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| China probes British drugmaker GSK: report Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 10:45 PM PDT  SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's top economic planning agency has opened an investigation into pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline Plc's operations in China, an official newspaper reported on Thursday, as foreign firms come under pressure from Beijing for possible price-fixing. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has begun a survey on production costs at 60 firms, including Britain's GlaxoSmithKline and 10 China-listed firms, the official Securities Daily said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Scientists create human liver from stem cells Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 08:35 PM PDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have for the first time created a functional human liver from stem cells derived from skin and blood and say their success points to a future where much-needed livers and other transplant organs could be made in a laboratory. While it may take another 10 years before lab-grown livers could be used to treat patients, the Japanese scientists say they now have important proof of concept that paves the way for more ambitious organ-growing experiments. ... Full Story | Top |
| Judges stand firm on California prison crowding relief plan Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 06:51 PM PDT  By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - A federal court on Wednesday refused to back down from an order requiring California to reduce prison overcrowding by the end of the year, a goal that could force the early release of up to 10,000 inmates. The decision is the latest in a feud between California Governor Jerry Brown and a panel of three judges over how best to relieve crowding and improve medical and mental health treatment in the state's 33 prisons. The judges - Stephen Reinhardt, Lawrence K. Karlton and Thelton E. ... Full Story | Top |
| Police, workers exhume Mandela's children Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 05:25 PM PDT  By Yvonne Bell MVEZO, South Africa (Reuters) - Workers armed with pick-axes and a court order broke into the compound of Nelson Mandela's grandson on Wednesday to exhume the remains of three of the anti-apartheid hero's children, a new twist in a row that has split South Africa's most famous family. Within hours of a ruling against Mandla Mandela by the high court in Mthatha, 700 km (450 miles) south of Johannesburg, police and hearses arrived at Mandla's complex in the nearby village of Mvezo, where the three Mandela offspring are buried. ... Full Story | Top |
| Top Wisconsin court upholds convictions in prayer death Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 04:35 PM PDT By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the homicide convictions of a mother and father who prayed for their dying daughter instead of seeking medical care. Madeline Neumann, 11, died in 2008 from undiagnosed diabetes at her home in Weston, Wisconsin. Her parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, were convicted in separate trials of second-degree reckless homicide. The parents were sentenced in 2009 to 10 years of probation and six months in jail. The couple's lawyers appealed the convictions. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Obamacare' foes renew attack after U.S. employer mandate delayed Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 04:21 PM PDT By Caren Bohan and Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans launched a fresh assault on "Obamacare" Wednesday, promising a congressional inquiry after the White House delayed a requirement for employer-provided health insurance until after the 2014 congressional elections. Meanwhile, the AFL-CIO labor organization, which supports the health care law, asked that its own requests for changes be given the same consideration the White House has extended to employers. That raises the prospect of numerous interest groups seeking to reopen previously settled disputes over the 2010 law. ... Full Story | Top |
| Risk of birth defect doubles for cousin couples -study Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 04:01 PM PDT By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Children whose parents are cousins run more than double the risk of being born with a congenital abnormality, although the overall rate of such birth defects remains low, according to new research findings. A large study in a British city with a large Pakistani community, where marriage between blood relatives is fairly common, found that so-called consanguineous parents accounted for more than 30 percent of birth defects in babies of Pakistani origin. ... Full Story | Top |
| California pot shop billed as world's largest may stay open for now -judge Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 04:00 PM PDT By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A medical marijuana dispensary billed as the world's largest cannabis store may stay open while the city of Oakland fights a U.S. government effort to shut it down or seize the property, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. There has been a tug-of-war in California between federal and local authorities over cannabis sold for purported health reasons. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obamacare implementation delay no boon for hiring Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 03:46 PM PDT  By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - The Obama administration's decision to delay a key provision of the healthcare law, by giving employers an extra year to offer insurance coverage, is not expected to significantly impact 2014 hiring since many big businees were prepared for the change. Smaller businesses, which have been among the most vocal critics of the law, say they are still coming to terms with the system's cost and complexity and need the extra time simply to make Obamacare work. "It's a good thing they delayed it," said Doug Prestwood. "There's just not enough information. ... Full Story | Top |
| North Carolina latest state to seek tighter abortion clinic rules Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 03:43 PM PDT By Karen Brooks (Reuters) - Stricter rules for abortion clinics were approved by the North Carolina Senate on Wednesday, adding that state to the ranks of a growing number nationwide seeking to tighten regulations. The bill passed the Republican-majority state Senate on Wednesday on a vote of 29-12. Supporters maintain the bill is designed to protect the safety of women who seek an abortion, while opponents argue it could shut down all but one of the state's clinics. The package of anti-abortion amendments was attached to an unrelated bill that would ban sharia, Islamic law in the state. ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: Could the U.S. delay Obamacare's mandate for individuals, too? Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 02:44 PM PDT  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama can expect mounting pressure to make new concessions on healthcare reform, especially the requirement that all Americans obtain insurance, after delaying penalties for businesses for the first year of his plan. The U.S. Treasury said late on Tuesday it would grant businesses with 50 or more workers a one-year reprieve from having to provide health coverage to full-time staff. The move appeared to ease the concerns of major companies about being ready to meet new reporting regulations in time for a January 1 deadline. ... Full Story | Top |
| Older working women may be healthier as a result Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 02:32 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Postmenopausal women who work tend be in better health than their unemployed counterparts, according to a new study from South Korea. Researchers found that employed postmenopausal women were about 34 percent less likely to have so-called metabolic syndrome - a collection of obesity-related conditions that raise heart disease risk - compared to unemployed women of the same age. But one expert pointed out that it's hard to know whether jobs make women healthy or if healthy women are just more likely to have jobs. ... Full Story | Top |
| For blind campers, a first chance to swim and canoe Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 01:29 PM PDT  By Caurie Putnam BROCKPORT, New York (Reuters) - On her first attempt ever at the long jump, the applause came before 16-year-old Dah Ku even broke a stride. "Follow the clapping sounds, Dah Ku," cried Marielhi Rosado, Ku's counselor at Camp Abilities, a developmental sports camp for the blind, visually impaired and deaf-blind at the College at Brockport, State University of New York. Ku, who is visually impaired, followed the noise from Rosado's hands and ran 14 strides down the track before abruptly stopping. A few false starts later, she jumped six feet. ... Full Story | Top |
| Factbox: Obama delays health law employer fees, other taxes on track Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 01:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has given employers an extra year to provide health insurance for their workers, delaying until 2015 a provision of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law requiring businesses with 50 or more workers to decide whether to cover workers or pay a fine. The "employer mandate" subjects companies to a $2,000 fine for each full-time employee lacking coverage, with the first 30 employees excluded from the fee. ... Full Story | Top |
| Keeping mentally busy tied to less memory loss Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013 01:06 PM PDT By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who spend a lot of time reading, writing and otherwise seeking and processing new information lose their thinking and memory skills more slowly as they age, a new study suggests. Researchers found being "cognitively active" both early and later in life was tied to better performance on memory tests among people in their 80s. That was still the case once they autopsied participants' brains after they died and accounted for changes that signal cognitive problems, such as early Alzheimer's disease. ... Full Story | Top |
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