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| Brazil drops plan to import Cuban doctors Monday, Jul 08, 2013 12:08 PM PDT  BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian government, under pressure to improve public health services, has dropped plans to import a contingent of Cuban doctors and is instead looking to hire physicians in Spain and Portugal, the Health Ministry said on Monday. The plan to bring in Cuban doctors created a backlash because of questions about their qualifications. Brazilian medical associations argued that standards at Cuba's medical schools were lower than in Brazil and equivalent in some cases to a nursing education. ... Full Story | Top |
| Wife of Secretary of State Kerry condition upgraded to fair Monday, Jul 08, 2013 09:26 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Teresa Heinz Kerry's condition was upgraded to fair from critical on Monday, a day after the wife of Secretary of State John Kerry was rushed to the hospital with an unspecified illness, the State Department said on Monday. Earlier on Monday, a source said her family believed Heinz Kerry, 74, might have suffered a seizure before she was taken a hospital on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket and then flown in her own plane to be treated at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital. ... Full Story | Top |
| South African police arrest five for botched circumcision deaths Monday, Jul 08, 2013 08:16 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police have arrested five people on suspicion of murder for botched circumcisions that led to the deaths of about 30 boys in coming-of-age rituals in the rural Eastern Cape province, a police spokeswoman said on Monday. Police were also investigating suspected assault, gross bodily harm and unlawful circumcisions that left 300 others injured across the province over the last week, police spokeswoman Sibongile Soci said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Nearly half of babies have flat skull spot Monday, Jul 08, 2013 05:52 AM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Close to half of two-month-olds have a flat spot on the back of their heads, according to a new Canadian study that suggests changes in parents' habits may be a cause. Although not thought to be medically dangerous, the flattened head shape can become permanent, researchers said - which can have psychological implications for kids as they grow up. "This is super common," said Dr. Lisa Stellwagen, a neonatologist from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, who has studied what's known as plagiocephaly. ... Full Story | Top |
| Novartis psoriasis drug superior to Enbrel in study Monday, Jul 08, 2013 05:51 AM 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 |
| One in four injured youth owns a gun: study Monday, Jul 08, 2013 05:51 AM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Close to one-quarter of teenagers and young adults treated for assault injuries in a Michigan emergency room reported owning or carrying a gun, according to a new study. Most of those weapons were obtained illegally, researchers found, and 22 percent of young gun owners said they had an automatic or semi-automatic firearm. "I think the surprise, if there is any here, is the numbers really are quite high," said Dr. Robert Sege of Boston Medical Center, who wrote a commentary published with the new report in the journal Pediatrics. ... Full Story | Top |
| Japan's Olympus to raise up to $1.17 billion in share issue Monday, Jul 08, 2013 03:37 AM PDT  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp said it will raise up to 118 billion yen ($1.17 billion) in a new share issue to expand its medical equipment business and rebuild its financial health, after an accounting scandal plunged the company into the red. The shares will be offered to overseas investors, mainly in the United States and Europe, the world's biggest endoscope maker said in a statement on Monday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Texas Senate to resume battle over abortion restrictions Monday, Jul 08, 2013 03:15 AM PDT  By Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The political battle in Texas over proposed restrictions on abortion resumes on Monday with a rally by abortion opponents and a public hearing in the state Senate, where Democrat Wendy Davis staged a filibuster last month to stall the Republican-backed measure. Davis's tactic forced Republicans to start over in the state legislature their effort to pass a ban on most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and toughen regulations for abortion clinics. ... Full Story | Top |
| Activist investor sees Alere shares soaring if asset sales plan adopted Monday, Jul 08, 2013 03:06 AM PDT By Soyoung Kim and Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK (Reuters) - An activist shareholder, which has been battling Alere Inc's management, said investors could more than double the value of their stock if they backed a plan for the health diagnostics and services provider to offload assets. Coppersmith Capital Management LLC, which has a roughly 7 percent stake in Alere, made the claim in a letter to Alere investors, viewed by Reuters, ahead of an August 7 annual shareholder meeting, where four of the 10 seats in its board of directors are up for grabs. ... Full Story | Top |
| Doctors develop $260 test-tube baby system for poor world Monday, Jul 08, 2013 02:38 AM PDT By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Belgian doctors have developed a low-cost version of test-tube baby technology for use in developing countries, where sophisticated Western systems are unaffordable for most couples. The researchers said on Monday their simplified process cost around 200 euros ($260) per cycle of treatment and delivered results that were not much different to those seen with conventional in-vitro fertilization (IVF) program. ... Full Story | Top |
| Easing into outdoor workouts on sultry summer days Monday, Jul 08, 2013 01:11 AM PDT  By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - Can't take the heat? Fitness experts say one way for outdoor exercisers who dread the long, hot summer days of steamy runs and breathless aerobics during a heat wave is to embrace it. "It takes most healthy people 10 to 14 days to fully acclimate to exercising in the heat," said Dr. Cedric X. Bryant, chief science officer of the American Council on Exercise. "In order to achieve that you need to be exercising in heat." The heat-acclimated individual will sweat sooner and that sweat will be more dilute, Bryant said. ... Full Story | Top |
| President Bouteflika to return to Algeria soon:source Monday, Jul 08, 2013 01:06 AM PDT  ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is expected to leave hospital in Paris and return to Algeria soon, a source close to the presidency told Reuters on Monday. Bouteflika was rushed to hospital in France on April 27 after a stroke. The 76-year-old has ruled the North African oil and gas producer since 1999. He is part of an older generation of leaders who have dominated politics in a former French colony that supplies a fifth of Europe's natural gas imports and cooperates with the West in combating Islamist militancy. ... Full Story | Top |
| GSK examines Botox sales tactics used in China Monday, Jul 08, 2013 12:07 AM PDT  SHANGHAI/LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday it was investigating new allegations that its staff had used improper tactics to market Botox in China, but had so far found no evidence of bribery or corruption. The move follows a claim that GSK staff allegedly handed doctors cash and other rewards for prescribing Botox treatment, which the British group sells in China under an agreement with patent-holder Allergan. ... Full Story | Top |
| Wife of Secretary of State Kerry flown to Boston hospital Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 06:53 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry's wife, philanthropist and heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry, was flown on Sunday to a top Boston hospital from the Massachusetts island of Nantucket with an unspecified medical condition. Glen Johnson, a State Department official who serves as Kerry's personal spokesman, announced her illness but did not give details. Heinz Kerry, 74, was in critical but stable condition, a Boston newspaper reported. "Late Sunday afternoon, Mrs. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. relaxes health law income, insurance status rule for exchanges Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 05:32 PM PDT  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Days after delaying health insurance requirements for employers, the Obama administration has decided to roll back requirements for new state online insurance marketplaces to verify the income and health coverage status of people who apply for subsidized coverage. President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law is slated to begin offering health coverage through state marketplaces, or exchanges, beginning October 1. ... Full Story | Top |
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