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Insight: FDA warned PIP on implant safety in 2000
Mon,26 Dec 2011 09:32 PM PST
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As early as 2000, U.S. health authorities raised concerns about the French breast implant maker at the heart of a scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of women worldwide. That was almost ten years before the company came under scrutiny from European regulators. The Food and Drug Administration sent an investigator to inspect a plant run by the manufacturer, Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), at La Seyne Sur Mer in southeastern France in May 2000. ...
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Olympus audit panel: no violations in handover
Mon,26 Dec 2011 07:20 PM PST
Reuters -  TOKYO (Reuters) - A panel reviewing auditing at Olympus Corp said it had so far found no violations of accounting guidelines in the handoff to the Japanese arm of Ernst & Young from another auditor, which drew questions from a previous panel looking into a $1.7 billion accounting scandal. The panel said in an interim report on Tuesday, however, that further examination was needed of the handling of the takeover by Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC from KPMG AZSA LLC in 2009. External auditors for Olympus have faced questions over whether they were tough enough in monitoring its books. ...
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Ulcer bacteria may protect against diarrhea: study
Mon,26 Dec 2011 06:25 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - People who harbor ulcer-causing bacteria in their stomachs may be protected against some diarrheal diseases, according to an Israeli study. Some previous studies had suggested that being infected with the bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, increases the risk of diarrhea, while others have reported finding the opposite, said researchers from Tel Aviv University. "Our findings suggest an active role of H. pylori in the protection against diarrheal diseases," wrote lead author Dani Cohen in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. ... Full Story | Top |
Latin American women fret over scandal-hit implants
Mon,26 Dec 2011 04:32 PM PST
Reuters -  BOGOTA (Reuters) - Fear and anger are growing among women with breast implants in Latin America, a key market for the bankrupt French firm that used industrial silicone to make cheap prostheses linked to health risks. The implants at the center of the scandal were made by the now defunct Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) and appear to have an unusually high rupture rate, prompting French authorities to urge women to have them removed. ...
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PIP implants sold to Dutch firm under new name
Mon,26 Dec 2011 03:46 PM PST
Reuters -  AMSTERDAM/MARSEILLE (Reuters) - Potentially dangerous breast implants made by a now-defunct French company were sold to about 1,000 Dutch women under a different name, a Dutch health official said on Monday, broadening a scandal that could affect some 300,000 women worldwide. Dutch health authority spokeswoman Diane Bouhuijs said a Dutch company had bought implants made by France's Poly Implant Prothese, which went bankrupt in 2010 after French health authorities shut its doors and is now under investigation. The Dutch firm sold them in the Netherlands rebranded as "M-implants". ...
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Latin American women fret over scandal-hit implants
Mon,26 Dec 2011 11:37 AM PST
Reuters - BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Fear and anger are growing among women with breast implants in Latin America, a key market for the bankrupt French firm that used industrial silicone to make cheap prostheses linked to health risks. The implants at the center of the scandal were made by the now defunct Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) and appear to have an unusually high rupture rate, prompting French authorities to urge women to have them removed. ...
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Paul builds campaign on doomsday scenarios
Mon,26 Dec 2011 10:42 AM PST
Reuters -  WASHINGTON, Iowa (Reuters) - The man who might win the Republican Party's first presidential nominating contest fears that the United Nations may take control of the U.S. money supply. Campaigning for the January 3 Iowa caucuses, Ron Paul warns of eroding civil liberties, a Soviet Union-style economic collapse and violence in the streets. The Texas congressman, author of "End the Fed," also wants to eliminate the central banking system that underpins the world's largest economy. ...
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China's Mengniu says destroys tainted milk
Mon,26 Dec 2011 10:12 AM PST
Reuters - SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd, the nation's biggest dairy firm, said it had destroyed milk found to be contaminated with a cancer-causing substance, the latest food safety problem to hit the country's dairy industry. Mengniu said in a statement posted on its website over the weekend that it had destroyed a batch of products at a plant in the southwestern province of Sichuan found by the government quality watchdog to contain aflatoxin, a substance produced by food fungus that can cause severe liver damage, including liver cancer. ... Full Story | Top |
Ulcer bacteria may protect against diarrhea
Mon,26 Dec 2011 08:32 AM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who harbor ulcer-causing bacteria in their stomachs may be protected against some diarrheal diseases, suggests a new study. The bacterium, called Helicobacter pylori, is especially common throughout the developing world, but only causes symptoms in a minority of those it infects. People with chronic H. pylori infections are known to have an increased risk of stomach cancer and related diseases, but how infection is related to diarrheal diseases and the bacteria that cause them is still up for debate. ... Full Story | Top |
Fujifilm: too early to say if it will invest in Olympus
Mon,26 Dec 2011 07:20 AM PST
Reuters -  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fujifilm Holdings is watching developments at scandal-ridden Olympus Corp but it is too early to say if it will invest in the rival endoscope maker, a senior executive told Reuters in an interview on Monday. Fujifilm, a film and camera maker that has been diversifying into medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, as well as Sony Corp and Panasonic Corp were named by a newspaper last week as potential investors in Olympus. The report said Olympus was seeking to replenish its capital base by issuing $1.3 billion in preferred shares. ...
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Women's lung cancer risk not tied to childbirths
Mon,26 Dec 2011 06:22 AM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A woman's lung cancer risk doesn't appear to be linked to the number of children she has, although some scientists had thought hormonal changes during pregnancy might protect against the disease. That's according to a new report that sums up 16 previous studies on the topic, which researchers have explored to get a better understanding of lung cancer and possible treatments. If lung cancer in women were tied to hormones the same way some breast cancers are, for instance, similar drugs might be effective against both diseases, said Jessica K. ... Full Story | Top |
Imagining realistic resolutions for a fit New Year
Mon,26 Dec 2011 06:10 AM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Have you already begun to fret over keeping that looming New Year's resolution to shape up in the coming months? Experts say while wishing will not make it so, visualizing your trimmer, fitter self can help to set you on the right path. "Visualize your success," advises fitness and wellness instructor Shirley Archer. "Imagine a perfect day where you are at fitness level that you want. How would you look and feel and what would you be able to do easily if you enjoyed your ideal fitness?" Then, said Archer, the author of "Fitness 9 to 5," get to work on specific goals. ...
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Doctors split on vaccine strategy to shield babies
Sun,25 Dec 2011 10:38 PM PST
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A large group of U.S. doctors on Monday gave the green light for pediatricians to offer vaccines to close family members of babies who are too young to get shots themselves. The strategy, known as cocooning, is meant to block diseases from reaching the infant in the first place and is backed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But earlier this month, Canadian government researchers suggested that at least for whooping cough, a major infectious disease worldwide, cocooning comes with a hefty price tag. ... Full Story | Top |
Holiday recalls hit snack makers, alfalfa producer
Sun,25 Dec 2011 03:51 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Two U.S. food makers have voluntarily recalled snacks contaminated by peanuts, while another firm increased its recall of alfalfa products due to salmonella contamination, the Food and Drug Administration said on Sunday. Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Eillien's Candies, Inc. recalled its Yogurt Raisins, Granola Mix and Cinnamon Granola Mix products while Maribel's Sweets Inc of New York recalled its New York Handbag Collection chocolates because the products may contain undeclared peanuts, the FDA said. ... Full Story | Top |
Mead Johnson says retesting shows Enfamil is safe
Sun,25 Dec 2011 09:28 AM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Mead Johnson said on Sunday that a new round of testing of samples of its Enfamil baby formula, under investigation by health officials, showed that the product was safe. The company said in a statement that it had retested samples from a batch of Enfamil premium newborn powdered formula and found no presence of Cronobacter, a bacterium that has sometimes been linked to rare illnesses in newborns. Enfamil was pulled off shelves at WalMart last week after the death of an infant in Missouri, who had been fed the formula and tested positive for Cronobacter. ... Full Story | Top |
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