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| AstraZeneca warns of higher costs as drug sales slide Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 12:14 AM PDT By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - British drugmaker AstraZeneca warned on Thursday of higher costs in 2013 as it invests through a slump in sales caused by a wave of patent expiries on key medicines. Analysts at Jefferies said the prediction that operating costs would now increase by a low-to-mid single digit percentage rate this year amounted to an effective cut in earnings guidance. ... Full Story | Top |
| Japanese minister Aso retracts Nazi comment amid criticism Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 12:00 AM PDT  By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso retracted on Thursday a comment he had made that referred to Adolf Hitler's rise to power and which was interpreted as praising the Nazi regime. The outspoken Aso, who is also finance minister and a former prime minister, said he had caused misunderstanding with the comment, which has drawn criticism from a U.S.-based Jewish-rights group and media in South Korea, where bitter memories of Japan's World War Two militarism run deep. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sanofi CEO says authorities visit China office Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 11:18 PM PDT  PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi said one of its regional offices in China has been visited by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce in Shenyang as part of a probe into a bribery scandal that has involved other Western drugmakers. "We are not really aware of the purpose of the visit, we are working with them," Chief Executive Chris Viehbacher told reporters during a conference call on Thursday. He added that the French group's head office in Shanghai had not been contacted by Chinese authorities. (Reporting by Elena Berton; Editing by James Regan) Full Story | Top |
| Bill to regulate pot's growth, sale advances in Uruguay chamber Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 07:59 PM PDT  By Felipe Llambias and Malena Castaldi MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguay's lower house of Congress voted on Wednesday to create a government body to control the cultivation and sale of marijuana and allow residents to grow it at home or as part of smoking clubs. The use of marijuana is already legal in the South American nation, but sale and cultivation is not. After hours of spirited debate, 50 lawmakers voted for the bill and 46 against it. The Senate is expected to vote on the measure backed by leftist President Jose Mujica later this year. ... Full Story | Top |
| Actress Lindsay Lohan leaves rehab after 90 days Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 05:39 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan on Wednesday completed her 90-day stint in a rehabilitation facility to comply with court-ordered treatment for a reckless driving charge, but still faces more than year of weekly therapy sessions, a Los Angeles judge said. Lohan, 27, whose once promising Hollywood career has been upended by legal woes and erratic behavior, now must complete 15 months of therapy and 30 days of community labor to satisfy her sentence, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Dabney said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Singer Randy Travis sent to physical therapy center Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 04:40 PM PDT  DALLAS (Reuters) - Country singer Randy Travis has been moved to a physical therapy facility from a Texas hospital, where he had spent several weeks recovering from a viral heart infection and stroke, his spokesman Kirt Webster said on Wednesday. He was sent from Baylor Heart Hospital in Plano, Texas, to an unspecified rehabilitation center, Webster said in a statement. "Thanks to all the fans and friends for your continued prayers and support as Randy continues on the road to recovery," Travis' fiancée, Mary Davis, said in an accompanying statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| UK plays catch-up with $380 million spend on cancer-zapping beams Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 04:11 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's state-run health service is to spend 250 million pounds ($382 million) on two proton beam cancer therapy centers, offering patients the opportunity to receive the modern treatment in London or Manchester from 2018. Currently, the National Health Service (NHS) sends children and adults needing proton beam therapy (PBT) to the United States, where a dozen such centers are already operational. ... Full Story | Top |
| Uruguay's Congress debates bill to regulate legal marijuana use Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 04:09 PM PDT By Felipe Llambias and Malena Castaldi MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Legislators in Uruguay hotly debated on Wednesday a measure backed by leftist President Jose Mujica that would create a government body to control the cultivation and sale of marijuana and allow people to grow it at home or as part of smoking clubs. The use of marijuana is already legal in the South American nation, but sale and cultivation of it is not. A vote on the bill - expected to be very close - was due later on Wednesday in the lower chamber of Congress. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obamacare technology testing slated for September: official Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 03:15 PM PDT  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is preparing to subject the information technology backbone of the new state and federal healthcare exchanges to final "dress rehearsal" testing that could continue until just before the online marketplaces are slated to begin enrollment on October 1. ... Full Story | Top |
| FDA panel recommends over-the-counter use of Sanofi allergy drug Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 02:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sanofi SA's allergy drug Nasacort AQ is safe enough to be used without a prescription, a panel of advisors to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruled on Wednesday. The panel voted 10-6 in favor of allowing the drug to be made available over-the-counter. There were two abstentions. The drug is used to treat hay fever and other respiratory allergies. The FDA is not obliged to follow the recommendations of its advisory panels but typically does so. If approved, Nasacort AQ would be the first intranasal corticosteroid to be sold over the counter in the United States. ... Full Story | Top |
| Addictive gaming more common with autism and ADHD Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 01:42 PM PDT By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with an autism spectrum disorder spend about twice as much time playing video games as kids who don't have a developmental disability, according to a new study. Researchers also found that children with an autism spectrum disorder or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at an increased risk of gaming addictions, compared to children without the disabilities. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lady Gaga: there were 'giant craters' in my injured hip Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 01:38 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lady Gaga had a "huge breakage" and "giant craters" in her right hip that forced the pop singer to cancel about two dozen concerts this year and undergo surgery. Her tour promoter, Live Nation, said in February that the "Born This Way" singer was treated for a labral tear in her right hip. "My injury was actually a lot worse than just a labral tear," Lady Gaga told Women's Wear Daily magazine this week. "I had a broken hip." Lady Gaga, 27, said her doctor warned that if she had performed one more dance-filled concert, she may have needed a hip replacement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Older adults' anemia linked to dementia risk Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 01:30 PM PDT Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among people in their 70s, anemia may flag an increased risk of developing dementia later in life, according to a new study. Researchers following more than 2,500 U.S. adults in their 70s for over a decade found that those who started out with anemia were 65 percent more likely to develop dementia by the end of the study period. "Anemia is common in the elderly and occurs in up to 23 percent of adults ages 65 and older," said senior author Dr. Kristina Yaffe of the University of California, San Francisco. ... Full Story | Top |
| Stomach bug hits new Iowa patients in outbreak linked to salad mix Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 12:58 PM PDT By Karen Brooks (Reuters) - A severe stomach illness linked to prepackaged salad has struck two new patients in Iowa, state health officials said on Wednesday, as the bug spread through 16 states. The salad mix has been blamed for most of the 145 total cases in Iowa and the 78 in Nebraska of the rare parasite cyclospora, which causes gastrointestinal illness. The two states account for nearly two-thirds of at least 378 cases in the United States since mid-June. ... Full Story | Top |
| Nudged by hospitals, more U.S. moms are breastfeeding: CDC Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 12:56 PM PDT By Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More mothers in the United States are breastfeeding their babies, a practice that could potentially save billions in health care costs, the Centers for Disease Control said in a study released on Wednesday. More hospitals are enabling and encouraging mothers and babies to stay closer together after birth, the CDC said, which is imperative for the breastfeeding rate to continue rising. Researchers and doctors often tout lower risks for ear and gastrointestinal infections, diabetes, obesity and other chronic diseases among those who were breastfed. ... Full Story | Top |
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