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Insight: Lifting the veil on Afghanistan's female addicts
Sat,31 Mar 2012 06:30 PM PDT
Reuters -  KABUL (Reuters) - Anita lifted the sky-blue burqa from her face, revealing glazed eyes and cracked lips from years of smoking opium, and touched her saggy belly, still round from giving birth to her seventh child a month ago. "I can't give breast milk to my baby," said the 32-year-old Anita, who like other women interviewed for this story, declined to give her full name. "I'm scared he'll get addicted She was huddled with other women at the U.N. ...
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What Supreme Court? Obama defends healthcare law, skirts debate
Fri,30 Mar 2012 05:52 PM PDT
Reuters -  Portland, Maine (Reuters) - He didn't mention them by name, but they seemed to be on his mind. President Barack Obama defended his healthcare reform effort on Friday without mentioning the Supreme Court justices who hold the law's fate in their hands. Obama's healthcare legislation, considered his signature domestic policy achievement, dominated headlines this week as the Supreme Court heard arguments about its constitutionality. ...
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Poll: Republicans follow healthcare case closely
Fri,30 Mar 2012 02:52 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's healthcare law continues to be a stronger rallying point for Republicans than for Democrats, according to a Reuters/Ipsos online poll released on Friday. The poll found a partisan split in how closely people are following a Supreme Court case about the two-year-old law: 80 percent of Republicans are aware of the legal fight, compared to 62 percent of Democrats. It also found that 51 percent of Republicans said they would be "much more likely" to vote for a member of Congress who favors repeal of the law. ... Full Story | Top |
Supreme Court takes up healthcare in secrecy
Fri,30 Mar 2012 02:52 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supreme Court justices on Friday held closed-door deliberations on President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul law, likely casting preliminary votes on how they will eventually rule on their highest-profile case in years. In an institution known for keeping its secrets, no leaks are likely before formal opinions have been written and announced from the bench. That is not expected to occur until late June, when the court is set to go on its regular summer recess. ...
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Medtronic to pay $85 million to settle Infuse lawsuit
Fri,30 Mar 2012 02:32 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc said it agreed to pay $85 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit accusing it of making misleading statements concerning Infuse, a genetically engineered bone graft used in spinal surgery. The settlement resolves claims that Medtronic failed to reveal that as much as 85.2 percent of Infuse sales depended on so-called "off-label" uses, where doctors sometimes paid by Medtronic would prescribe the product for applications not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. ... Full Story | Top |
Formula-fed babies don't always overeat: study
Fri,30 Mar 2012 02:10 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies given extra amino acids in their formula ate less and felt sated sooner than with regular cow's-milk formula, in a new study whose results challenge the idea that bottle-feeding diminishes a baby's ability to regulate its own food intake. When the amino acid glutamate was added to a typical cow's milk formula, researchers found that babies drank significantly less of it and showed no signs of being hungry. ... Full Story | Top |
U.S. FDA denies petition to ban common chemical BPA
Fri,30 Mar 2012 12:48 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators denied a petition to ban a chemical used in water bottles, soup cans and other food and drink packaging that may cause harm to developing babies and young children. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the petition to ban the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, did not provide the scientific evidence needed to change current regulations. BPA has been used for decades to harden plastic or make the epoxy resin that lines tin cans, but it can also leach into food and water from these protective coatings. ... Full Story | Top |
Childbirth takes longer now than 50 years ago
Fri,30 Mar 2012 12:27 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many tasks can be tackled more quickly now than 50 years ago, but delivering a baby is not one of them, a new U.S. government study finds. Compared with the 1960s, U.S. women have in recent years spent two to three hours longer in labor, according to researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The extra time is spent in the first stage of labor -- the longest part of the labor process, before the "pushing" stage. New moms, themselves, are different now than 50 years ago; on average, they're older and weigh more, and their newborns are bigger too. ...
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Analysis: Portugal ponders political price of good health
Fri,30 Mar 2012 11:53 AM PDT
Reuters - LISBON (Reuters) - To get an idea of the enormous financial strains on Europe's health care sector, put yourself in the shoes of Professor Joao Alvaro Correia da Cunha. As head of North Lisbon hospital centre, one of Portugal's largest, da Cunha has already slashed salaries by 20 percent and shed 150 staff as part of cuts demanded by international lenders in return for bailing out the government to the tune of 78 billion euros. He is under orders to keep cutting. Yet da Cunha, a doctor for 43 years, is not ready to compromise on his calling to heal the sick. ... Full Story | Top |
Blood clot risk higher in heavy women
Fri,30 Mar 2012 10:32 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Middle-aged women who are overweight or obese run a higher risk of potentially dangerous blood clots, especially after surgery, a large new study finds. The research, which followed more than one million UK women, confirms a link between obesity and the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) -- blood clots in the veins, usually in the legs. If one of those clots breaks free and travels to the lungs, causing what's called a pulmonary embolism, it can prove fatal. ... Full Story | Top |
Migraines likelier in men with impotence
Fri,30 Mar 2012 10:24 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who have been diagnosed with erectile dysfunction are 63 percent more likely to also have had a diagnosis of migraine headaches than men without the sexual disorder, according to a new study from Taiwan. Dr. Tobias Köhler of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, who specializes in male sexual function and fertility, told Reuters Health this is the first he's heard of any such relationship between migraines and impotence. ... Full Story | Top |
Migraines likelier in men with impotence
Fri,30 Mar 2012 10:21 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who have been diagnosed with erectile dysfunction are 63 percent more likely to also have had a diagnosis of migraine headaches than men without the sexual disorder, according to a new study from Taiwan. Dr. Tobias Köhler of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, who specializes in male sexual function and fertility, told Reuters Health this is the first he's heard of any such relationship between migraines and impotence. ... Full Story | Top |
Aston Villa captain Petrov diagnosed with
Fri,30 Mar 2012 09:53 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov was diagnosed with acute leukaemia on Friday, leaving English soccer in shock over a player's ill-health for the second time this month. The 32-year-old Bulgaria international has not trained since playing against Arsenal on Saturday. The condition was diagnosed following tests after the midfielder developed a fever. "The Villa board received news today that our long-standing captain Stiliyan Petrov has been diagnosed with acute leukaemia," the club said in a statement. "Haematology experts confirmed the diagnosis today. ...
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Soccer warm-up may help teen basketball players
Fri,30 Mar 2012 09:09 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An injury-prevention program designed for soccer players might also help reduce injuries in basketball, a study of teen players suggests. Researchers from England and Italy tested the "FIFA 11+" warm-up program -- created primarily to prevent knee and leg injuries in soccer -- on young male players for an elite Italian basketball club. The FIFA 11+ program, which combines running, jumping and stretching exercises, has already been shown to reduce injuries among soccer players. ...
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Too much sitting linked to shortened lives
Fri,30 Mar 2012 09:02 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Australians who spent a lot of time sitting at a desk or in front of a TV were more likely to die of any cause during a three-year period than those who were only sedentary a few hours a day, in a new study. Researchers found that the link between too much time sitting and shortened lives stuck when they accounted for how much moderate or vigorous exercise people got as well as their weight and other measures of health. ... Full Story | Top |
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