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| S.Africa's Mandela back in hospital with lung infection Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 12:22 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection, the government said on Thursday. A statement said the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader was admitted shortly before midnight. It gave no further details other than to say he was receiving the "best possible expert medical treatment and comfort". Mandela was admitted briefly to hospital earlier this month for a check up. However, he spent nearly three weeks in hospital in December with a lung infection and after surgery to remove gallstones. ... Full Story | Top |
| South Africa's Mandela back in hospital with lung infection Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 12:14 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection, the government said on Thursday. A statement said the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader was admitted shortly before midnight. It gave no further details other than to say he was receiving the "best possible expert medical treatment and comfort". Mandela was admitted briefly to hospital earlier this month for a check up. However, he spent nearly three weeks in hospital in December with a lung infection and after surgery to remove gallstones. ... Full Story | Top |
| UK scientists develop safer foot-and-mouth vaccine Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 06:35 PM PDT  By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have developed a new vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease that is safer and easier to manufacture, an advance they believe should greatly increase production capacity and reduce costs. The technology behind the livestock product might also be applied to make improved human vaccines to protect against similar viruses, including polio. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pfizer gets new rebuff from UK cost body for cancer drug Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 05:04 PM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer suffered a second rejection in two days from Britain's health cost watchdog NICE as its new kidney cancer drug Inlyta was turned down for use on the state health service. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) said on Thursday the new treatment was not a cost-effective use of National Health Service resources. The decision follows a similar rebuff for Pfizer's lung cancer drug Xalkori on Wednesday. In both cases, the NICE recommendations are preliminary and subject to further consultation. (Reporting by Ben Hirschler; Editing by Mark Potter) Full Story | Top |
| Pfizer gets new rebuff from NICE for cancer drug Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 05:02 PM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer suffered a second rejection in two days from health cost watchdog NICE as its new kidney cancer drug Inlyta was turned down for use on the state health service. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) said on Thursday the new treatment was not a cost-effective use of National Health Service resources. The decision follows a similar rebuff for Pfizer's lung cancer drug Xalkori on Wednesday. In both cases, the NICE recommendations are preliminary and subject to further consultation. (Reporting by Ben Hirschler; Editing by Mark Potter) Full Story | Top |
| Republicans in Massachusetts Senate race debate abortion, Social Security Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 04:59 PM PDT By Scott Malone NEEDHAM, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The three Republicans seeking to fill Massachusetts' open seat in the Senate sparred over social issues on Wednesday, staking out opposing views on abortion and social programs in the first debate to feature candidates from both parties. The Republican front-runner Michael Sullivan, a former U.S. Attorney in Boston, was the sole candidate from his party to say he opposed abortion while rivals Daniel Winslow, a state representative, and Gabriel Gomez, a private equity executive, said they supported abortion rights. ... Full Story | Top |
| Brazilian doctor charged with 7 murders, may have killed 300: investigator Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 04:39 PM PDT  By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian doctor who was charged with killing seven patients to free up beds at a hospital intensive care unit may have been responsible for as many as 300 deaths, according to a Health Ministry investigator. Prosecutors said Dr. Virginia Soares de Souza and her medical team administered muscle relaxing drugs to patients, then reduced their oxygen supply, causing them to die of asphyxia at the Evangelical Hospital in the southern city of Curitiba. ... Full Story | Top |
| New York City marks 10th anniversary of smoking ban Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 02:40 PM PDT  By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg marked the tenth anniversary on Wednesday of his ban on smoking in bars and restaurants with a report saying the ban and subsequent anti-smoking measures had prevented 10,000 premature deaths. "Ten years ago when New York City prohibited smoking in restaurants and bars, many predicted the end of the hospitality, restaurant and tourism industries," Bloomberg said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| FDA approves Biogen's oral MS drug, Tecfidera Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 02:10 PM PDT  By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved a new multiple sclerosis drug made by Biogen Idec Inc that is widely expected to become the No. 1 oral treatment for the disease, with annual sales topping $3 billion. The drug, Tecfidera, activates a chemical pathway in the body known as Nrf2 that helps protect nerve cells from damage and inflammation. Following Wednesday's approval by the Food and Drug Administration, Biogen said it will launch the drug within the coming days. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cutting copays may increase women's cancer screening Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 02:03 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More women may get screened for breast and cervical cancers if they don't have to pay for the tests, according to a new study from Japan. A year after the Japanese government started picking up the tab for Pap smears and mammograms for certain groups of women, the percentage of eligible women who got screened nearly doubled compared to a few years earlier when most women had to pay for screenings. "This is consistent with prior research. ... Full Story | Top |
| Four children, one adult die in mobile home fire in Illinois Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 01:34 PM PDT (Reuters) - Five people, including four children, died when a fire swept through a mobile home in small town in western Illinois, local officials said on Wednesday. The Mercer County Sheriff's office said authorities were called early Wednesday to the fire at the mobile home in Sherrard, Illinois, about 10 miles south of Moline. They recovered the bodies of one adult and four children. Another adult and two children had escaped from the fire unharmed. Investigators from several agencies were still trying to determine the cause of the blaze. ... Full Story | Top |
| Vitamin D might help some Parkinson's patients Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 12:44 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Depending on their genes, some Parkinson's patients may be able to slow their deterioration by taking vitamin D supplements, according to a small study from Japan. Researchers randomly assigned 114 people with Parkinson's disease to take either vitamin D or a placebo every day for a year and found the neurologic condition didn't progress as much in those who took the supplements, compared to those who took placebos. But that was only true for people with certain versions of a gene for the vitamin D receptor. Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
| Joint pain, function not always better after surgery Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 12:43 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Only about half of people who have a knee or hip replaced see meaningful improvements in pain and disability in the months after surgery, a new study from Canada suggests. Researchers found people who had worse knee or hip pain to begin with, fewer general health problems and no arthritis outside of the replaced joint were more likely to report benefits. ... Full Story | Top |
| Child alone with mother's corpse for days in New Jersey apartment Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 12:15 PM PDT By David Jones NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A 4-year-old boy who spent four days in a New Jersey apartment with his mother's corpse was released on Wednesday from a New Jersey hospital where he was treated for malnutrition after being too weak to open the home's refrigerator, police said. After Kiana Workman, 38, died apparently of natural causes in the Union, New Jersey, apartment, her son spent four days alone with her body, rubbing lotion on her skin in an attempt to revive her, police said. He was found on Tuesday at the Mill Run apartment complex, police said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Popularity helps buffer Apple from Chinese state-media attacks Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 11:52 AM PDT  By Melanie Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese Internet users are crying foul over the perceived unfair treatment doled out to Apple Inc by state-run media which has actively criticized the smartphone maker for the past two weeks over its warranty policy. Apple and Volkswagen AG were singled out on March 15 by state-run China Central Television in its annual corporate malpractice expose. CCTV accused Apple of having discriminatory after-sales service in China compared to the rest of the world. ... Full Story | Top |
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