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| 'Mandela vs. Mandela' family feud sinks to soap opera Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 12:29 PM PDT  By Yvonne Bell MTHATHA, South Africa (Reuters) - A feud between factions of Nelson Mandela's family descended into soap opera farce on Thursday when his grandson and heir, Mandla, accused relatives of adultery and milking the fame of the revered anti-apartheid leader. In a news conference broadcast live on TV that stunned South Africans, Mandla Mandela confirmed rumors that his young son, Zanethemba, was in fact the child of an illicit liaison between his brother Mbuso and Mandla's now ex-wife Anais Grimaud. ... Full Story | Top |
| FDA approves Orexo drug to treat opioid addiction Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 11:41 AM PDT By Toni Clarke (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Swedish drugmaker Orexo AB's drug to treat opioid addiction, the company said on Thursday, sending its shares up as much as 14.3 percent in Stockholm. The tablet, Zubsolv, dissolves under the tongue. It combines the drugs buprenorphine and naloxone and will compete with similar products, Subutex and Suboxone, made by Britain's Reckitt-Benckiser Group Plc. Orexo said its drug offers a benefit to patients over Suboxone because less is required to achieve the same effect. ... Full Story | Top |
| China probes pricing at drugmakers including GSK, Merck Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 11:24 AM PDT  By Kazunori Takada SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's top economic planning agency is investigating costs and prices charged by drugmakers, including units of GlaxoSmithKline and Merck, as foreign firms come under pressure from Beijing over possible price-fixing. The move follows a separate probe into instant milk powder, which has already led to price cuts. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is surveying production costs and prices charged at multiple foreign and Chinese drug companies, according to a July 2 statement from the commission. ... Full Story | Top |
| Authors of 'false news' may face jail under new Gambian law Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 10:09 AM PDT BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia's parliament has made sweeping changes to the country's information law, introducing new legislation that threatens those who spread "false news" with 15 years in prison and $100,000 in fines. The government said the changes were needed to ensure stability and prevent "unpatriotic behavior" but they are likely to deepen Gambia's reputation as one of West Africa's most repressive countries. The new punishments, which apply to anything that is published, were spelled out in the updated Information and Communications Act adopted late on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Reported IVF success rates can be misleading: study Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 10:08 AM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fertility centers are mandated to report the number of in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles they perform, but a new study suggests those data may give some practices misleadingly high success rates. Researchers looked at a database maintained by the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SART) and found the proportion of cycles that were begun but had no reported final outcome - successful or unsuccessful - increased from 2005 to 2010. What's more, 13 U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| People eat less after harder workouts: small study Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 07:06 AM PDT By Kerry Grens NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High intensity workouts may curb people's appetite shortly afterward, according to a small study. The researchers found that overweight men ate about 200 fewer calories following a vigorous workout than after rest. Some studies have shown that high intensity exercise is tied to appetite suppression and changes in hormones that regulate hunger and fullness, and the new research found different effects on those hormones among the various exercise regimens. ... Full Story | Top |
| Three million Europeans catch infections in hospital annually Thursday, Jul 04, 2013 03:23 AM PDT  By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - On any given day, some 80,000 patients in Europe are fighting an infection they picked up in hospital, often while in intensive care, the EU's disease monitoring agency said in a survey published on Thursday. Although some of these infections can be treated easily, others - like the superbug MRSA and other drug-resistant bugs - can be fatal or affect patients' health very seriously, taking several months of costly hospital care and medication to beat. ... Full Story | Top |
| Scientists create human liver from stem cells Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 08:35 PM PDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have for the first time created a functional human liver from stem cells derived from skin and blood and say their success points to a future where much-needed livers and other transplant organs could be made in a laboratory. While it may take another 10 years before lab-grown livers could be used to treat patients, the Japanese scientists say they now have important proof of concept that paves the way for more ambitious organ-growing experiments. ... Full Story | Top |
| Judges stand firm on California prison crowding relief plan Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 06:51 PM PDT  By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - A federal court on Wednesday refused to back down from an order requiring California to reduce prison overcrowding by the end of the year, a goal that could force the early release of up to 10,000 inmates. The decision is the latest in a feud between California Governor Jerry Brown and a panel of three judges over how best to relieve crowding and improve medical and mental health treatment in the state's 33 prisons. The judges - Stephen Reinhardt, Lawrence K. Karlton and Thelton E. ... Full Story | Top |
| Police, workers exhume Mandela's children Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 05:25 PM PDT  By Yvonne Bell MVEZO, South Africa (Reuters) - Workers armed with pick-axes and a court order broke into the compound of Nelson Mandela's grandson on Wednesday to exhume the remains of three of the anti-apartheid hero's children, a new twist in a row that has split South Africa's most famous family. Within hours of a ruling against Mandla Mandela by the high court in Mthatha, 700 km (450 miles) south of Johannesburg, police and hearses arrived at Mandla's complex in the nearby village of Mvezo, where the three Mandela offspring are buried. ... Full Story | Top |
| Top Wisconsin court upholds convictions in prayer death Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 04:35 PM PDT By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the homicide convictions of a mother and father who prayed for their dying daughter instead of seeking medical care. Madeline Neumann, 11, died in 2008 from undiagnosed diabetes at her home in Weston, Wisconsin. Her parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, were convicted in separate trials of second-degree reckless homicide. The parents were sentenced in 2009 to 10 years of probation and six months in jail. The couple's lawyers appealed the convictions. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Obamacare' foes renew attack after U.S. employer mandate delayed Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 04:21 PM PDT By Caren Bohan and Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans launched a fresh assault on "Obamacare" Wednesday, promising a congressional inquiry after the White House delayed a requirement for employer-provided health insurance until after the 2014 congressional elections. Meanwhile, the AFL-CIO labor organization, which supports the health care law, asked that its own requests for changes be given the same consideration the White House has extended to employers. That raises the prospect of numerous interest groups seeking to reopen previously settled disputes over the 2010 law. ... Full Story | Top |
| Risk of birth defect doubles for cousin couples -study Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 04:01 PM PDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Children whose parents are cousins run more than double the risk of being born with a congenital abnormality, although the overall rate of such birth defects remains low, according to new research findings. A large study in a British city with a large Pakistani community, where marriage between blood relatives is fairly common, found that so-called consanguineous parents accounted for more than 30 percent of birth defects in babies of Pakistani origin. ... Full Story | Top |
| California pot shop billed as world's largest may stay open for now -judge Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 04:00 PM PDT By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A medical marijuana dispensary billed as the world's largest cannabis store may stay open while the city of Oakland fights a U.S. government effort to shut it down or seize the property, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. There has been a tug-of-war in California between federal and local authorities over cannabis sold for purported health reasons. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obamacare implementation delay no boon for hiring Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 03:46 PM PDT  By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - The Obama administration's decision to delay a key provision of the healthcare law, by giving employers an extra year to offer insurance coverage, is not expected to significantly impact 2014 hiring since many big businees were prepared for the change. Smaller businesses, which have been among the most vocal critics of the law, say they are still coming to terms with the system's cost and complexity and need the extra time simply to make Obamacare work. "It's a good thing they delayed it," said Doug Prestwood. "There's just not enough information. ... Full Story | Top |
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