess fluid from his lungs to tackle the infection. "This has resulted in him now being able to breathe without difficulty. ... Full Story	Top
Saudi Arabia to allow women's sports clubs - paper  Saturday, Mar 30, 2013 05:53 AM PDT RIYADH, March 30 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is to license women's sports clubs for the first time, al-Watan daily reported, in a major step for an ultra-religious country where clerics have warned against female exercise. Last year the conservative Islamic kingdom, where women must have permission from a male relative to take many big decisions, sent women athletes to the Olympics for the first time after pressure from international rights groups. Until now, women's exercise facilities, including gyms, have had to be licensed by the Health Ministry and designated as "health centres". ... Full Story	Top

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