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| S.African police investigating Mandela grandson in grave dispute Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 11:44 PM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police opened an investigation on Tuesday into Nelson Mandela's grandson on suspicion of illegally exhuming the bodies of three of the ailing anti-apartheid hero's children, a police spokesman said. The investigation is the latest twist in an unedifying family feud that has drawn global attention as the 94-year-old Mandela lies in a Pretoria hospital in a critical condition. ... Full Story | Top |
| Texas House panel advances proposal to restrict abortion Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 11:37 PM PDT  By Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas House committee voted to move forward with a proposal to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and toughen standards for clinics, after at least 2,000 people sought to testify for and against the measure at an eight-hour hearing. The fiercely contested bill, which was stalled last week by a filibuster of a Democratic lawmaker, now will go to the full House of Representatives for consideration. ... Full Story | Top |
| South African police investigating Mandela grandson in grave dispute Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 10:47 PM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police opened an investigation on Tuesday into Nelson Mandela's grandson on suspicion of illegally exhuming the bodies of three of the ailing anti-apartheid hero's children, a police spokesman said. The investigation is the latest twist in an unedifying family feud that has drawn global attention as the 94-year-old Mandela lies in a Pretoria hospital in a critical condition. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pennsylvania girl who got lung transplants recovering from more surgery Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 08:41 PM PDT (Reuters) - A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl with cystic fibrosis who sparked a national debate about child access to organ donations that led to two lung transplant operations was in recovery on Tuesday after surgery to repair her diaphragm, her family said. Sarah Murnaghan had been left off an adult transplant list because of an age restriction and became eligible only after a judge's order. She had her first lung transplant on June 12, but complications forced a second transplant within days. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. to delay key health-reform provision to 2015 Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 08:16 PM PDT  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Tuesday it would not require employers to provide health insurance for their workers until 2015, delaying a key provision of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law by a year, to beyond the next election. The move raised questions about the future of other provisions of the law, including the mandate for individuals to obtain health coverage in 2014, and followed widespread complaints from businesses and their lobbyists about reporting requirements for employers with 50 or more full-time workers. ... Full Story | Top |
| California agrees to move inmates at risk of Valley Fever Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 05:50 PM PDT By Laila Kearney (Reuters) - Thousands of California prison inmates at risk of contracting Valley Fever, a sometimes deadly fungal disease, will be transferred out of areas of the state where the spores that cause the illness are prevalent, officials said on Tuesday. The state initially resisted the idea of moving the inmates, saying it would be "hugely disruptive" and interfere with efforts to reduce crowding in California's already over-subscribed correctional facilities. ... Full Story | Top |
| Brazilian lawmaker withdraws 'gay cure' bill before vote Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 05:28 PM PDT By Lucas Iberico-Lozada SAO PAULO (Reuters) - João Campos, the Brazilian lawmaker who drafted legislation that would allow psychiatrists in Latin America's largest country to treat homosexuality as a disease, asked that the bill be withdrawn on Tuesday, according to a congressional website. Opponents of the legislation, popularly referred to as the "gay cure" bill, moved on Tuesday to bring the matter to a vote before the entire Chamber of Deputies, Brazil's lower house of Congress. Campos' request came as it became clear that the legislation was going to be roundly defeated by the chamber. ... Full Story | Top |
| Virus deadly to piglets spreads to North Carolina's hog farms Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 03:14 PM PDT By P.J. Huffstutter and Theopolis Waters CHICAGO (Reuters) - A swine virus deadly to piglets has been discovered on two hog farms in North Carolina, an official in the No. 2 hog-producing U.S. state said on Tuesday. Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) was found at a sow farm, where piglets are born, and at a finishing farm where hogs are fattened up for slaughter, said Dr. Tom Ray, director of Livestock Health Programs for the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. ... Full Story | Top |
| Nursing home staff face charges in abuse of elderly patients Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 02:47 PM PDT By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - Twenty-one current and former employees of a nursing home for Alzheimer's patients in Georgia, including its owner, face a total of more than 70 criminal charges for allegedly abusing elderly patients, authorities said Tuesday. The abuses included employees restraining patients with bed sheets and subjecting them to "inhumane and undignified conditions" at Alzheimer's Care of Commerce, about 60 miles north of Atlanta, according to a statement from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. ... Full Story | Top |
| Consumer group outs 'Worst Restaurant Meal in America' Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 01:30 PM PDT By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - Calories: 1,320. Trans fats: 33 grams. Sodium: 3,700 milligrams. All that pushed Long John Silver's "Big Catch" limited-time only fish platter to win the "Worst Restaurant Meal in America" distinction Tuesday by a U.S. nutrition advocacy group. The artery-clogging trans fat tally alone is "astonishing" in the limited-time only dish of fried fish, cornmeal hush puppies and onion rings, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest. ... Full Story | Top |
| Some forms of IVF linked to risk of autism, mental disability Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 01:15 PM PDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Couples who have certain types of fertility treatment have a higher chance of having a child with autism or learning difficulties - although the overall risk is still extremely small, scientists said on Tuesday. The experts said couples should not consider abandoning or avoiding in-vitro-fertilization (IVF) on the basis of their research findings. ... Full Story | Top |
| Home blood pressure monitoring may improve control Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 01:02 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with high blood pressure who used an at-home monitor and had regular phone calls with their pharmacist kept their numbers in check better than those receiving standard care, in a new study. One in three U.S. adults has high blood pressure, according to the National Institutes of Health. Only about half of them have successfully used medication and lifestyle changes to get their numbers into the recommended range to prevent heart problems - less than 140/90 or less than 130/80 for those with diabetes or kidney disease. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sales reps' presence tied to heart stent use: study Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 12:27 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having sales representatives from medical device companies at hospitals may influence which products doctors use and ultimately drive up costs, according to a new study from Canada. Researchers found that doctors were more likely to use a company's drug-coated heart stent when one of its sales representatives visited their hospital, which resulted in about a $250 higher bill per case. "We need to evaluate carefully any interactions with medical industry to ensure that we minimize an effect on our decision making process," wrote Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
| Some lawmakers balk at limited abortion legislation in Ireland Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 10:34 AM PDT By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Four lawmakers from Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny's party came out on Tuesday against a move to legalize abortion under certain conditions but are unlikely to be able to scuttle the measure or threaten his comfortable majority. Kenny's government is proposing access to abortion when a woman's life is in danger and both sides of the debate have staged protests on an issue that has long polarized the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sanofi to cut 207 R&D jobs in latest French reshuffle Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 10:14 AM PDT By Noëlle Mennella PARIS/TOULOUSE (Reuters) - Sanofi plans to cut 207 jobs in France as part of the drug company's latest reshuffle of its research operations, which unions said would also lead to layoffs at vaccine and animal health divisions. Sanofi management told union representatives on Tuesday that the group planned to cut 376 research jobs in France, offset by the creation of 169 new openings, mostly near Paris. "As far as research and development is concerned, this plan could lead to a net loss of 207 jobs out of 5,000," a Sanofi spokesman said. ... Full Story | Top |
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