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Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Opera singer Placido Domingo leaves hospital in Spain Texas passes abortion restriction bill, governor certain to sign Dozens trampled at Spain's Pamplona bull run Doctor must be present for drug-induced abortion in Missouri Firing 'attractive' assistant is legal -Iowa court reaffirms U.S. sentences man in latest fake cancer drug case U.S. FDA proposes arsenic limit in apple juice

Opera singer Placido Domingo leaves hospital in Spain  Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 11:38 AM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Opera singer Placido Domingo left a Spanish hospital on Saturday after being hospitalized earlier this week because of a blood clot in his lung, according to a posting on his official Twitter account. Domingo tweeted "Going home" and posted a picture of himself getting into a car. The 72-year-old Spaniard posted the same message on his Facebook account. The operatic tenor, who is general director of the Los Angeles Opera, was forced to cancel several appearances due to his illness but is expected to make a full recovery in three to four weeks, his publicist said on Tuesday. ... Full Story	Top
Texas passes abortion restriction bill, governor certain to sign  Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 05:02 AM PDT By Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas' Republican-controlled Senate has voted to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, ending a high-profile political battle that stirred debate over abortion rights well beyond the state's borders. Already approved by the House, the sweeping bill to restrict abortions now goes to Republican Governor Rick Perry, who is certain to sign it and had called a second special session of the legislature to get it through. It makes Texas the 13th U.S. state to pass a 20-week ban. ... Full Story	Top
Dozens trampled at Spain's Pamplona bull run  Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 04:38 AM PDT PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - Dozens of people were trampled at Spain's San Fermin bull run on Saturday when they were trapped at the narrow entrance to the bullring with the bulls that had been chasing them. The bull run at San Fermin - made famous by Ernest Hemingway in his novel "The Sun Also Rises" - is one of hundreds in Spain every year and attracts large numbers of foreign visitors. Local authorities said a 19-year-old Spaniard was being treated in hospital and was in a "very serious" condition. ... Full Story	Top
Doctor must be present for drug-induced abortion in Missouri  Friday, Jul 12, 2013 03:24 PM PDT By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A doctor will have to be present for any drug-induced abortion in Missouri starting on August 28 because Governor Jay Nixon on Friday allowed a measure passed by the state legislature to become law without his signature. Nixon, a Democrat, said he decided not to sign the law and made no further comment. The law applies to the so-called "abortion pill," RU-486 or any other abortion inducing chemical. ... Full Story	Top
Firing 'attractive' assistant is legal -Iowa court reaffirms  Friday, Jul 12, 2013 03:02 PM PDT By Kay Henderson DES MOINES (Reuters) - An Iowa dentist did not discriminate against a female assistant he fired for being "too attractive," the Iowa Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Friday in its second decision in the case. In December, the all-male court ruled that Dr. James Knight did not discriminate in firing dental hygienist Melissa Nelson after more than 10 years' service because he found her too attractive and his wife saw her as a threat. ... Full Story	Top
U.S. sentences man in latest fake cancer drug case  Friday, Jul 12, 2013 02:34 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Montana man charged with selling unapproved cancer drugs was sentenced to five years probation and six months of home confinement, U.S. law enforcement authorities said on Friday. He was also forced to forfeit some $6 million in assets. The case is the latest in roughly a dozen brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and Food and Drug Administration against distributors of unapproved pharmaceuticals. Under the latest sentencing, in U.S. District Court in Missoula, Montana, Paul Daniel Bottomley, 48, agreed to forfeit $1. ... Full Story	Top
U.S. FDA proposes arsenic limit in apple juice  Friday, Jul 12, 2013 01:38 PM PDT (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, after decades of consideration, has proposed limiting the amount of inorganic arsenic in apple juice to the same level of the potential cancer-causing chemical allowed in U.S. drinking water. Although the vast majority of apple juice that has been tested by the FDA over the years has contained low levels of inorganic arsenic that were considered safe, the FDA has been wrestling whether to set limits because of the cancer risk. ... Full Story	Top

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