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| Kansas judge blocks portions of state's new abortion law Friday, Jun 28, 2013 09:02 PM PDT By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - A Kansas judge on Friday issued a temporary injunction on two parts of the state's new anti-abortion law, while upholding the majority of far-reaching measure that goes into effect Monday. Shawnee County District Judge Rebecca Crotty struck down a part of the law that forbids a waiver of the required 24-hour waiting period to be granted based on the woman's mental health. ... Full Story | Top |
| Adrian Grenier uses 'Entourage' language in drug documentary Friday, Jun 28, 2013 07:23 PM PDT  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor-director Adrian Grenier is best known as the charismatic lead star of HBO's film industry satire "Entourage," but behind the camera, the actor has found an edgier way to explore real-life issues, including producing a mock tutorial-style documentary on the war on drugs. "How to Make Money Selling Drugs," out in theaters this week, is billed as a 10-step guide to entering the drug trade from the ground up to the level of the cartels. ... Full Story | Top |
| New Jersey's Christie vetoes Medicaid expansion bill Friday, Jun 28, 2013 06:51 PM PDT  (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Friday vetoed a bill that attempted to make the state's expansion of Medicaid eligibility permanent under the healthcare law known as Obamacare, his office said on Friday. Christie's office announced he vetoed eight bills that "would add potentially hundreds of millions of dollars to state and local budgets." He also signed a $32.9 billion budget and three other bills, his office said in a statement. Among the bills he vetoed was one dealing with Medicaid expansion under the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Senate Republicans warn NFL, other leagues about Obamacare Friday, Jun 28, 2013 04:19 PM PDT  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is urging the National Football League and other professional sports leagues not to support President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, calling Obamacare divisive and unpopular. In a June 27 letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, McConnell and fellow Republican Senator John Cornyn accused the Obama administration of drawing the league into "one of the most divisive and polarizing issues of our day" by trying to enlist its help in promoting subsidized health coverage for millions of uninsured Americans. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. sets birth control rule for employers with religious ties Friday, Jun 28, 2013 02:49 PM PDT By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday made it final that employees of religiously affiliated, nonprofit institutions would receive insurance coverage for birth control amid mounting legal challenges to a rule in the recent healthcare law. The White House proposed in early 2012 an arrangement that allows universities, hospitals and other employers with a religious affiliation to avoid paying directly for contraceptives. Instead, insurance companies provide coverage and foot the bill under the law. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pennsylvania girl gets second lung transplant after first failed Friday, Jun 28, 2013 02:36 PM PDT By Francesca Trianni NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who sparked a national debate about child access to organ donation took her first independent breath this week on a second set of donor lungs after her first transplant failed, the girl's family said on Friday. Sarah Murnaghan, who had cystic fibrosis and needed a lung transplant, had been kept off an adult organ transplant list due to an age restriction. She became eligible for an adult pair of lungs only after a judge's order. ... Full Story | Top |
| Brazilian president's plan to import doctors faces resistance Friday, Jun 28, 2013 02:13 PM PDT  By Esteban Israel SAO PAULO (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff's plan to import foreign doctors to work in rural and poor parts of Brazil, part of a move to quell massive street protests over poor public services, has run into stiff opposition from the powerful medical lobby. Public dissatisfaction over the quality of healthcare has helped fuel nationwide protests over the past month and spurred Rousseff, a pragmatic leftist, to announce earlier this week the "emergency action" plan to bring in foreign doctors. ... Full Story | Top |
| PTSD tied to raised heart disease risk Friday, Jun 28, 2013 01:52 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may also be at increased risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to a new study of Vietnam War veterans. After following nearly 300 pairs of male twins, all Vietnam vets, for more than a decade, researchers found that almost a quarter of the men diagnosed with PTSD also had heart disease, compared to less than a tenth of the men without the combat-related stress disorder. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bed rest after IVF doesn't help Friday, Jun 28, 2013 12:21 PM PDT By Kerry Grens NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Bed rest immediately after an in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure, despite being common practice, did not help women ultimately have a baby in a new study. "The old wives' tale of bed rest should be debunked once and for all, that you don't need bed rest in any way, shape or form," said Dr. Jani Jensen, a fertility expert at the Mayo Clinic, who was not part of the study. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hormone therapy, calcium may lower fracture risk Friday, Jun 28, 2013 11:30 AM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women taking a combination of hormone therapy and calcium and vitamin D tablets after menopause were less likely to fracture their hip than those not taking hormones or supplements, in a new study. "We always tell women to take calcium and vitamin D," said Dr. Michele Curtis, a women's health researcher from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. "At the end of the day what this study really says is, what you thought was a good thing to do really is a good thing to do. ... Full Story | Top |
| New labels tied to fewer child poisonings by OTC meds Friday, Jun 28, 2013 10:19 AM PDT By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fewer small children have been sickened or died from accidentally taking cough and cold medicines meant only for older ages, according to a new study of the effects of recent label changes on these over the counter products. High doses of antihistamines can cause coma, seizure and abnormal heart rhythms in kids, and an overdose of the pain reliever acetaminophen can cause liver failure, according to the study's lead author Dr. Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi of the department of emergency medicine at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama pledges to help Africa, pays tribute to Mandela Friday, Jun 28, 2013 10:03 AM PDT  By Mark Felsenthal and Jeff Mason ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama paid tribute to anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela as he flew to South Africa on Friday but played down expectations of a meeting with the ailing black leader during an Africa tour promoting democracy and food security. White House officials hope Obama's three-nation tour of Africa - his first substantial visit to the continent since taking office in 2009 - will compensate for what some view as years of neglect by America's first black president. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pennsylvania hospitals' ban on hiring smokers prompts debate Friday, Jun 28, 2013 09:52 AM PDT By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - With just days to go before two of the city's most prestigious hospitals refuse to hire smokers, the ban has relit a debate about the wisdom of regulating workers' behavior away from the workplace. Both the highly rated University of Pennsylvania Health System, which includes the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, as well as the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, named by US News and World Report as America's top children's hospital this year, will join dozens of hospitals across the country when they implement their policy on Monday, July 1. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dutch drugmaker Prosensa jumps 54 percent in U.S. stock market debut Friday, Jun 28, 2013 08:50 AM PDT (Reuters) - Dutch drugmaker Prosensa Holding received a buoyant welcome in its market debut on the Nasdaq, a day after U.S. health regulators granted a "breakthrough status" to its drug to treat a rare disease. Prosensa's shares opened $7 above its initial public offering price of $13 and were up 46 percent at $19.05 about an hour after they started trading. Prosensa developed drisapersen in partnership with GlaxoSmithKline Plc to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), a muscle-wasting disorder that affects one in every 3,500 newborn boys and has no available cure. ... Full Story | Top |
| Roche's subcutaneous Herceptin gets EU green light Friday, Jun 28, 2013 08:49 AM PDT ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Friday that European regulators had given a green light to a new formulation of its breast cancer drug Herceptin, which it hopes will help extend the medicine's shelf life. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said that its experts had recommended approval of a new injectable version of Herceptin, which cuts down treatment time to just two to five minutes. It currently takes between 30 to 90 minutes to administer the drug intravenously. ... Full Story | Top |
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