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| Texas abortion fight to reignite in second special session Monday, Jul 01, 2013 12:50 PM PDT  By Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - When the Texas Legislature convenes on Monday for a second special session, the Republican majority will seek to do what it couldn't pull off in the first, when Democrat Wendy Davis stalled the measure for hours: Pass sweeping abortion restrictions. Opponents who crowded the State Capitol last week are vowing to continue their fight, but supporters of the proposal that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy have more time to pass it than they did in the first special session, when lawmakers focused initially on a redistricting issue. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hitler's food taster feared death with every morsel Monday, Jul 01, 2013 12:01 PM PDT By Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) - Margot Woelk spent the last few years of World War Two eating lavish meals and fearing that every mouthful could mean death. The former food taster for Adolf Hitler was served a plate of food and forced to eat it between 11 and 12 every morning for most of the last 2-1/2 years of the Nazi German leader's life. If she did not fall ill, the food was packed into boxes and taken to Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, a military headquarters located deep in woodland, in what is today northeastern Poland. ... Full Story | Top |
| CORRECTED-Obamacare 1.0: States brace for Web barrage when reform goes live Monday, Jul 01, 2013 11:58 AM PDT  By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 550,000 people in Oregon do not have health insurance, and Aaron Karjala is confident the state's new online insurance exchange will be able to accommodate them when enrollment under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform begins on October 1. What Karjala, the chief information officer at "Cover Oregon," does worry about, however, is what will happen if the entire population of Oregon - 3.9 million - logs on that day "just to check it out," he said. ... Full Story | Top |
| FDA rejects Merck insomnia drug, seeks lower-dose Monday, Jul 01, 2013 10:17 AM PDT (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have rejected Merck & Co's new insomnia drug application but opened the door to approving a lower-dose version of the medication, the company said on Monday. Merck said it received a complete response letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration saying that the agency could consider a 10 milligram starting dose of suvorexant for most patients, but that the company would have to have that dosage ready before it could be approved. ... Full Story | Top |
| South Africa's Mandela still 'critical but stable' Monday, Jul 01, 2013 08:54 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ailing anti-apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela remained in hospital on Monday in a "critical but stable" condition, the government said. Mandela has been in a Pretoria hospital for more than three weeks receiving treatment for a recurring lung infection, his fourth hospitalisation in six months. The faltering health of the 94-year-old, a figure admired globally as a symbol of struggle against injustice and racism, has reinforced a realisation that the father of the post-apartheid South Africa will not be around for ever. ... Full Story | Top |
| Insmed's lung infection drug fares no better than rival, shares fall Monday, Jul 01, 2013 07:38 AM PDT (Reuters) - Insmed Inc's experimental lung infection drug fared no better than a competing drug developed by Novartis AG in a lung function test, sending shares in the company down 27 percent in pre-market trading. Insmed's drug, Arikace, was being tested as a treatment for a bacterial lung infection that often affects cystic fibrosis patients. Insmed said in a statement that the trial met its main goal of showing that Arikace was not inferior to the competing drug. ... Full Story | Top |
| Collapsible hampers pose eye risk for kids: doctors Monday, Jul 01, 2013 07:21 AM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Collapsible laundry hampers with wire supports may pose a risk to children's eyes, according to researchers who saw two related injuries within a year, both requiring surgery. Such hampers have an embedded stiff wire spring, which can be dangerous if the cloth frays and the wire becomes exposed, researchers said. "Parents should receive a warning of the risks of these hampers," Dr. Iris Kassem from the University of Illinois at Chicago and her colleagues wrote Monday in Pediatrics. ... Full Story | Top |
| Blasting heat forecast for U.S. Western states Monday, Jul 01, 2013 06:46 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Residents of western U.S. states awoke on Monday to more scorching heat that was expected to break record highs and grip the region through the early part of the holiday week, meteorologists said. Temperatures were likely to hit well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Centigrade) in Fresno, California, Phoenix and to the north in Boise, Idaho, and Spokane, Washington, according to Accuweather.com. Temperatures in western states are 10 to 20 degrees above average, according to the National Weather Service. ... Full Story | Top |
| FDA rejects Merck's insomnia drug Monday, Jul 01, 2013 05:24 AM PDT (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected the company's experimental insomnia drug, citing safety issues. In a complete response letter to the company, the FDA said the safety data of the drug do not support approval, and advised that lower doses of the medicine should be made available before an approval. The efficacy of the drug, suvorexant, was established at doses of 10 mg to 40 mg in adults, the FDA said, adding that 10 mg should be the starting dose for most patients. (Reporting by Esha Dey in Bangalore) Full Story | Top |
| WHO wants HIV patients treated sooner to save lives, halt spread Monday, Jul 01, 2013 01:42 AM PDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Doctors could save three million more lives worldwide by 2025 if they offer AIDS drugs to people with HIV much sooner after they test positive for the virus, the World Health Organisation said on Sunday. While better access to cheap generic AIDS drugs means many more people are now getting treatment, health workers, particularly in poor countries with limited health budgets, currently tend to wait until the infection has progressed. But in new guidelines aimed at controlling and eventually reducing the global AIDS epidemic, the U.N. ... Full Story | Top |
| Teva says cleared of wrongdoing after man's death in France Monday, Jul 01, 2013 01:30 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said on Monday that French prosecutors had cleared it of any operational failures after the death of a 92-year-old man last month. A preliminary investigation showed there was no trace of the sedative zopiclone in the drugmaker's diuretic furosemide, Teva said in a statement. French police said on June 9 they were treating the man's death as "suspicious" after he was given medicine that may have been wrongly labeled as a diuretic drug. ... Full Story | Top |
| Differences between the sexes stretches to fitness formulas Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 11:06 PM PDT  By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - When it comes to fitness, experts say men generally want to be bulkier and women want to be trimmer and everyone wants to do what they are good at. That's why as more women tackle brawny boot camps and men seek flexible peace on the yoga mat, crossing traditional gender lines, intelligently, can be a good idea. "Women want to lose body fat, men want hypertrophy (bulk)," said Geralyn Coopersmith, national director of the Equinox Fitness Training Institute. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ohio governor signs budget including tax cut, anti-abortion provision Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 08:08 PM PDT  CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Ohio's governor signed a two-year, $62 billion state budget on Sunday that seeks to spur economic growth with a reduction in personal income taxes and includes a provision that critics say will tighten restrictions on abortions in the state. The budget, which was passed by a Republican-majority state legislature, includes a $2.6 billion reduction in personal income taxes which will be gradually lowered by a total of 10 percent over three years. The tax cuts will be offset in part by an increase in the state sales tax rate to 5.75 percent from 5.5 percent. ... Full Story | Top |
| Onyx explores possible sale after rejecting Amgen offer Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 05:15 PM PDT By Ryan Vlastelica and Olivia Oran NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cancer drugmaker Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Sunday it rejected a roughly $10 billion takeover offer from larger biotechnology company Amgen Inc as too low but still is considering selling itself. Onyx said Amgen's cash offer of $120 a share, which represents a premium of about 38 percent to the company's Friday closing price, "significantly undervalued" its prospects. Deutsche Bank analyst Robin Karnauskas estimated Onyx's value to a merger partner at up to $148 a share. ... Full Story | Top |
| Western United States swelters amid deadly heat Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 04:48 PM PDT  By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) - A dangerous, record-breaking heat wave in the western United States contributed to the death of a Nevada resident and sent scores of people to hospitals with heat-related illnesses. The scorching heat, caused by a dome of hot air trapped by a high pressure ridge, pushed the mercury above 100 F (38 C) in parts of California, Arizona, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada and Utah and Texas. Paramedics in Las Vegas, where searing temperatures reached an all-time high of 118 F (48 C) on Saturday, found an elderly man dead in his apartment, which had no air-conditioning. ... Full Story | Top |
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