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| Ferry sinks in Philippines killing 24, with 217 missing Friday, Aug 16, 2013 07:16 PM PDT  By Enrique de Castro CEBU, Philippines (Reuters) - A Philippine ferry sank after colliding with a container ship owned by a company involved in the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster, killing at least 24 people and leaving more than 200 missing, the coast guard said on Saturday. Divers were searching for bodies in the ferry, which sank on Friday minutes after the collision just outside the port of Cebu in the central Philippines that left two holes in the bow of the cargo vessel. Some 629 people had been rescued, many by fishing boats, with 217 missing, the coast guard said. ... Full Story | Top |
| New Jersey governor to sign law easing pot use for sick kids Friday, Aug 16, 2013 03:45 PM PDT  By Victoria Cavaliere (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Friday acted on new legislation that will make it easier for children and teenagers suffering from serious illnesses to obtain medical marijuana. Christie agreed to sign the so-called pot-for-tots bill if the New Jersey legislature makes changes, including removing wording that would have reduced the number of required physician recommendations for children. ... Full Story | Top |
| Amid cattle health concerns, Merck halts Zilmax sales Friday, Aug 16, 2013 03:40 PM PDT By Theopolis Waters and Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co said on Friday it is suspending sales of its Zilmax animal feed additive in the United States and Canada following concerns about animals showing signs of distress after use of the product, which is given to cattle to increase their weight before slaughter. Zilmax has been the focus of attention in the livestock industry since Tyson Foods Inc announced last week it will no longer accept Zilmax-fed cattle for slaughter. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. obesity leveling off, but at high rate: report Friday, Aug 16, 2013 12:16 PM PDT  By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Obesity levels among adults appear to be holding steady across the United States, adding to recent evidence that the growth rate for U.S. waistlines is slowing, according to an analysis released on Friday. But within the holding pattern there is a dramatic rise in "extreme" obesity among adults and children. The annual "F as in Fat" report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that the proportion of adults who are extremely obese - at least 100 pounds (45. ... Full Story | Top |
| Seventeen dead, hundreds rescued after ferry sinks in Philippines Friday, Aug 16, 2013 12:08 PM PDT  By Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed but hundreds were rescued after a passenger ferry sank following a collision with a cargo vessel in the central Philippines, a coastguard commander said. "We don't know if there are still people missing," Rear Admiral Luis Tuason told local radio early on Saturday, citing a discrepancy between the actual numbers killed or rescued and the ferry's manifest, which showed 692 crew and passengers on board. ... Full Story | Top |
| Exclusive: FDA says working with Merck, USDA on cattle drug Zilmax Friday, Aug 16, 2013 11:24 AM PDT By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it was working with drugmaker Merck & Co and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to gather information on the cattle feed additive Zilmax and determine if it is unsafe. The FDA, in an email response to a Reuters query, said it had received "a very small number of reports of lameness or lying down" in cattle whose feed contained zilpaterol, also known as Zilmax. ... Full Story | Top |
| Poor sleep tied to kids' lower academic performance Friday, Aug 16, 2013 10:34 AM PDT By Veronica Hackethal, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who have trouble sleeping tend to do worse in school than their peers who get a good night's sleep, a new study suggests. Researchers in Brazil looked at children age seven to 10 who attended Sao Paulo public schools. They found kids with symptoms of sleep disorders or sleep breathing disorders earned lower grades than those without problems sleeping, on average. Thirteen percent of children with difficulty sleeping had failing grades in Portuguese, compared to nine percent of those without sleep problems. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tamoxifen cuts second cancer risk in BRCA carriers Friday, Aug 16, 2013 08:47 AM PDT By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking tamoxifen is tied to a sharply reduced risk of a second breast cancer among women who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 "breast cancer genes," new research shows. Women with mutations of those genes are much more likely to develop breast and ovarian cancer than other women. Some - like Angelina Jolie - will opt to have their breasts removed preemptively, which reduces breast cancer risk by more than 95 percent. Other women may choose to have their ovaries removed, which cuts breast cancer risk in half. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sri Lankan court bars Fonterra milk products for 2 weeks Friday, Aug 16, 2013 07:58 AM PDT  By Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Aneez COLOMBO (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan court on Friday banned the sale and advertising of all Fonterra milk products for two weeks, officials said, following a complaint by a health sector trade union that the company's marketing was misleading. The National Health Services Union said it sought the court ban because Fonterra products suspected of being contaminated with the toxic agricultural chemical dicyandiamide (DCD) were still on the market despite an order from the health ministry to recall them. ... Full Story | Top |
| Three die in Uganda from Ebola-like fever: Health Ministry Friday, Aug 16, 2013 06:37 AM PDT KAMPALA (Reuters) - Three people have died in northern Uganda from a suspected outbreak of a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever, the Health Ministry said on Friday. A male farmer is still being treated for a confirmed case of Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), and the three other deaths are being investigated, junior health minister Elioda Tumwesigye told a news conference. ... Full Story | Top |
| Aspirin tied to smaller lung and colon cancer tumors Friday, Aug 16, 2013 06:06 AM PDT By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Colon and lung cancer patients who regularly took low-dose aspirin before their diagnosis tended to have less advanced tumors, in a new study. Scientists already knew that aspirin was tied to a decreased risk of death for people with colon cancer, said senior author Yudi Pawitan. "We showed evidence that it is also beneficial for lung cancer, and has both early and late protective effects," Pawitan, of the department of medical epidemiology and biostatistics at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, told Reuters Health. ... Full Story | Top |
| California grapples with inmate illness as hunger strike drags on Friday, Aug 16, 2013 06:02 AM PDT By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California prison officials are grappling with starvation-related ailments among hunger-striking prisoners who have refused to eat for nearly six weeks to protest the state's solitary confinement policies. As the hunger strike enters its 40th day on Friday, dozens of inmates have been sent to hospitals or prison infirmaries, and officials are bracing for more illness among the 118 prisoners who have not eaten since the strike began. ... Full Story | Top |
| Roche gives up on India patent for breast cancer drug Friday, Aug 16, 2013 01:59 AM PDT  ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG has decided not to pursue a patent application for its breast cancer drug Herceptin in India, the Swiss company said on Friday, as Western drugmakers come under pressure over high prices in the fast-growing market. The Kolkata Patent Office said earlier this month that it had dismissed certain patent applications filed by Roche, because the company had failed to submit the applications for Herceptin correctly. "Roche has come to the conclusion not to pursue Indian Patent No. ... Full Story | Top |
| NZ's Fonterra suspends two managers ahead of inquiry Thursday, Aug 15, 2013 10:34 PM PDT  WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra said on Friday it had put two senior managers on leave pending an inquiry into contaminated products. The company has two inquiries into how whey protein concentrate came to be contaminated with a bacteria that can cause botulism and then sold to customers in March. "We are moving quickly and establishing key facts about what has happened and, as they emerge, we are taking appropriate action," said Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Man lost toes after being treated by Colorado veterinarian Thursday, Aug 15, 2013 09:38 PM PDT By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A man had to have three toes amputated after being treated by a 78-year-old Colorado veterinarian with no license to practice medicine on humans, police said on Thursday. The veterinarian, Francis Freemyer, who operates a small animal practice in Greeley, Colorado, was ticketed for "unauthorized practices," a misdemeanor, Greeley police said in a statement. Police said they were investigating whether Freemyer may have treated other people illegally. ... Full Story | Top |
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