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| Remains found at California home of missing autistic boy Wednesday, Jul 10, 2013 12:03 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police who mounted an intense Southern California search for a 11-year-old autistic boy who went missing this week have found remains at his home and were trying to determine if they are human, the Riverside Press-Enterprise newspaper reported on Wednesday. Police say Terry Smith, who is autistic, was last seen near his home in Menifee, about 80 miles east of Los Angeles, on Saturday night or Sunday morning. Authorities have combed the area for the boy using helicopters and bloodhounds and assisted by community volunteers. ... Full Story | Top |
| UnitedHealthcare sees doubling of accountable care business Wednesday, Jul 10, 2013 11:44 AM PDT By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group Inc on Wednesday said it expects its accountable care contracts to double to $50 billion by 2017, reimbursing far more doctors and patients according to how well and how economically medical care is delivered. The largest U.S. health insurer, whose earnings have been hurt by lower government payments for private Medicare services and prescriptions for older people, said the affordable care contracts will range across its employer-sponsored Medicare and Medicaid health benefit businesses. ... Full Story | Top |
| Texas House votes to send to state Senate bill restricting abortions Wednesday, Jul 10, 2013 10:56 AM PDT By Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas House of Representatives on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, set strict health and safety standards for abortion clinics and restrict use of the so-called "abortion pill." The House, which gave preliminary approval to the bill late on Tuesday, voted 96 to 49 on Wednesday to send it to the state Senate. ... Full Story | Top |
| Many pediatricians still not using interpreters Wednesday, Jul 10, 2013 10:52 AM PDT By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Close to half of pediatricians do not use a professional interpreter when seeing patients and families with a limited understanding of English, according to a new study. "We were surprised that the majority of pediatricians still use family members to communicate with patients who do not speak English well," said lead author Dr. Lisa DeCamp of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. ... Full Story | Top |
| North Carolina Republican governor threatens veto of abortion curbs Wednesday, Jul 10, 2013 10:49 AM PDT (Reuters) - North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory said on Wednesday that he would veto a proposal from fellow Republicans in the state legislature that would tighten regulations on abortion clinics, an unusual move that may kill the proposal for this session. Republicans tend to be anti-abortion, and Democrats tend to favor abortion rights. In his statement, McCrory told North Carolina lawmakers that any abortion measures must be drafted so they "are clearly to protect the health and the safety of women. ... Full Story | Top |
| EU to clear Baxter's $4 billion buy of Sweden's Gambro: sources Wednesday, Jul 10, 2013 10:07 AM PDT By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will approve a $4 billion bid by Baxter International Inc for Sweden's Gambro AB after the U.S. company offered to sell a unit which makes up a fifth of its turnover, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The deal, which Baxter announced in December last year, would make it the second biggest manufacturer in the dialysis market, a market set to expand in line with rising obesity and diabetes. ... Full Story | Top |
| Secretary of state chokes up talking about wife's health Wednesday, Jul 10, 2013 09:07 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry choked up on Wednesday as he spoke about his wife's illness, his voice quavering as he thanked people for their good wishes and said she is doing better. The display of emotion at talks with Chinese officials, which included wiping his eye, was rare for Kerry, whose wife Teresa Heinz Kerry, 74, was rushed to a Boston hospital on Sunday from their summer home on Massachusetts' Nantucket island with "seizure-like" symptoms. ... Full Story | Top |
| Faith healing: Going cold turkey in Myanmar behind locked doors Wednesday, Jul 10, 2013 08:19 AM PDT  By Andrew R.C. Marshall NAUNG CHEIN, Myanmar (Reuters) - A year ago, Wun Naung Lay left his village in northern Myanmar to look for work and found heroin instead. Today, the skeletal 25-year-old is locked up and going cold turkey beneath a filthy blanket in a bamboo cell. Wun Naung Lay is one of more than 600 young men who have undergone primitive drug rehabilitation at the Youth for Christ Centre, a collection of tin-roofed shacks on a riverbank in Kachin State. Myanmar is the world's second-largest producer of opium after Afghanistan and use of its derivative, heroin, is widespread. ... Full Story | Top |
| Allscripts expects bookings to rise in second quarter; shares up Wednesday, Jul 10, 2013 08:17 AM PDT By Vrinda Manocha (Reuters) - Healthcare IT company Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc forecast its first quarterly growth in bookings in six quarters, sending up its shares by as much as 8.6 percent to a 15-month high. Allscripts said it expected bookings to exceed $200 million in the second quarter ending June 30, up from about $194 million in the year-earlier quarter. "We are surprised by the company's improved near-term performance," Lazard Capital Markets analyst Steven Halper wrote in a note to clients. ... Full Story | Top |
| Roche halts diabetes drug trial in blow to pipeline Wednesday, Jul 10, 2013 07:24 AM PDT  By Katharina Bart ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche will halt development of a diabetes drug partly because of its undesired side-effects, marking another high-profile setback for the Swiss company as it struggles to diversify outside its core cancer drug portfolio. The news is a fresh blow for Roche's Basel research operations, known as pRED, which have languished in the shadow of the work done at Genentech, the 2009 acquisition that cooked up Roche's four top-selling medicines in 2011. ... Full Story | Top |
| State of U.S. health 'mediocre': report Wednesday, Jul 10, 2013 07:03 AM PDT By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States is falling behind its economic peers in most measures of health, despite making gains in the past two decades, according to a sweeping study of data from 34 countries. Although Americans are living longer, with overall U.S. life expectancy increasing to 78.2 in 2010 from 75.2 in 1990, increases in psychiatric disorders, substance abuse and conditions that cause back, muscle and joint pain mean many do not feel well enough to enjoy those added years of life. ... Full Story | Top |
| Texas House approves sweeping abortion restrictions Wednesday, Jul 10, 2013 06:32 AM PDT  By Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas House of Representatives approved sweeping abortion restrictions on Tuesday, including a ban after 20 weeks of pregnancy and tougher standards for clinics that perform the procedure. The vote of 98-49 came after a full day of sometimes emotional debate. Before the measure can head to the state Senate, it needs a final vote from the House, which is expected on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pfizer gets EU approval for wider use of Prevenar vaccine Wednesday, Jul 10, 2013 05:36 AM PDT (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said it received approval from the European health regulator to expand use of its anti-bacterial vaccine to a wider population of adults aged 18 to 49 years. The vaccine, Prevenar 13, was previously approved in Europe for use in infants, young children and adolescents between the ages of 6 weeks and 17 years and adults of 50 years and over. It is used to prevent infections from 13 strains of the Streptococcus pneumoniae bacterium, which can cause pneumonia, ear infections and even fatal diseases such as pneumococcal meningitis. ... Full Story | Top |
| Philadelphia abortion doctor pleads guilty to prescription drug charges Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 07:45 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of murdering three babies during late-term abortions pleaded guilty on Tuesday to selling prescription drugs out of his clinic, federal prosecutors said. Kermit Gosnell, 72, was sentenced in May to three life terms without parole after being found guilty on three counts of first-degree murder. As part of a deal that spared him from the death penalty, Gosnell waived his right to appeal. ... Full Story | Top |
| Novartis psoriasis drug superior to Enbrel in study Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 05:00 PM PDT ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis psoriasis drug secukinumab was superior to Amgen's Enbrel in a late-stage study, the Swiss company said on Monday, putting it in line to become the first of a clutch of new treatments to gain market approval. A phase III trial involving 1,307 patients showed that secukinumab was more effective than Enbrel in clearing skin in patients with moderate to severe plaque-type psoriasis, a painful and unsightly skin condition that causes itching and scaling. ... Full Story | Top |
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