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Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Octogenarian Japanese climber aims for Everest record India's top court dismisses Novartis plea for Glivec patent GERD label makes parents more likely to want medicine Insight: China's losing battle against state-backed polluters South Africa says Mandela's condition has improved

Octogenarian Japanese climber aims for Everest record  Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 11:53 PM PDT By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had heart surgery four times is heading to Mount Everest to try for a third ascent of the world's highest peak and will become the oldest person to reach the top if he succeeds. Yuichiro Miura climbed to the summit of the 8,850 meter (29,035 ft) mountain in 2003 and 2008. He skied down Everest from an altitude of 8,000 meters (26,246 ft) in 1970. ... Full Story	Top
India's top court dismisses Novartis plea for Glivec patent  Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 11:38 PM PDT By Suchitra Mohanty and Kaustubh Kulkarni NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's top court has dismissed Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG's attempt to win patent protection for its cancer drug Glivec, a serious blow to Western pharmaceutical firms who are increasingly focusing on India to drive sales. The decision also sets a benchmark for several intellectual property disputes in India, where many patented drugs are unaffordable for most of its 1.2 billion people, 40 percent of whom earn less than $1.25 a day. ... Full Story	Top
GERD label makes parents more likely to want medicine  Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 09:14 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Telling the parents of babies who spit up and cry frequently that their child has gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, makes them more likely to want medicine - even if they're also told it isn't likely to help much, a new study suggests. Most babies who spit up don't have an acid reflux problem, researchers said, just a not-quite-developed upper stomach valve. Still, an increasing number of those kids are being labeled as having GERD - even though a definitive diagnosis normally requires an invasive test. ... Full Story	Top
Insight: China's losing battle against state-backed polluters  Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 06:58 PM PDT By David Stanway SHANGHANG COUNTY, China (Reuters) - When Zijin Mining Group threatened to move its headquarters some 270 kms from its home county of Shanghang to Xiamen on China's southeast coast, a local Communist Party boss rushed to confront the company's chairman Chen Jinghe. "If you want to move, you'll have to move the Zijin Mountain to Xiamen as well," the official told Chen, referring to a vast local mine that has helped transform the firm into China's top gold producer and second-biggest copper miner. ... Full Story	Top
South Africa says Mandela's condition has improved  Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 12:07 PM PDT By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The condition of South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela has improved further, the government said on Sunday, as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero spent a fourth day in hospital receiving treatment for pneumonia. "Nelson Mandela had a restful day," South Africa's presidency said in a statement, adding doctors treating him had reported "a further improvement in his condition". "Government is satisfied that the doctors are providing the former president with the best medical care possible to enable his recovery and comfort," the statement said. ... Full Story	Top

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