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Obama healthcare law could sharply worsen U.S. deficits: study
Mon,9 Apr 2012 11:03 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's healthcare law could sharply exceed its cost-savings targets and add up to $530 billion to the federal budget deficit, a leading authority on U.S. government benefit programs said on Tuesday. A study by Charles Blahous, a George Mason University research fellow and the Republican trustee for the Medicare and Social Security entitlement programs for the elderly, challenges the administration's contention that the 2010 law would better keep healthcare costs in line. ... Full Story | Top |
Mississippi teen pregnancy rate highest in U.S.: CDC
Mon,9 Apr 2012 09:04 PM PDT
Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - Mississippi has the highest teen birthrate in the nation while New Hampshire has the lowest, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, following up on a report that found the incidence of pregnancy among U.S. teens was falling. Mississippi reported 55 births per 1,000 teens aged 15 to 19 in 2010, more than 60 percent above the U.S. average, according to state data released on Tuesday. New Hampshire's rate was less half the national average at 15.7 births for the same age group. ... Full Story | Top |
Fallout grows from hacking of Utah health database
Mon,9 Apr 2012 08:55 PM PDT
Reuters - SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A data security breach of Utah's state health records was far larger than first reported, with hackers from Eastern Europe now believed to have gained access to private information of some 780,000 patients, state officials said on Monday. The intrusion exposed the Social Security numbers of about 280,000 individuals to potential theft and compromised less sensitive personal information such as names, addresses and birth dates of an estimated 500,000 others, Utah Department of Health spokesman Tom Hudachko said. "It's certainly worrisome," Hudachko said. ... Full Story | Top |
Olympus investors urged to oppose new leadership, accounts
Mon,9 Apr 2012 08:32 PM PDT
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - A global shareholder advisory firm has urged investors in Japan's scandal-tainted Olympus Corp to refuse to accept the firm's recently restated accounts and to vote against two men nominated to lead the business out of disgrace. ISS Proxy Advisory Services has made the recommendations ahead of an extraordinary shareholder meeting on April 20, when the maker of cameras and medical equipment will try to draw a line under a $1.7 billion fraud that threatened to sink it. ... Full Story | Top |
Kidney "living donations" favor some patient groups
Mon,9 Apr 2012 06:24 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Americans who receive a kidney from someone who is not a relative tend to be white, highly educated and live in wealthier neighborhoods, according to a new study that calls for wider outreach to promote living donation. Researchers say the findings demonstrate that financial and educational barriers to donating a kidney make it harder for the poor and minorities to give or receive an organ. "We're not doing enough in this country to remove disincentives to living donation," said Dr. ...
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Mom's obesity tied to child's autism, development: study
Mon,9 Apr 2012 05:26 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Children born to obese women are more likely to be diagnosed with autism or related developmental delays than the children of slimmer mothers, according to a U.S. survey. The research, which appeared in Pediatrics, was looking for the impact on childrens' cognitive development from a variety of "metabolic conditions" in the mother, including high blood pressure or diabetes. The strongest links were found between obesity and autism-related disorders. ...
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Mom's obesity tied to child's autism, development: study
Mon,9 Apr 2012 05:24 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Children born to obese women are more likely to be diagnosed with autism or related developmental delays than the children of slimmer mothers, according to a U.S. survey. The research, which appeared in Pediatrics, was looking for the impact on childrens' cognitive development from a variety of "metabolic conditions" in the mother, including high blood pressure or diabetes. The strongest links were found between obesity and autism-related disorders. ... Full Story | Top |
Medtronic backs heart-lead report that irks St Jude
Mon,9 Apr 2012 04:56 PM PDT
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc said on Monday it agreed with research findings that favored the medical device maker's Sprint Quattro heart defibrillator lead over a rival product by St Jude Medical Inc. St Jude on Friday urged medical journal HeartRhythm to retract an article on the research written by Dr. Robert Hauser of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation. Hauser had analyzed data on lead failures and death rates for St Jude's Riata and Riata ST defibrillator leads - which were discontinued in December 2010 because of insulation problems - and Medtronic's Quattro leads. ... Full Story | Top |
Oklahoma, weighing 'personhood' law, may be next U.S. abortion flashpoint
Mon,9 Apr 2012 04:35 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - A proposed law in Oklahoma that would grant embryos full rights as people from the moment of conception may represent the next big challenge to the constitutional right to abortion in the United States. Oklahoma's Personhood Act passed the state Senate in February and is expected to be approved by the Republican-controlled House within weeks. The state's Republican governor, Mary Fallin, is an abortion opponent and is expected to sign the bill if it passes. If an embryo has full legal rights, abortion would represent murder. ... Full Story | Top |
Vaccines group gets cut-price GSK, Merck rotavirus shots
Mon,9 Apr 2012 04:21 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - International vaccines group GAVI has struck a deal for bulk buying rotavirus shots from GlaxoSmithKline and Merck which cuts the price by two-thirds and will allow poorer countries access to them at around $5 per course. The vaccines, GSK's Rotarix and Merck's Rotateq, combat the main cause of diarrhea - the second-largest killer of children under the age of five worldwide. ...
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Avon names J&J's McCoy as CEO; shares fall
Mon,9 Apr 2012 02:15 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Avon Products Inc named Johnson & Johnson senior executive Sherilyn McCoy as its new CEO, presenting Coty Inc with another hurdle in its $10 billion bid for the world's largest direct seller of cosmetics. The appointment of McCoy, who lost the competition for J&J's top job earlier this year, ended a four-month search for a fresh face to replace charismatic chairman and CEO Andrea Jung as Avon attempts to turn itself around. At J&J, McCoy was responsible for brands including Neutrogena and Lubriderm. ...
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Colon screening more likely when patients pick test
Mon,9 Apr 2012 01:35 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study finds that people are more likely to get screened for colorectal cancer when their doctors recommend they get a stool test instead of a colonoscopy, or when doctors leave it up to patients to choose which test to have. The results suggest doctors should take their patients' preferences into consideration before recommending one test or the other, according to the researchers. "The basic finding here is, when offered a choice, you not only get better screening participation, but also a significant proportion of people don't choose colonoscopy," said Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
FDA program to foster innovation starts with kidneys
Mon,9 Apr 2012 01:33 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three experimental kidney devices may reach patients sooner under a plan from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that would change the way the agency deals with medical innovation. The three devices are all novel technologies that treat end-stage renal disease, or progressive kidney failure, and are developed by start-up companies or academic institutions. The move comes as device makers push the FDA to promote innovation and speed up the review of devices, while advocacy groups contend the agency is doing too little to protect consumers. ... Full Story | Top |
Is high spending on cancer care 'worth it'?
Mon,9 Apr 2012 01:01 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the United States spending more on healthcare than any other country — $2.5 trillion, or just over $8,000 per capita, in 2009 — the question has long been, is it worth it? At least for spending on cancer, a controversial new study answers with an emphatic "yes." Cancer patients in the United States who were diagnosed from 1995 to 1999 lived an average 11.1 years after that, compared with 9. ...
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Icahn sues Amylin, pushes for sale
Mon,9 Apr 2012 12:54 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Carl Icahn sued Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc to block enforcement of a bylaw that prevents the billionaire investor from launching a proxy fight that could lead to a sale of the maker of diabetes drugs. Icahn, whose 8.94 percent stake has made him Amylin's third-largest shareholder, faulted the company for failing to reveal its rejection of a $3.5 billion unsolicited takeover bid, or $22 per share, from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. ...
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