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| Think preventive medicine will save money? Think again Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 10:51 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - It seems like a no-brainer. Since about 75 percent of healthcare spending in the United States is for largely preventable chronic illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, providing more preventive care should cut costs. If only. In a report released on Tuesday, the non-profit Trust for America's Health outlined a plan "to move from sick care to health care" by putting more resources into preventing chronic disease rather than treating it, as the current system does. ... Full Story | Top |
| Venezuelan vice president says Chavez is "very optimistic" of recovery Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 10:34 AM PST  CARACAS (Reuters) - Hugo Chavez is upbeat about recovering from cancer and confident in his medical team, his No. 2 said on Tuesday in the latest message from the Venezuelan leader's sickbed in Cuba. "He told us with great strength: 'I am very optimistic, I trust completely in the treatments I am undergoing, I will beat this again. I'm holding onto Christ and life,'" Vice President Nicolas Maduro said of Chavez's words to him on a recent visit. ... Full Story | Top |
| Actor Burt Reynolds released from hospital after flu bout Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 10:09 AM PST  (Reuters) - American actor Burt Reynolds has left a Florida hospital after a battle with the flu, a representative for the "Smokey and the Bandit" star said on Tuesday. "Burt has been released from the hospital," said Reynolds' manager, Erik Kritzer. Reynolds, 76, was admitted to an unidentified hospital last week with dehydration and was later placed in intensive care. Reynolds is best known for his roles in 1970s films such as "Deliverance" and "The Longest Yard." He won a Golden Globe award and scored an Oscar nomination for his role as a porn king in the 1997 film "Boogie Nights. ... Full Story | Top |
| NFL players union funds $100 million Harvard study on injury Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 09:19 AM PST  BOSTON (Reuters) - The union that represents U.S. professional football players has given Harvard University a $100 million grant for a study of the range of health problems, from brain damage to heart conditions, that affect current and former players. Researchers with Harvard Medical School plan to spend a decade studying hundreds of former players who are members of the National Football League Players Association, university officials said on Tuesday. The aim is to develop strategies to limit the long-term damage that players suffer from years of hits on the field. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 2-NFL players union funds $100 mln Harvard study on injury Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 09:14 AM PST (Adds NFL response, paragraphs 11-12) BOSTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The union that represents U.S. professional football players has given Harvard University a $100 million grant for a study of the range of health problems, from brain damage to heart conditions, that affect current and former players. Researchers with Harvard Medical School plan to spend a decade studying hundreds of former players who are members of the National Football League Players Association, university officials said on Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Scientists find genetic clue to severe flu among Chinese Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 08:12 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - British and Chinese scientists have found a genetic variant which explains why Chinese populations may be more vulnerable to the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu. The discovery of the variant could help doctors find those people at high risk of severe flu and prioritize them for treatment, researchers said. It may also help explain why new strains of flu virus often emerge first in Asia, where the variant known as rs12252-C is more common in the population than elsewhere, they said. ... Full Story | Top |
| No higher risks after heavy postpartum bleeding Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 08:02 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who bleed heavily after giving birth aren't at any higher risk of most complications during their next pregnancy, according to a new UK study. Postpartum hemorrhage - when a woman loses at least half a quart of blood - typically occurs when the muscles in her uterine wall don't contract correctly after childbirth. Although that much bleeding can be scary, researchers said the new findings are "reassuring" for women hoping to have another child after a first-time hemorrhage. "Intuitively, that would have been what I would expect also," said Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
| Boston Scientific reports weaker results, sets job cuts Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 06:47 AM PST (Reuters) - Boston Scientific Corp reported weaker quarterly earnings on Tuesday as sales slipped and expenses rose, and the medical device maker announced more job cuts. The company said it expected to eliminate 900 to 1,000 jobs worldwide through 2013, bringing the total headcount reduction to 2,100 to 2,400 positions from 2011 to 2013. Boston Scientific employs 24,000 workers worldwide, according to its website. Fourth-quarter net earnings fell to $60 million, or 4 cents per share, from $107 million, or 7 cents per share, a year earlier, the company said. ... Full Story | Top |
| FAO urges cash-strapped governments to keep up guard against bird flu Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 06:24 AM PST ROME (Reuters) - Governments must not allow financial constraints caused by the current global economic crisis to stop them keeping their guard up against avian flu, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Tuesday. The agency, one of three international bodies that lead the global response to bird flu, warned of a repeat of the 2006 outbreaks, when the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus killed 79 people around the world and sparked fears of a pandemic. Investment was vital to prevent a repeat of such a crisis, the FAO said. ... Full Story | Top |
| NFL players union funding $100 mln Harvard study on injury Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 06:01 AM PST BOSTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The union that represents U.S. professional football players has given Harvard University a $100 million grant for a study of the range of health problems, from brain damage to heart conditions, that affect current and former players. Researchers with Harvard Medical School plan to spend a decade studying hundreds of former players who are members of the National Football League Players Association, school officials said on Tuesday. The aim is to develop strategies to limit the long-term damage that players suffer from years of hits on the field. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lilly says generic competition hurts fourth-quarter profit, sales Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:32 AM PST (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co said on Tuesday that fourth-quarter profit fell as competition from generic drugs, particularly for its once top-selling schizophrenia drug Zyprexa, drove revenue lower. The U.S. drugmaker earned $827 million, or 74 cents per share, down from $858 million, or 77 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding special items such as asset impairments and restructuring, Lilly earned 85 cents per share, beating analysts' expectations by 7 cents per share. ... Full Story | Top |
| Syrian refugees top 700,000, U.N. struggling to cope Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:58 AM PST  GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 700,000 Syrian refugees have fled to other countries in the region and aid workers are struggling to keep up with the exodus, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The number of refugees passed the 500,000 mark on Dec 11, meaning more than 200,000 have fled the war-torn country in the past seven weeks. "We have seen an unrelenting flow of refugees across all borders. We are running double shifts to register people," Sybella Wilkes, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told Reuters in Geneva. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sharon's brain scans show leaps in science of comas Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:38 AM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - The state-of-the-art brain scans that allowed doctors to look inside the head of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon show how advances in neuroscience are forcing a rethink of what it means to be in a long-term coma. Neurologists who performed the tests said they hinted that Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a stroke in 2006, may have a degree of consciousness and be able to hear sounds or make out pictures. ... Full Story | Top |
| Federal appeals court reinstates prisoner's sex-change lawsuit Monday, Jan 28, 2013 06:18 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday reinstated a lawsuit brought by a transgendered prisoner against Virginia authorities for refusing to allow her to undergo a sex-change operation. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that Ophelia Azriel De'lonta, born Michael Stokes, can argue that denying her the surgery violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. ... Full Story | Top |
| Widower sues airlines for obese wife's death abroad Monday, Jan 28, 2013 05:29 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man whose wheelchair-bound, morbidly obese wife died last year after she was denied a spot on three different flights home from Europe sued the airlines on Monday for $6 million. Vilma Soltesz, who at the time was reported to have weighed 425 pounds (193 kg), had an amputated leg and suffered from diabetes and kidney disease, news media said. ... Full Story | Top |
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