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| Many trapped in Bangladesh building as toll climbs to 175 Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 11:51 PM PDT  By Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - At least 175 mainly women workers were killed in a Bangladesh building collapse and rescuers searching for survivors said on Thursday that many more were trapped in the rubble of a complex that housed factories supplying Western clothes retailers. The disaster, which comes five months after a factory fire that killed more than 100 people, could hurt Bangladesh's reputation as a source of low-cost goods and call attention to European and North American companies that buy products there. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bayer cuts plastics outlook, as higher costs hurt Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 11:49 PM PDT  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Weak demand for Bayer's plastics and chemicals forced the diversified healthcare group to lower its outlook for its MaterialScience division, marring earnings gains at its farming pesticides unit. First-quarter adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) edged 0.4 percent higher to 2.45 billion euros ($3.18 billion), which was slightly below the average estimate in a Reuters poll of 2.59 billion. The shares were 1.6 percent lower in pre-market indications provided by brokerage Lang & Schwarz. ... Full Story | Top |
| AstraZeneca first-quarter sales tumble as generic losses bite deep Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 11:11 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's sales fell by a bigger-than-expected 13 percent in the first quarter as patent expiries sent revenue from key medicines skidding lower, underscoring the turnaround challenge facing Britain's second biggest drugmaker. The group reiterated its expectation for a mid-to-high single digit percentage fall in revenue this year, with earnings declining significantly more due to increased operating costs. Sales in the quarter of $6.39 billion generated "core" earnings, which exclude certain items, down 25 percent at $1.41 a share, the company said on Thursday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Seattle police look for fake nurse who tried to steal meds from IVs Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 06:00 PM PDT  By Elaine Porterfield SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle police call it one of the boldest attempted drug thefts they have seen: A woman impersonating a nurse, apparently addicted to painkillers, crept through the hospital rooms of patients and tried to steal medication from their IV machines. "It's pretty unusual, pretty brazen," Seattle police spokeswoman Renee Witt said on Wednesday. "It really shows how desperate this woman is and how powerful addiction can be. ... Full Story | Top |
| Republican leaders withdraw healthcare bill amid conservative concerns Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 05:46 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the House of Representatives on Wednesday withdrew a bill that would change the Obama administration's healthcare law amid conservative concerns that the legislation was replacing one big government program with another. The House cleared the way to debate the bill, which was designed to help Americans with pre-existing medical conditions while preventing the administration from using an alternate source of funding to implement its healthcare law. ... Full Story | Top |
| Los Angeles retains notorious rankings for worst smog, traffic Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 05:41 PM PDT By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles may boast some of the best weather among U.S. cities while scoring high in celebrity sightings, but the Southern California metropolis remains unable to shake off its more notorious No. 1 rankings for worst smog and heaviest traffic. Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest city, again topped the charts for ozone pollution, and finished fourth for particulate pollution such as dust and soot, in the American Lung Association's annual national air quality report card, released on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| African Union brings Sudan, rebels together for peace talks Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 04:53 PM PDT  By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The African Union on Wednesday brought together for the first time for peace talks Sudan and insurgents fighting government troops in two states bordering South Sudan, in a conflict that has affected almost a million people. Fighting broke out between the Sudanese army and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, or SPLM-North, in the states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile around the time of South Sudan's secession from Khartoum in 2011. The violence has displaced or severely affected more than 900,000 people, according to the United Nations. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sugary drinks can raise diabetes risk by 22 percent -study Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 03:07 PM PDT  By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Drinking just one can of sugar-laced soda drink a day increases the risk of developing diabetes by more than a fifth, according to a large European study published on Wednesday. Using data from 350,000 people in eight European countries, researchers found that every extra 12 fluid ounce (340 ml) serving of sugar-sweetened drink raises the risk of diabetes by 22 percent compared with drinking just one can a month or less. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bangladesh factory building collapse kills nearly 100 Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 02:53 PM PDT  By Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - A block housing garment factories and shops collapsed in Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing nearly 100 people and injuring more than a thousand, officials said. Firefighters and troops dug frantically through the rubble at the eight-storey Rana Plaza building in Savar, 30 km (20 miles) outside Dhaka. Television showed young women workers, some apparently semi-conscious, being pulled out. One fireman told Reuters about 2,000 people were in the building when the upper floors slammed down onto those below. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gut bugs are implicated in heart attacks and stroke Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 02:01 PM PDT By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of heart attack victims every year have none of the notorious risk factors before their crisis - not high cholesterol, not unhealthy triglycerides. Now the search for the mystery culprits has turned up some surprising suspects: the trillions of bacteria and other microbes living in the human gut. In a study released on Wednesday, scientists discovered that some of the bugs turn lecithin - a nutrient in egg yolks, liver, beef, pork and wheat germ - into an artery-clogging compound called TMAO. ... Full Story | Top |
| Minorities wait longer for breast cancer surgery Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 01:11 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among young women diagnosed with breast cancer, black and Hispanic patients were more likely to wait weeks for treatment, in a new study from California. Researchers found treatment delays were also more common among poor women and those without private insurance - and that a woman's chance of surviving at least five years after cancer surgery was lower when it was put off. ... Full Story | Top |
| Defense rests in murder trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 12:55 PM PDT By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Defense lawyers for a Philadelphia abortion doctor accused of killing babies in a clinic that mainly serves low-income women rested their case on Wednesday without calling any witnesses in the high-profile murder trial. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, is charged with killing four infants during botched abortions and a woman who underwent an abortion and died at a nearby hospital after the procedure at his Women's Medical Society clinic in urban West Philadelphia. ... Full Story | Top |
| Aging U.S. to drive up heart-related health costs: study Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 11:18 AM PDT By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The costs linked to heart failure in the United States are expected to more than double within the next two decades as the population ages and treatments help patients with the disease live longer, a study released on Wednesday found. The American Heart Association predicted that the number of Americans with the fatal condition will grow to 8 million in 2030 from about 5 million in 2012. The costs to treat them will rise to $53 billion from $21 billion, the group said in its analysis. ... Full Story | Top |
| FDA to launch tool to detect fake, substandard malaria drugs Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 11:13 AM PDT By Toni Clarke (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has developed a hand-held device capable of identifying counterfeit or substandard malaria drugs and has signed a letter of intent with Corning Inc to manufacture the product. The device, known as CD-3, is a battery-operated tool that uses different wavelengths of light to compare an authentic malaria drug with a potentially fake product, the FDA said on Wednesday. Malaria is a potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease that often causes fever, chills and flu-like symptoms. ... Full Story | Top |
| Federal agents target Mississippi martial arts man in ricin probe Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 10:46 AM PDT  By Emily Lane JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - Federal law enforcement agencies investigating ricin-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and other officials broadened their search for clues on Wednesday by targeting the former business of a Mississippi martial arts instructor. Members of an anti-terrorist response team from the Mississippi National Guard wearing hazmat suits had already searched the Tupelo home of Everett Dutschke on Tuesday, accompanied by agents from the FBI and the U.S. Capitol Police, according to law enforcement sources and Dutschke's attorney, Lori Nail Basham. ... Full Story | Top |
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