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| Non-dairy calcium seen to lower kidney stone risk Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:06 PM PDT  By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting plenty of calcium from foods has been shown to lower the likelihood of kidney stones in those most at risk, but a new study makes clear the benefit isn't just linked to milk products. In a large new analysis, men and women who consumed the most dietary calcium from foods had about 20 percent lower risk of developing kidney stones than peers who consumed the least calcium. "This is another piece of data to suggest that there's no role for dietary calcium restriction for kidney stones," said lead study author Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
| Chronic pain common after strokes caused by clots Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:05 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One in 10 people who have a stroke caused by a clot blocking blood to the brain go on to develop chronic pain, according to a new study. Researchers found that just over 10 percent of about 16,000 study participants developed chronic pain after their strokes, and that was also linked to a greater risk of physical and mental decline. While pain has been known to follow strokes, there has been confusion about how many people experience it and whether it causes other health problems. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. judge strikes age rules for "morning-after" pill Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:02 PM PDT By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make "morning-after" emergency contraception pills available without a prescription to all girls of reproductive age and criticized the Obama administration for interfering with the process for political purposes. The ruling in a Brooklyn court is the latest step in the years-long legal saga over the pill known as "Plan B," a drug that has also sparked political and religious battles. ... Full Story | Top |
| China culls birds as flu deaths mount; airline shares fall Friday, Apr 05, 2013 11:34 AM PDT  By Fayen Wong and Clare Baldwin SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese authorities slaughtered over 20,000 birds at a poultry market in Shanghai on Friday as the death toll from a new strain of bird flu mounted to six, spreading concern overseas and sparking a sell-off in airline shares in Europe and Hong Kong. The local government in Shanghai said the Huhuai market for live birds had been shut down and 20,536 birds had been culled after authorities detected the H7N9 virus from samples of pigeons in the market. Other live poultry markets in the city will be closed down from Saturday, it said. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. issues advisory to doctors to help identify bird flu Friday, Apr 05, 2013 11:34 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it has issued an advisory to U.S. doctors that may help them identify any cases of the new bird flu virus known as H7N9, but stressed that no cases have been found in the United States. So far, the new strain of bird flu that has infected 16 people in China and killed six has not been shown to be capable of transmission from person to person, CDC's Dr. Thomas Frieden told reporters on a teleconference. Frieden said the CDC has not issued any formal travel advisories and said there are no steps U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama tries to woo Republicans with cuts in budget Friday, Apr 05, 2013 10:24 AM PDT  By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will offer cuts to Social Security and other benefits programs in a budget proposal next week aimed at winning over enough congressional Republicans to pass a broad deal to reduce the deficit. While Obama's previous budgets have largely been ignored in Congress, the White House wants to use this year's proposal, to be released on Wednesday, to move beyond the fiscal fights that have consumed Washington since 2010. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. exempts sex assault victims from security clearance query Friday, Apr 05, 2013 10:03 AM PDT By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People in top U.S. national security jobs or seeking them will no longer have to disclose mental health counseling for sexual assault, the government said on Friday. Workers and job applicants are asked on security clearance forms whether they have sought professional counseling in the last several years, and victims of rape or sexual assault can be reluctant to seek help because they fear it will trigger rejection or revoke their clearance. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.N. rights chief calls for closure of Guantanamo prison Friday, Apr 05, 2013 09:44 AM PDT  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights chief called on the United States on Friday to close down the Guantanamo prison camp, saying the indefinite imprisonment of many detainees without charge or trial violated international law. Navi Pillay said the hunger strike being staged by some inmates at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in southeastern Cuba was a "desperate act" but "scarcely surprising". ... Full Story | Top |
| Timeline : Key dates in legal battle over "morning-after" pill Friday, Apr 05, 2013 09:16 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make emergency contraception available over-the-counter to women of all ages. The ruling is the result of a more than decade-long legal fight by reproductive-rights and public-health groups to remove barriers to the drug. Here are some key dates in that fight: 1999: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd receives FDA approval to market Plan B, the first emergency contraceptive drug for prescription-only use in the United States. ... Full Story | Top |
| Spain raises minimum age for marriage and sex Friday, Apr 05, 2013 06:55 AM PDT  MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has raised the minimum age for marriage to 16 from what had been one of the lowest in the world at 14 as part of a wider reform to improve health and safety for children and adolescents. The reform, announced by Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato on Friday, also raises the age for consensual sex from what was the lowest in Europe at 13. The new age will be decided by Parliament. (Reporting By Paul Day; Writing by Tracy Rucinski) Full Story | Top |
| "We are broke," U.N. says as Syria refugee funds dry up Friday, Apr 05, 2013 05:02 AM PDT  By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations gave its starkest warning yet on Friday that it would soon run out of cash to cope with the vast influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan and other neighboring countries. "The needs are rising exponentially, and we are broke," Marixie Mercado, spokeswoman for the U.N. Children's Fund UNICEF, told a U.N. news conference in Geneva. The number of people fleeing in the world's worst refugee crisis has repeatedly outrun the U.N.'s expectations. The 1. ... Full Story | Top |
| No sign of sustained spread of H7N9 between humans: WHO Friday, Apr 05, 2013 03:30 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Friday there was no sign of "sustained human-to-human transmission" of the H7N9 virus in China, but it was important to check on 400 people who had been in close contact with the 14 confirmed cases. "We have 14 cases in a large geographical area, we have no sign of any epidemiological linkage between the confirmed cases and we have no sign of sustained human-to-human transmission," WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told a news briefing in Geneva. ... Full Story | Top |
| World experts debate case for new bird flu vaccine Friday, Apr 05, 2013 03:19 AM PDT  By Ben Hirschler and Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Experts from around the world are in daily talks about the threat posed by a deadly new strain of bird flu in China, including discussions on if and when to start making a vaccine. Any decision to mass-produce vaccines against H7N9 flu will not be taken lightly, since it will mean sacrificing production of seasonal shots. And scientists warn it will take months to get any finished bird flu vaccine to the market. But the groundwork is being laid. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ex-HBOS CEO Crosby resigns as Bridgepoint advisor Friday, Apr 05, 2013 02:58 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - The former chief executive of bailed-out British lender HBOS, one of three executives severely criticised in a scathing report into the bank's collapse, has resigned as an advisor to private equity firm Bridgepoint. "Following discussion with Sir James he has resigned from the advisory board this morning," Bridgepoint said in a statement on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| AstraZeneca arthritis pill performs poorly in new study Friday, Apr 05, 2013 02:52 AM PDT  By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's experimental rheumatoid arthritis pill fostamatinib met only one of two goals in a late-stage clinical trial, leaving the future of one of the group's few advanced pipeline products uncertain. Fostamatinib is a potential competitor to injectable drugs like AbbVie's Humira and a new pill from Pfizer called Xeljanz in a $20 billion-plus market. Disappointing results from earlier tests, however, mean investor hopes for the medicine are low. ... Full Story | Top |
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