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| Actress Valerie Harper's brain cancer nearing remission: doctor Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 05:36 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Valerie Harper's brain cancer is nearing remission, her physician said in an excerpt of a documentary that was shown on NBC's "Today" show on Thursday. "I'd say that we're getting pretty close to remission," neuro-oncologist Dr. Jeremy Rudnick said in a documentary that will air next month on the U.S. network. "It defies the odds," he added, as Harper sat listening to the results of tests conducted in June. Harper, 74, won four Emmy Awards for her signature role of Rhoda Morgenstern on the hit 1970s sitcoms "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and spin-off "Rhoda. ... Full Story | Top |
| Florida to call on Labrador retrievers to stem Giant Snail invasion Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 04:36 PM PDT  By Kevin Gray MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida officials trying to eradicate the Giant African Land Snail, one of the world's most destructive invasive species, plan to deploy a new weapon in the battle - Labrador retrievers. State agriculture authorities say they hope the dogs will add to their success in fighting an infestation of the slimy snails, which were first spotted by a homeowner nearly two years ago and quickly swept through the Miami area. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. allows states to legalize recreational marijuana within limits Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 04:01 PM PDT  By David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a move marijuana advocates hailed as an historic shift, the Obama administration on Thursday began giving U.S. states wide leeway to experiment with pot legalization and started by letting Colorado and Washington carry out new laws permitting recreational use. The Justice Department said it would refocus marijuana enforcement nationwide by bringing criminal charges only in eight defined areas - such as distribution to minors - and giving breathing room to users, growers and related businesses that have feared prosecution. ... Full Story | Top |
| Aetna pulls out of another Obamacare health exchange Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 02:54 PM PDT By Caroline Humer (Reuters) - Aetna Inc has decided not to sell insurance on New York's individual health insurance exchange, which is being created under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, the fifth state where it has reversed course in recent weeks. The third-largest U.S. health insurer has said it is seeking to limit its exposure to the risks of providing health plans to America's uninsured, but did not give details about its decision to pull out of specific markets. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. appeals court upholds California ban on gay-conversion therapy Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 01:56 PM PDT  By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's ban on a controversial therapy aimed at reversing homosexuality in children was upheld by a federal appeals court on Thursday that dismissed arguments by opponents of the measure who contended it violated free speech and parental rights. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling concluded that the so-called gay-conversion therapy ban does not violate the constitutional rights of counselors, minor patients or their parents. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hygiene, sanitation tied to small effects on growth Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 01:53 PM PDT By Kathleen Raven NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children from poor regions with clean water, hygiene and sanitation programs tend to be slightly taller than those who grow up in similar areas without such programs, according to a new review. Kids ages four and younger who washed their hands, drank clean water or used well-maintained toilets - or some combination of the three - were on average 0.2 inches taller than those lacking such protocols, the findings show. ... Full Story | Top |
| Scare or no scare, customers have little choice but Fonterra Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 01:53 PM PDT  By Naomi Tajitsu and Adam Jourdan WELLINGTON/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - However much China and other big customers strive to rely less on Fonterra after a global food contamination scare this month - now downscaled to a 'false alarm' - the New Zealand firm's grip on the global dairy trade is unlikely to be loosened. While many countries such as India, China and the United States produce more milk, New Zealand, a small island nation of 4.5 million people, exports more than 90 percent of its output and controls a third of the global dairy trade. ... Full Story | Top |
| NFL, former players in $765 million deal to settle concussion suit Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 01:38 PM PDT  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - The National Football League has agreed to pay $765 million to settle a lawsuit brought by thousands of former players, many suffering from dementia and health problems, who accused the league of hiding the dangers of brain injury while profiting from the sport's violence. ... Full Story | Top |
| NFL, former players in $765 mln deal to settle concussion suit Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 01:35 PM PDT (New throughout with quotes from former players, league official) By Scott Malone BOSTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - The National Football League has agreed to pay $765 million to settle a lawsuit brought by thousands of former players, many suffering from dementia and health problems, who accused the league of hiding the dangers of brain injury while profiting from the sport's violence. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama changes rules to close two gun loopholes Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 12:33 PM PDT  By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House announced two changes to federal gun rules on Thursday to help keep weapons from criminals, but said it still wants to push Congress to pass new gun control measures in the wake of the horrific school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, last year. The Justice Department will write a regulation requiring background checks for people who register machine guns or short-barreled shotguns through a trust or corporation, closing one loophole on background checks. ... Full Story | Top |
| Kids swallowing more magnets since 2002: study Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 12:21 PM PDT By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Over the last decade more and more U.S. children have ended up in the emergency room after swallowing magnets, according to new data. "We expected the numbers would be increasing, but we were surprised by how dramatic the rise has been," lead author Dr. Jonathan Silverman of the pediatrics department at the University of Washington in Seattle, said. Silverman told Reuters Health in an email that he had noticed an increase in magnet-related visits at his hospital and heard of similar increases elsewhere. ... Full Story | Top |
| Heat waves tied to flare-ups of digestive illness Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 11:39 AM PDT By Veronica Hackethal, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Flare-ups of inflammatory bowel disease and "stomach bugs" may be more common during and immediately after heat waves, a new study suggests. Swiss researchers looked at five years of records from one hospital and found more admissions related to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) during long stretches of hot days. Hospitalizations for so-called infectious gastroenteritis, marked by vomiting and watery diarrhea, also increased, lagging behind IBD admissions by about a week. ... Full Story | Top |
| Study finds poverty reduces brain power Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 11:01 AM PDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Poverty and the all-consuming fretting that comes with it require so much mental energy that the poor have little brain power left to devote to other areas of life, according to the findings of an international study published on Thursday. The mental strain could be costing poor people up to 13 IQ (intelligence quotient) points and means they are more likely to make mistakes and bad decisions that amplify and perpetuate their financial woes, researchers found. "Our results suggest that when you are poor, money is not the only thing in short supply. ... Full Story | Top |
| NFL agrees to $765 mln settlement deal in concussion lawsuit Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 10:06 AM PDT (Adds background on lawsuit, mediation and league's stance paragraphs 3-5) Aug 29 (Reuters) - The National Football League has agreed to a $765 million settlement deal with thousands of former players who sued the league, accusing it of hiding the dangers of brain injury while profiting from the sport's violence, according to court papers released on Thursday. The league agreed to pay $765 million to fund medical exams, concussion-related compensation and a program of medical research as well as to cover some legal expenses, according to a filing in U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| NFL agrees to $765 mln settlement deal in concussion suit-filing Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 09:48 AM PDT Aug 29 (Reuters) - The National Football League has agreed to a $765 million settlement deal with thousands of former players who sued the league, accusing it of hiding the dangers of brain injury while profiting from the sport's violence, according to court papers released on Thursday. The league agreed to pay $765 million to fund medical exams, concussion-related compensation and a program of medical research, as well as to cover some legal expenses, according to a filing in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. ... Full Story | Top |
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