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| Man who took Clinton staffers hostage in 2007 re-arrested Monday, Apr 08, 2013 12:31 PM PDT  LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A New Hampshire man who took several members of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign staff hostage in 2007 was taken into custody on Monday on suspicion of leaving a halfway house overnight without permission. Leeland Eisenberg, 52, faces a charge of escape punishable by up to seven years in prison after he was re-arrested in the lobby of a community center in Manchester, New Hampshire, the state's Department of Corrections said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Maryland lawmakers approve medical marijuana Monday, Apr 08, 2013 12:02 PM PDT  (Reuters) - The Maryland legislature approved the use of marijuana for medical purposes on Monday, and Governor Martin O'Malley has said he would sign the measure and make Maryland the 20th state to legalize medicinal cannabis. The Democratic-controlled state Senate passed the bill by a 42-4 vote. The House of Delegates had approved it last month. The measure allows seriously ill residents to obtain medical marijuana via state-regulated programs administered by academic medical centers. ... Full Story | Top |
| Portugal court ruling forces cuts on education, health Monday, Apr 08, 2013 09:13 AM PDT  By Andrei Khalip LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese will suffer from cuts to schools and hospitals to protect civil service benefits after the constitutional court rejected austerity measures that would have reduced holiday bonuses and other public sector perks. The government has had to scramble to find new areas to cut after the court concluded that it was unfair to single out civil servants for reductions in benefits under measures imposed to meet the terms of an international bailout program. ... Full Story | Top |
| Roche to use Isis's technology to develop brain disorder drug Monday, Apr 08, 2013 08:05 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc said it will form an alliance with Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG to develop treatments for Huntington's disease, a genetic brain disorder, based on the U.S. company's technology. Roche will pay Isis $30 million upfront and up to $362 million in licensing and milestone payments. Isis will also receive tiered royalties on sales of any commercial drugs that result from the partnership. Development will initially focus on Isis's lead drug candidate that blocks the production of all forms of the Huntingtin protein, responsible for the disorder. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pharma company Resverlogix to spin off unit Monday, Apr 08, 2013 07:57 AM PDT (Reuters) - Canadian pharmaceutical company Resverlogix Corp, which is exploring a sale, said it would spin off its RVX Therapeutics Inc unit. Resverlogix shares touched a more than two-year high of C$3.49 in early trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Shareholders will receive one share in the new company for every share held in Resverlogix, the company said. The spun-off unit will focus on epigenetics, the study of the mechanisms that activate and de-activate genes. The company, which has a market capitalization of about C$242 million ($237. ... Full Story | Top |
| Republican senator sees Obama budget offer as positive Monday, Apr 08, 2013 07:24 AM PDT  By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday became the first prominent Republican to publicly praise, however lukewarmly, the budget proposal the White House outlined last week. Graham said that while he believes President Barack Obama's plan is overall bad for the economy, "there are nuggets of his budget that I think are optimistic," and that could set the stage for a broad bargain to put the nation's finances on a stronger footing. He was speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press" program. ... Full Story | Top |
| Avon plans to cut over 400 jobs, exit Ireland Monday, Apr 08, 2013 06:32 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Avon Products Inc said on Monday it will slash more than 400 jobs and exit the Irish market, the latest moves in the new chief executive's plan to return the beauty products company to profitability in the next two years. Avon shares dipped 0.2 percent to $20.21 in early Monday trade. Avon, the world's largest direct seller of cosmetics, is already showing signs of stabilizing its business under new CEO Sheri McCoy, who was brought in a year ago, following years of inconsistent sales in Brazil and Russia and dwindling business in China and the United States. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fitness after 65 is no one-size-fits-all endeavor Monday, Apr 08, 2013 06:02 AM PDT  By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's ageing population is posing special challenges, fitness experts say, because it is difficult to design effective workout routines for people with such a wide range of abilities. For one 70-year-old, the goal may be to run a marathon, for another it's getting out of a chair. "If you are teaching 10-year-olds, it's perfectly reasonable to do an activity that everybody would participate in," said Dr. Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, an expert on aging with the American College of Sports Medicine. ... Full Story | Top |
| China's bird flu outbreak no cause for panic: WHO Monday, Apr 08, 2013 04:54 AM PDT By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - A strain of bird flu that has been found in humans for the first time in eastern China is no cause for panic, the World Health Organization said on Monday, as the number of people infected rose to 24, with seven deaths. WHO praised China for mobilising resources nationwide to combat the H7N9 flu strain by culling tens of thousands of birds and monitoring hundreds of people close to those infected. "So far, we really only have sporadic cases of a rare disease, and perhaps it will remain that way. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dish size, meal frequency may affect kids' weight Monday, Apr 08, 2013 04:23 AM PDT  By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Shrinking the size of kids' plates and bowls and encouraging them to eat more frequently throughout the day might help them eat less and keep off extra weight, new research suggests. In one study, researchers found first graders served themselves smaller portions when using miniaturized dishware - and ate less food when they had less on their plate. Another review of past research found kids and teens who ate most often during the day were 22 percent less likely to be overweight than those who ate the fewest meals and snacks. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lundbeck antidepressant gets boost from clinical trial Monday, Apr 08, 2013 02:22 AM PDT By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Denmark's Lundbeck got a fresh boost for its experimental antidepressant Brintellix on Monday when a clinical trial showed benefits over another medicine called agomelatine that some doctors use when cheap generic pills fail. Lundbeck and its Japanese partner Takeda submitted Brintellix, also known as vortioxetine, for regulatory approval in the United States and Europe at the end of last year. Industry analysts at Deutsche Bank see the new drug having sales potential in excess of $1. ... Full Story | Top |
| China confident it can control bird flu outbreak Sunday, Apr 07, 2013 10:48 PM PDT  BEIJING (Reuters) - China is confident it can control an outbreak of a new strain of bird flu, a senior Chinese health official said on Sunday as the World Health Organization (WHO) said there had now been 21 human cases of the H7N9 flu with six deaths. China has said it is mobilizing resources nationwide to combat the new strain, monitoring hundreds of close contacts of confirmed cases and culling tens of thousands of birds where traces of the virus were found. ... Full Story | Top |
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