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Colorado farm linked to listeria outbreak files for bankruptcy
Sat,26 May 2012 11:02 PM PDT
Reuters - DENVER (Reuters) - The Colorado farm that grew cantaloupes linked to a listeria outbreak that killed more than 30 people last year has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, court documents showed. Jensen Farms of Holly, Colorado, listed $2.1 million in assets and more than $2.5 million in liabilities in documents filed on Friday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Denver. In its bankruptcy papers, the farm listed numerous wrongful death lawsuits it faces in the wake of the outbreak. ... Full Story | Top |
Sanofi's cholesterol drug reports positive test results
Sat,26 May 2012 09:16 AM PDT
Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - An experimental cholesterol treatment being jointly developed by Regeneron and Sanofi has shown it can lower bad cholesterol levels in difficult-to-treat patients, according to data from a mid-stage study published on Saturday. The treatment, a monoclonal antibody that works by blocking a protein called PCSK9 which preserves high bad cholesterol levels in the bloodstream, is a component of a new type of drug that could become effective in preventing heart attack and stroke. ... Full Story | Top |
Patz suspect's lawyer well versed in psychiatric defense
Fri,25 May 2012 04:53 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The lawyer assigned to handle the defense of Pedro Hernandez, the man who New York police say has confessed to strangling Etan Patz 33 years ago, has a track record of representing high-profile homicide defendants with a history of mental illness. Harvey Fishbein, a 39-year veteran of criminal defense law in New York, wasted no time in signaling that Hernandez's mental fitness would be an issue in the case. ... Full Story | Top |
California tobacco tax measure risks going up in smoke
Fri,25 May 2012 03:45 PM PDT
Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Health-conscious Californians may mostly oppose smoking for its costs to public health and the economy but an aggressive tobacco industry campaign and general anti-tax sentiment may block a measure to raise taxes on smokers. Airwaves in the most populous U.S. state are filling up with advertising for and against Proposition 29, a June 5 ballot measure that would add a $1 tax to a pack of cigarettes, taking the tax to $1.87, mainly to fund medical research on tobacco usage and programs to prevent and control it. ... Full Story | Top |
Clock ticking on Illinois Medicaid, pension reforms
Fri,25 May 2012 02:31 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Facing a May 31 deadline, the Illinois General Assembly on Friday raced to pass legislation to stop the state from sinking under pension and Medicaid payments, which account for 39 percent of general fund spending. Both chambers of the Democratic-controlled legislature on Thursday sent Governor Pat Quinn a bill that would slice spending on Medicaid, the joint federal-state healthcare program for the poor, by $1.6 billion by reducing eligibility and provider rates and cutting or eliminating programs. ... Full Story | Top |
Tranzyme GI drug fails second late-stage trial
Fri,25 May 2012 02:30 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Tranzyme Pharma said its experimental drug to improve gastrointestinal recovery after surgery failed to meet the main or secondary goals of a second late-stage trial. In March, the company said it would stop development of the drug, ulimorelin, after it failed earlier late-stage study. "These results confirm the findings of the earlier study and support our earlier decision to stop all (new drug application) activities for ulimorelin," the company said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
Can kids be sent home right after appendectomy?
Fri,25 May 2012 02:19 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most children and teens getting their appendix removed could probably go home on the same day they have surgery without facing an increased risk of complications, a new study suggests. Researchers at Miami Children's Hospital tested the theory on more than 200 pediatric appendectomy cases, and the kids who went home after surgery had about the same rates of complications and readmissions as the kids who stayed in the hospital overnight. Most parents didn't seem to mind the same-day discharge. ... Full Story | Top |
Patz suspect's lawyer well versed in psychiatric defense
Fri,25 May 2012 02:15 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The lawyer assigned to handle the defense of Pedro Hernandez, the man who police say has confessed to strangling Etan Patz 33 years ago, has a track record of representing high-profile homicide defendants with a history of mental illness. Harvey Fishbein, a 39-year veteran of criminal defense law in New York, was assigned to represent Hernandez at his arraignment on Friday. Fishbein declined to comment on the case, saying only that he would like the media to respect the Hernandez family's privacy. ... Full Story | Top |
Women get less information on post-cancer fertility
Fri,25 May 2012 12:32 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer treatment can sometimes lead to infertility, but young women are less likely than young men to be informed of that risk, a new study suggests. Swedish researchers found that of nearly 500 cancer survivors ages 18 to 45, most men -- 80 percent -- said their doctor had told them their chemotherapy could affect their future fertility. But only 48 percent of women said the same, the team reports in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. What's more, women were far less likely to have received information about options for preserving their fertility. ... Full Story | Top |
FBI probes fires at women's clinics in Georgia
Fri,25 May 2012 11:51 AM PDT
Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - The FBI says it is investigating "intentional" fires that erupted this week at two Atlanta-area women's clinics, one of which performs abortions. "FBI-Atlanta is seeking information regarding intentional fires," the agency said in a statement. It said the first of the blazes occurred on Sunday morning after someone broke out the front window of a gynecological office and set a fire inside the building. "An incendiary substance was present," the FBI said in its statement. "Laboratory results are pending. ... Full Story | Top |
Tide to change Pods lid over child safety concerns
Fri,25 May 2012 11:42 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - After at least one child was hospitalized for swallowing its prettily packaged detergent, Procter & Gamble Co said on Friday it will make Tide Pods more difficult to open. A double latch will be put on the lid of Tide Pods tubs and should be in markets in the next couple of weeks, P&G spokesman Paul Fox said on Friday. The American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) issued a warning last week that people should keep highly concentrated, single-dose packs of detergent high up and out of the reach of children. ... Full Story | Top |
Chronic diseases are health ministers' target -WHO
Fri,25 May 2012 11:28 AM PDT
Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - The world's health ministers have agreed to try to cut premature deaths from chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and cancer by 25 percent by 2025, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. Heart disease, diabetes, cancers and chronic respiratory illnesses are the biggest killer globally, according to the United Nations agency. They account for 36 million deaths a year, or 63 percent of all mortality, and one-quarter of premature deaths under the age of 60. ... Full Story | Top |
Interpreters may help shorten hospital stays
Fri,25 May 2012 10:43 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hospitalized patients who aren't fluent in English end up spending fewer days in the hospital when they get help from a language interpreter at certain crucial times, according to a new U.S. study. People who had access to translation services were also less likely to be readmitted for the same complaint within the next month, researchers found. ... Full Story | Top |
Saw palmetto no better than placebo in men with BPH
Fri,25 May 2012 10:41 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Saw palmetto, a fruit extract some men take to relieve the symptoms of an enlarged prostate, is no more effective than a sugar pill, according to the latest review of research on the herbal remedy. "Many different preparations (of saw palmetto) have been looked at without convincing evidence that one is better than another," said Dr. Timothy Wilt, senior author of the study and a researcher at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. "I believe we should move on and look elsewhere" for effective treatments. More than 1.6 million U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Analysis: HMO stocks may struggle over health claim costs
Fri,25 May 2012 10:12 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans' low use of healthcare services has proved a boon to health insurers over the past two years, reducing medical claim costs and raising profits. The growing view on Wall Street is that those days are over. A series of first-quarter earnings disappointments for health insurers in the past month has damped hopes for a repeat of the profit windfalls that led to huge stock gains in 2011. After digesting the reports, many investors fear that medical claims costs are poised to rise. ... Full Story | Top |
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