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Organic food no more nutritious than non-organic: study
Mon,3 Sep 2012 10:42 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Organic produce and meat typically isn't any better for you than conventional food when it comes to vitamin and nutrient content, although it does generally reduce exposure to pesticides and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a U.S. study. "People choose to buy organic foods for many different reasons. One of them is perceived health benefits," said Crystal Smith-Spangler, who led a team of researchers from Stanford University and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care. ... Full Story | Top |
Fujifilm: still await Olympus decision on tie-up
Mon,3 Sep 2012 10:36 PM PDT
Reuters -  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp is still waiting for Olympus Corp to make a decision on whether to accept its proposal for a tie-up, an executive said on Tuesday. "We are still awaiting a decision ... and there is no change in our proposal to them either," Kouichi Tamai, senior vice president and general manager of Fujifilm's medical system business division, told reporters. ...
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Bankruptcy saves tiny Rhode Island city, but leaves scars
Mon,3 Sep 2012 05:05 PM PDT
Reuters -  Central Falls, Rhode Island (Reuters) - Central Falls, in Rhode Island, is close to emerging from bankruptcy with a plan that hammers its retired municipal employees but leaves bondholders unscathed, in a contrast with other recent U.S. municipal bankruptcies. On Thursday, a state-appointed receiver overseeing the finances of the tiny, impoverished city is expected to win court approval for a plan that rescues Central Falls from financial collapse and should balance its budget for at least the next five years. Unlike the approach of some other U.S. ...
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Organic food no healthier than non-organic: study
Mon,3 Sep 2012 02:05 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Organic produce and meat typically isn't any better for you than conventional varieties when it comes to vitamin and nutrient content, according to a new review of the evidence. But organic options may live up to their billing of lowering exposure to pesticide residue and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, researchers from Stanford University and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System found. "People choose to buy organic foods for many different reasons. One of them is perceived health benefits," said Dr. Crystal Smith-Spangler, who led the new study. ...
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Pistorius shows disabled sport can stand controversy
Mon,3 Sep 2012 01:16 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - South African "blade runner" Oscar Pistorius has unleashed a debate about disabled sport with an emotional claim that a rival in the T44 200 meters final at the London Paralympics beat him thanks to longer prosthetic legs. Pistorius had not been beaten over 200m for nine years, but the result of Sunday's final was less of a shock than the post-race outburst of a man who is the face of disabled sport partly thanks to his dignified campaign to be allowed to challenge able-bodied runners at the Olympics. ...
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Almost half of teens with autism bullied: study
Mon,3 Sep 2012 01:08 PM PDT
Reuters - New York (Reuters Health) - Close to half of all teenagers with an autism spectrum disorder are bullied at school, says a survey of their parents. The results, published Monday in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, suggest that rate is much higher than the estimated 11 percent of bullied kids in the general population. Previous studies have found kids and teens who are bullied tend to be more depressed, lonely and anxious and do worse in school than those who aren't picked on, according to the researchers. ... Full Story | Top |
Paralympics-Pistorius shows disabled sport can stand controversy
Mon,3 Sep 2012 12:42 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - South African "blade runner"Oscar Pistorius has unleashed a debate about disabled sport withan emotional claim that a rival in the T44 200 metres final atthe London Paralympics beat him thanks to longer prostheticlegs. Pistorius had not been beaten over 200m for nine years, butthe result of Sunday's final was less of a shock than thepost-race outburst of a man who is the face of disabled sportpartly thanks to his dignified campaign to be allowed tochallenge able-bodied runners at the Olympics. ... Full Story | Top |
"Sunshine" vitamin D found to speed tuberculosis recovery
Mon,3 Sep 2012 12:01 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have shown how and why the "sunshine" vitamin D can speed recovery in tuberculosis (TB) patients, helping explain why the so-called heliotherapy of a bygone, pre-antibiotic era may have done some good. From the late 1800s - well before the development of antibiotics in 1930s - TB patients were often sent to retreats where they were encouraged to soak up the sun's rays in what was known as heliotherapy or phototherapy. ... Full Story | Top |
DR Congo Ebola outbreak death toll rises to 14: medics
Mon,3 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT
Reuters - KINSHASA (Reuters) - The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 14 and the crisis is not yet under control, medical officials said on Monday. The epicenter of the outbreak, which killed its first victim last month, is in the busy town of Isiro in Orientale Province, but it has spread to the settlement of Viadana 75 km (45 miles) away, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a statement. WHO also called for aid of nearly $2 million to help Congo's weakened health sector cope with the disease. ... Full Story | Top |
Some late-day surgeries as safe as earlier ones
Mon,3 Sep 2012 08:58 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have late-day prostate and kidney surgeries fare just as well as those who have their procedures earlier in the day, according to a new study. Previous research has hinted that morning procedures - including colonoscopies and surgeries to insert a stent - might be safer or more successful than those done later in the day (for example, see Reuters Health report of June 17, 2010). Surveys have also shown many surgeons get physically and mentally tired - but it hasn't been clear whether this results in worse performance as the day goes on. ... Full Story | Top |
StemCells Inc sees gains in two of three spinal injury patients
Mon,3 Sep 2012 05:51 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Interim results from three patients in an early-stage trial of StemCells Inc's experimental cell treatment for chronic spinal cord injury show that two of them experienced gains in "sensory function," the company said on Monday. StemCells is using neural stem cells, technically adult stem cells, taken from the partly developed brains of fetuses and tested for qualities showing they are destined to form particular types of nerve cells. ... Full Story | Top |
Former NASA engineer designs app to chart water quality
Mon,3 Sep 2012 05:50 AM PDT
Reuters - STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - When environmental engineer John Feighery got an internship at NASA in the 1990s, he wanted to be an astronaut but he was given a job working with a team designing the U.S. bathroom for the space station. The small, closet-like space needed a toilet and room for hand washing, bathing and a place to keep toiletries. Feighery also worked on a project to fix equipment designed for monitoring crew health, which included testing water and air quality. ... Full Story | Top |
Fresenius pulls the plug on Rhoen takeover bid
Mon,3 Sep 2012 04:34 AM PDT
Reuters -  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German healthcare conglomerate Fresenius has dropped its attempt to take over Rhoen-Klinikum after two other companies bought stakes to block the 3.1 billion-euro ($3.9 billion) merger of Germany's two biggest private hospital operators. Fresenius said on Monday it has decided not to launch a renewed takeover offer "for the time being" but did plan to raise its stake in Rhoen to above 5 percent, a level which would put it on a par with its two antagonists, rival hospital operator Asklepios and hospital supplies firm B. Braun. Rhoen shares were down 22 percent at 15. ...
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Inhaling steroids stunts growth, but not much
Mon,3 Sep 2012 04:00 AM PDT
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Adults who took inhaled steroids as children to control their asthma may be shorter than they otherwise would have been, but only by a little, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Results of a long-term asthma study found that children who used an inhaled steroid before they entered puberty were about a half-inch shorter as adults than those who did not take the drugs. Doctors have known since the 1990s that inhaled steroids taken for asthma can delay growth, but researchers had believed these children would eventually catch up. "This is mostly good news," said Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
Child porn evidence unreliable: study of Playboy
Sun,2 Sep 2012 09:21 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A commonly used method of judging a woman's sexual maturation may not be good enough in child pornography prosecutions. That, at least, is what a group of pediatric endocrinologists concluded from a study of more than 500 Playboy centerfolds. "So often these people get convicted on what I refer to as felonious bad taste," said Dr. Arlan Rosenbloom, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville. "They're downloading stuff that isn't very nice, but isn't illegal. ... Full Story | Top |
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