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| North Carolina governor signs law for tougher abortion clinic rules Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:07 PM PDT By Karen Brooks (Reuters) - North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed into law on Monday new requirements for clinics performing abortions that supporters say will protect women's safety and opponents say will restrict access to the procedure. The new law places sweeping new restrictions on abortion clinics, including a requirement doctors have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and be present when abortions are performed. ... Full Story | Top |
| Arkansas water park closes after rare meningitis is confirmed Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:55 PM PDT By Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - A popular Arkansas water park voluntarily closed after a 12-year-old girl who swam there was diagnosed with a rare case of parasitic meningitis, authorities said on Monday. The Arkansas Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case last week. The owners of Willow Springs Water Park, which has been operating for 85 years, closed the park on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| White House takes aim at Obamacare opposition's economic claims Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:42 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday shot back at critics who claim Obamacare is leading to higher healthcare costs, slower job growth and rising numbers of part-time workers, saying the latest economic statistics show none of those effects. Nearly one-third of the sharp rise in part-time workers seen in employment numbers for June was due to federal employee furloughs caused by automated spending cuts, rather than employers shifting to part-time workers due to concern about President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, a senior administration official said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Arkansas water park closes after rare meningitis confirmed Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:19 PM PDT By Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - A popular Arkansas water park voluntarily closed after a 12-year-old girl who swam there was diagnosed with a rare case of parasitic meningitis, authorities said on Monday. The Arkansas Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case last week. The owners of Willow Springs Water Park, which has been operating for 85 years, closed the park on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. panel backs lung cancer screening for high-risk groups Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:15 PM PDT By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - After decades of debate, an influential U.S. panel has endorsed the use of low-dose CT scans to detect lung cancer in high-risk individuals, paving the way for insurance coverage of the test for as many as 10 million smokers and former smokers. The draft guidelines issued on Monday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force call for annual CT screening of current and former smokers aged 55 to 80 with a history of smoking the equivalent of a pack a day for 30 years, or two packs a day for 15 years. ... Full Story | Top |
| Community Health's second quarter income drops on fewer patients Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:52 PM PDT (Reuters) - Community Health Systems Inc reported a sharp decline in second-quarter profit on Monday, hurt by a drop in patient admissions at its hospitals and higher-than-expected bad debts. Total admissions fell 5.1 percent in the quarter, compared with a year ago, the company said. Volumes were especially weak in May and June. Community Health released preliminary results earlier this month, which sent its shares plunging. Monday's official quarterly results largely matched the preliminary figures. ... Full Story | Top |
| Home distance from benzene sites linked to lymphoma risk Monday, Jul 29, 2013 01:36 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - How far a person lives from a manufacturing plant that releases the chemical benzene into the environment may determine their risk of developing immune system cancer, a new study suggests. Researchers in Georgia looking at rates of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in that state found that risk for the disease fell with every mile between a person's home and facilities that release benzene. "It would suggest even with moderate changes in distance that there can be large changes in the decrease in non-Hodgkin lymphoma," said Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
| Breastfeeding tied to kids' intelligence Monday, Jul 29, 2013 01:28 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who were breastfed for more of their infancy scored higher on language and intelligence tests at three and seven years old, in a new study. Researchers found that for each extra month women reported breastfeeding, their children performed slightly better on those exams - though not on tests of motor skills and memory. "Given the size of the benefit, I think this should be helpful for women who are trying to make decisions about how long to breastfeed… because there are many factors that go into that decision," said Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
| Back pain treatment often not in line with guidelines Monday, Jul 29, 2013 01:27 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite guidelines to treat back pain conservatively, the proportion of people prescribed powerful painkillers or referred for surgery and other specialty care has increased in recent years, according to a new study. "This is kind of concerning," said Dr. Steven Cohen, an anesthesiologist and critical care doctor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore who didn't participate in the research. Surgery, injections and scans for back pain "have all gone up pretty dramatically," he told Reuters Health. ... Full Story | Top |
| For males, monogamy can have evolutionary benefits Monday, Jul 29, 2013 12:51 PM PDT By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whenever a public figure cheats on his wife, pundits can be counted on to trot out the tired old claim that males are simply wired by evolution to be promiscuous. Two studies released on Monday beg to differ. By sticking to one female, they conclude, males of many species, especially primates, can increase their chances of siring many offspring who survive long enough to reproduce - the key factor in determining whether a particular behavior survives the brutal process of natural selection. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Glee' star Lea Michele breaks silence after Cory Monteith death Monday, Jul 29, 2013 12:10 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Lea Michele, the girlfriend and cast mate of late "Glee" star Cory Monteith, on Monday thanked fans for their support in her first public comments since the actor's death earlier this month. "Thank you all for helping me through this time with your enormous love & support," Michele, 26, posted on Twitter along with a photo of her and Monteith. "Cory will forever be in my heart." Monteith, 31, who had struggled with substance abuse, was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room on July 13 from an apparently accidental overdose of heroin and alcohol. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pope says gays should not be marginalized Monday, Jul 29, 2013 11:41 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis has said gay people should not be marginalized but integrated into society, in some of the most conciliatory remarks by a pontiff on the issue of homosexuality. In a broad-ranging 80-minute conversation with journalists on the plane bringing him back from a week-long visit to Brazil on Sunday night, he also said he could not judge gay priests, an emotive topic that divides Catholic opinion. But the 76-year-old Argentine did reaffirm Church teaching that homosexual acts are a sin. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pfizer to split generic, branded drugs units Monday, Jul 29, 2013 10:47 AM PDT By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc, in what could be the prelude to spinning off its generics drug business, said it plans to separate its commercial operations into two units, mainly for patent-protected brands and a third for generics. Pfizer, the largest U.S. drugmaker, said on Monday the changes will take effect by January in countries that do not require a consultation with labor unions. ... Full Story | Top |
| Synta Pharma shares soar after co says to expand breast cancer study Monday, Jul 29, 2013 10:20 AM PDT (Reuters) - Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp shares soared as much as 47 percent in heavy trading after the company said preliminary results from a mid-stage study of its drug ganetespib in breast cancer patients supported an expansion of the study. According to the design of the trial, it would advance to the second stage of enrollment if at least one patient achieved objective tumor response, a measure of reduction in tumor size. The study, codenamed ENCHANT-1, showed that four patients achieved an objective tumor response. ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: Bayer immune to pharma's breakup bug? Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:22 AM PDT  By Ludwig Burger and Frank Siebelt FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Investors banking on Bayer to embrace a trend in the pharma sector to split off non-core units may be too far ahead of the curve. The diversified German healthcare group has an unusually high threshold for selling its odd-one-out MaterialScience unit, which is the world's largest maker of chemicals for insulation foams and transparent plastics for DVDs and car lights. ... Full Story | Top |
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