Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: | | Turmeric extract may protect heart after surgery: study Sun,15 Apr 2012 08:17 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Extracts from turmeric spice, known for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, may help ward off heart attacks in people who have had recent bypass surgery, according to a study from Thailand. During bypass surgery the heart muscle can be damaged by prolonged lack of blood flow, increasing the patient's risk of heart attack. But the new findings, published in the peer-reviewed American Journal of Cardiology, suggest that curcumins - the yellow pigment in turmeric - may ease those risks when added to traditional drug treatment. ... Full Story | Top | India's Piramal buys Bayer's potential Alzheimer drug Sun,15 Apr 2012 08:12 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Piramal Healthcare has agreed to buy a research and development portfolio from Bayer AG, the company said, in a deal that gives Piramal rights to florbetaben, a possible Alzheimer treatment. Florbetaben, which is in the final stages of clinical trials, works by detecting symptoms in probable sufferers of Alzheimer's, and is expected to allow earlier detection and specific treatment of the disease, Piramal said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top | Mom's caffeine not linked to infant sleep problems: study Sun,15 Apr 2012 06:45 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - A baby's sleep may not suffer just because its mother likes a daily cup or two of coffee, according to a Brazilian study based on nearly 900 new mothers. Studies over the years have come to mixed conclusions on whether caffeine during pregnancy was linked to increased risk of miscarriage or premature birth, but more recent studies have failed to show any heightened risk. Not much was known, however, about whether caffeine during pregnancy or breastfeeding might disturb new babies' sleep - until the current study, published in Pediatrics. ... Full Story | Top | Italian player's death sparks probes into ambulance delay Sun,15 Apr 2012 07:53 AM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - The death of Italian second division soccer player Piermario Morosini during a game on Saturday has triggered investigations into a delay in the ambulance's arrival and calls for more medical equipment at sporting events. The 25-year-old Morosini, a midfielder for Livorno, collapsed after a cardiac arrest in the 31st minute at Pescara in central Italy. He never regained consciousness. After the news of his death, Italy's soccer federation postponed all the weekend's professional matches. ... Full Story | Top | Singer Robin Gibb of Bee Gees fame in coma Sat,14 Apr 2012 03:28 PM PDT Reuters - Singer Robin Gibb, a founding member of the disco-era hit machine the Bee Gees, is in a coma surrounded by members of his family in a London hospital, British media reported on Saturday. A spokesman for the 62-year-old, who has been battling cancer and recently contracted pneumonia, was not immediately available to comment on the reports. "Our prayers are with Robin," an unnamed family friend told the Sun newspaper, which first reported the news. "He has kept so positive and always believed he could beat this. ... Full Story | Top | Haiti launches anti-cholera vaccination campaign Sat,14 Apr 2012 12:37 PM PDT Reuters - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - The Haitian government along with international partners including the World Health Organization launched a vaccination campaign against cholera on Saturday targeting 100,000 people in vulnerable areas of the impoverished Caribbean country. The program was launched in the slum area of Cite de Dieu, in the Haitian capital, where health practitioners are going door-to-door to deliver doses to pre-registered recipients. ... Full Story | Top | Chavez to skip Americas summit on doctors' advice Sat,14 Apr 2012 12:33 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez will not attend this weekend's hemispheric summit in Colombia and will instead fly straight to Cuba to continue radiation treatment for cancer, his foreign minister said on Saturday. The 57-year-old socialist leader said on Friday the radiation therapy was physically tiring and that his doctors were evaluating whether he should go to the "Summit of the Americas" en route to Havana for a fourth session. ... Full Story | Top | Livorno's Morosini dies after collapsing on pitch Sat,14 Apr 2012 08:50 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Livorno's Piermario Morosini has died after collapsing on the pitch with a suspected cardiac arrest during an Italian second division game at Pescara on Saturday, Italian media reported. The news comes just weeks after Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba suffered the same problem in an English FA Cup match before making a remarkable recovery in hospital. Full Story | Top | Spanish king has hip replacement surgery after fall Sat,14 Apr 2012 06:22 AM PDT Reuters - MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's King Juan Carlos I underwent hip replacement surgery in Madrid on Saturday after breaking his right hip in a fall during a private trip to Botswana, the Royal Household said. The 74-year-old monarch, who suffers osteoarthritis and had a lung operation in 2010 and knee and foot surgery in 2011, suffered a fracture "in three fragments" of the hip, a statement said. The Spanish newspaper El Pais said on its website that the king was hunting elephants in Botswana when the accident happened. ... Full Story | Top | Chavez vows to knock out rivals at Venezuela poll Fri,13 Apr 2012 07:05 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Feisty Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez acknowledged on Friday that radiation treatment for cancer was wearing him down, but he vowed to squash his opponents in October's presidential election. Ramping up the political rhetoric at a huge rally to mark the 10th anniversary of his return to power after a brief coup, Chavez said three sessions of radiation therapy in Cuba had taken their toll. ... Full Story | Top | U.S. asks court to force J&J executive to testify Fri,13 Apr 2012 05:45 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The federal government has asked a court to force Johnson & Johnson executive Alex Gorsky to testify in a lawsuit involving allegations of kickbacks and Medicaid fraud. The U.S. Department of Justice said in Massachusetts federal court filing on Wednesday that Gorsky has "relevant knowledge" concerning the marketing of the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal to long-term care pharmacy Omnicare, Inc and about "allegedly illegal payments J&J made to induce Omnicare to purchase and recommend" the drug. The government sued the company in January 2010. ... Full Story | Top | Nebraska governor rejects prenatal care funding for illegal immigrants Fri,13 Apr 2012 04:25 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman vetoed a proposal to restore Medicaid-funded prenatal care for illegal immigrants on Friday, but the initiative could still survive if the state legislature rejects his move next week. Nebraska state senators voted 31-15 on Wednesday to restore the program, which was eliminated two years ago after providing prenatal care for decades. The number of votes in favor was one more than would be needed to override the veto and the Nebraska legislature has one day left in its current session -- next Wednesday -- in which to do so. ... Full Story | Top | Argentina's "Miracle Baby" takes turn for the worse Fri,13 Apr 2012 04:14 PM PDT Reuters - BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A baby declared stillborn and then later found alive by her parents at a morgue in Argentina was in critical condition on Friday after taking a turn for the worse overnight, a hospital official said. Doctors told Analia Bouter that her baby was stillborn when she gave birth in Argentina's northern Chaco province at the start of the month. But 12 hours after her birth, when Bouter and her husband pried open the wooden coffin inside the refrigerated morgue to see her one last time, they found the baby not only breathing but yawning and stretching her arms. ... Full Story | Top | Graying America gets wired to cut healthcare costs Fri,13 Apr 2012 03:45 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Baby boomers wired to their iPads and smart phones are giving U.S. health experts some new ideas about ways to cut the soaring costs of medical care in graying America. Some of the ideas might sound like "Robo-Granny". An astronautical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has made a skin-tight undersuit equipped with sensors that can constantly monitor the vital signs of its elderly wearer and feed the data into a computer that fires off health alerts. It was first designed for a landing on Mars. ... Full Story | Top | Turmeric extract may protect heart after surgery Fri,13 Apr 2012 03:19 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study from Thailand suggests that extracts from turmeric spice, known for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, may help ward off heart attacks in people who've had recent bypass surgery. During bypass surgery the heart muscle can be damaged from prolonged lack of blood flow, increasing patients' risk of heart attack. The new findings suggest that curcumins -- the yellow pigment in turmeric -- may be able to ease those risks when added to traditional drug treatment. ... Full Story | Top |
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