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Lundbeck and several drug firms fined for pact to delay generic drugs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:13:25 -0400

BRUSSELS - European Union in its first case over pay-for-delay deals that held back sales of cheaper generic drugs Wednesday fined Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck 93.8 million euros and imposed fines totaling 52.2 million euros on several other producers of generic medicines. The European Commission, the EU's antitrust regulator, said the companies had reached agreements that may have ...

Aspen seeks to acquire GSK thrombosis drug and plant

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:20:31 -0400

DURBAN / LONDON - South Africa's biggest generic drug maker Aspen Pharmacare and its subsidiary Aspen Global Incorporated have made an offer to acquire thrombosis drugs and their associated manufacturing site at Notre Dame de Bondeville, France, from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). "AGI will acquire from GSK the Arixtra and Fraxiparine/Fraxodi brands and business worldwide, except in China, Pakistan ...

National park visitors warned of illness

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:46:15 -0400

The National Park Service notes "greater than normal reports of gastrointestinal illness" They have occurred in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks and other ...

AskSanjay Favorite brain tips

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:46:15 -0400

Studies show having one close friend can keep your brain sharp Meditating reduces stress, allows better blood flow to brain's frontal cortex Turmeric and tomatoes have properties in them that protect your ...

Should Your Pooch Be a Therapy Dog 3 Ways Pets Benefit Health

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:37:35 -0400

Every week, my dog, Murphy, and I visit a nearby rehabilitation home for elderly patients. Murphy is a certified therapy dog, so we work together as a team to bring a little happiness into these people’s lives. The hour we spend making visits is easily the highlight of my ...

Recipe of the Day Falafel Pita with Tahini Sauce

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:37:34 -0400

Mediterranean restaurants. In our recipe, the two main ingredients, bulgur and garbanzo beans, are combined with spices, herbs, and garlic to make tasty patties that are great substitutes for burgers. It’s also topped with tahini sauce, a paste made from sesame seeds and olive oil, which is also healthier than the ketchup or barbecue sauce that you’d typically put on a burger. With ...

Too much of a not-so-good thing

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:37:44 -0400

Studies have shown that vitamins have been linked to disease and death Too much antioxidant vitamins may disrupt the immune system's natural processes Dr. Paul Offit argues there should be more regulation of the vitamin and supplement ...

Boston poised to begin condom giveaway in high schools

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:33:07 -0400

By Stephanie Simon (Reuters) - Students at all Boston public high schools may soon be able to obtain free condoms at the front office - as long as they sit through a few minutes of counseling about safe sex - under a policy due to be voted on Wednesday by the school board. Condoms are already available in 19 high schools with on-site health centers. The policy, up for a vote by the Boston ...

U.S. doctor group votes to recognize obesity as a disease

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:33:06 -0400

By Nick Carey CHICAGO (Reuters) - In order to fight what it described as an "obesity epidemic," the American Medical Association voted on Tuesday to recognize obesity as a disease and recommended a number of measures to fight it. The association voted on the measure at its annual meeting in Chicago. The AMA noted that obesity rates in the United States have "doubled among ...

New Clues to Cancer Resistance From Long-Lived Rodents

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:28:28 -0400

By Barbara Bronson GrayHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) — Researchers interested in learning how certain rodents manage to live long, cancer-free lives have stumbled upon a potentially valuable clue: a substance outside their cells seems to help stop malignancies from spreading. Most research has focused on how cancer occurs inside cells. Studying the area outside ...

HPV Vaccine Lowering Infection Rates Among Girls CDC

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:28:28 -0400

By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) — Vaccination against the cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) is proving highly effective in reducing the spread of the sexually transmitted virus among young women, new research shows. The rate of new infections with strains of HPV targeted by the vaccine have dropped by 56 percent among females aged 14 to 19 ...

Stronger Statins Don’t Up Kidney Injury Risk Study Finds

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:28:27 -0400

WEDNESDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) — A higher dose of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs did not increase the risk of kidney injury in heart attack survivors, according to preliminary study findings. Statins have been shown to reduce the risk of a first heart attack or repeat ones, but some recent studies have suggested that higher doses of the drugs may be linked to a higher incidence of ...

Gene-Based Blood Test for Colon Cancer Shows Promise

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:28:27 -0400

WEDNESDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) — Could screening for colon cancer someday be as easy as having a blood test? Researchers say just such a test is showing early promise in trials. The screening checks for levels of miR-21 — a piece of DNA known as microRNA. Researchers in the gastrointestinal cancer research lab at the Baylor Research Institute in Dallas studied several hundred ...

Exclusive - Forest keen to bid for Irish drugmaker Elan sources

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:50:01 -0400

, the specialty drugmaker that counts investor Carl Icahn as a major shareholder, is among a handful of companies interested in bidding for Irish drugmaker Elan ...

Duchess of Cambridges natural birth safest for the baby

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:48:47 -0400

With the news that the Duchess of Cambridge is planning a natural birth rather than a Caesarian section, Mervi Jokinen of the Royal College of Midwives explains why it is "best for the woman and best for the ...

Babies behind bars A Palestinian fertility doctor has become an unlikely hero by helping women conceive – even though their husbands are in jail

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:40:29 -0400

A normal story repeated anywhere in the world perhaps, but what is special about Lydia is that her husband is 12 years into a 25-year prison sentence in an Israeli jail.There are certainly no conjugal visits for Palestinian security prisoners, who the Israelis consider to be terrorists. Instead, Lydia - whose first child was born before her husband was jailed for being a member of the Al-Aqsa ...

HPV vaccine cut infection by half in teen girls

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:05:32 -0400

For girls ages 14 to 19, the study found a 56 percent reduction in the types of HPV virus targeted by the shots. Vaccination campaigns focus on girls ages 11 and ...

Change breast cancer test says Angel of Mostar before major surgery

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:40:47 -0400

But that night last summer, the woman dubbed the "Angel of Mostar" after helping save hundreds of lives in war-torn Bosnia was unaware of the breast cancer she was already ...

Uncooked curry leaves caused mass outbreak of salmonella in Newcastle say health officials

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:32:01 -0400

Uncooked curry leaves in a chutney left more than 400 people who ate at a street food festival with diarrhoea and vomiting or salmonella poisoning, health officials have ...

Cervical cancer vaccines cut rates of HPV infections U.S

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:23 -0400

HPV - the sexually transmitted virus that causes the disease - by more than half among girls and young women, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday. The results were better than expected and may even suggest that unvaccinated individuals are benefiting because of a drop in the number of infections circulating, the team reported in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. "This report shows ...

Physicians group labels obesity a disease

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:22:01 -0400

The American Medical Association adopts a new policy on obesity The change diagnoses nearly one-third of Americas with a medical condition AMA decision could increase funding for future research, doctor ...

From cancer patient to oncologist

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:22:00 -0400

Rebecca Johnson was a medical resident when she was diagnosed with cancer She was grateful for the opportunity to focus on her patients Johnson learned to live with uncertainty and find the beauty in ...

Kate Middleton to give birth in same hospital as Princess Diana

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:17:13 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, will give birth to the future heir to the British throne in the same hospital where the late Princess Diana gave birth to Princes William and Harry, royal sources said on Wednesday. The new royal baby, who will become third in line to the throne behind grandfather Prince Charles and father Prince William, will be born in the private ...

U.S. Doctors’ Group Labels Obesity a Disease

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:12:33 -0400

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) — In an effort to focus greater attention on the weight-gain epidemic plaguing the United States, the American Medical Association has now classified obesity as a disease. The decision will hopefully pave the way for more attention by doctors on obesity and its dangerous complications, and may even increase insurance ...

Character Counts When It Comes to Organ Blood Donations

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:12:32 -0400

WEDNESDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) — Some people say they would refuse an organ or blood donation that came from a murderer or thief, a new study shows. Many people believe behaviors and personality traits are tied to something deep within a person. As a result, patients are often worried they will become more like their donors following a transplant or transfusion, the researchers ...

Dead babys father says CQC report unbelievable

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:28:14 -0400

James Titcombe, the father of a baby who died at Furness General Hospital in 2008, says "to learn that the regulator is engaging in the worst possible behaviour there could possibly be" is "unbelievable" and "very, very ...

Jeremy Hunt apologises for terrible personal tragedy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:28:12 -0400

Individuals involved in a cover-up at a health watchdog could face disciplinary action and other sanctions, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told the House of Commons ...

Hospital scandal a depressing catalogue of failure

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:28:11 -0400

Stephen Dorrell, chair of the Health Select Committee, says a report outlining an apparent cover-up by the Care Quality Commission shows "a depressing catalogue of failure", describing the scandal as "a completely unnacceptable ...

The whole truth must come out vows Jeremy Hunt after report reveals baby deaths NHS cover-up

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:09:06 -0400

Jeremy Hunt made his comments after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was criticised for redacting the name of a senior manager who ordered the deletion of an internal review that highlighted weaknesses in the regulator's inspections at Furness General ...

Beetles housefly larvae open new frontier in animal feed sector

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:52:42 -0400

PARIS (Reuters) - French start-up company Ynsect has identified a cheap, nourishing and locally sourced alternative to soybeans as a vital source of protein in animal feed. The clue is in its ...

New Obamacare exchanges could miss enrollment deadline -GAO

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:52:18 -0400

WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - New health insurance exchanges being set up by the federal government in more than 30 states under President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul could miss an Oct. 1 deadline for open enrollment, a government report said on ...

Do These 9 Things in Your Kitchen to Lose Weight

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:49:16 -0400

Getty Images The kitchen is the heart of the home, but it’s also the place that can make or break you on the weight loss front. If you’re on a quest to slim down, do these nine things in your kitchen. Make fruits as accessible as a bag of chips. Wash, cut up, and store fruits such as grapes, melon, kiwi, pineapple, and apples in reusable containers in the fridge so they’re easy ...

Reaching retirement makes people feel they are 30 again health figures show

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:06:29 -0400

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics as part of David Cameron’s plan to measure the nation’s "happiness", show that people in their late 60s feel like they are back in their prime, with similar levels of satisfaction with their own health to those in people 30 years ...

CQC too big a remit too little funding

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:06:29 -0400

But despite subsuming the Healthcare Commission, the Commission for Social Care Inspection and the Mental Health Act Commission into one single body, its £164 million funding was less than that of its three predecessors ...

A Deadly Form of Diabetes That Doctors Sometimes Miss

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:38:53 -0400

By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) — Addie Parker was a happy 4-year-old who appeared to have the flu. But within hours she was in a coma. Tragically, her parents weren’t familiar with the signs of type 1 diabetes — extreme fatigue, thirst and sweet-smelling breath, among others — in time to save their little girl. Soon after she was ...

Many U.S. Adults Under-Vaccinated Against Whooping Cough Survey Finds

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:38:53 -0400

WEDNESDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) — Whooping cough cases are escalating in the United States, and many American adults are unknowingly exposing vulnerable babies to the potentially deadly disease because their vaccinations are not up to date, a new survey finds. ';[Whooping cough] is a very preventable disease, but many adults may think their childhood vaccinations still are ...

Hospital cover-up victims father attacks rotten NHS culture

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:50:52 -0400

James Titcombe's baby son Joshua died aged just nine days old in Furness General Hospital in 2008 after staff failed to spot and treat an ...

Nurse told dying patient to hurry up and do us all a favour

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:50:51 -0400

She was also accused of lifting patients in an inappropriate manner and failing to carry out certain duties. One of the charges against Mrs Parry that was proven said she had moved a patient at Ystwyth Ward so they could not reach a cup of tea. Another proven charge was that Mrs Parry told a patient who said he wanted to die to "hurry up and do us all a favour". A colleague ...

CQC report watchdog heads who presided over scandal - profiles

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:50:49 -0400

Cynthia Bower, 57, resigned as chief executive of the Care Quality Commission in February 2012 after a critical report highlight major ...

Deeply disturbing and appalling NHS watchdog covered-up scandal at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust where eight babies died of neglect

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:42:44 -0400

Britain's NHS regulator covered up the failure to prevent a scandal at a hospital maternity unit where at least eight babies are thought to have died from neglect, according to a damning report published ...

Pollution raises risk of autism in kids

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:31:57 -0400

The first national study looks at in utero pollutant exposure and autism rates The findings could help unravel conflicting evidence about pollution and other disorders They could result in developing ways to limit pregnant women's ...

9 simple steps to happiness

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:31:57 -0400

People tend to remember things as having been better than they were Happiness dips when women are about 40 and comes roaring back as they approach 50 Couples who evaluated their relationship had less argument-induced ...

Doctors Let us treat hunger-strikers at Guantanamo

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:31:56 -0400

The Lancet medical journal published the open letter on Tuesday The letter is signed by more than 150 doctors and medical professionals They are asking the president to allow them to treat the hunger-striking detainees Thirteen detainees wrote an open letter in May pleading for civilian ...

Study Wiser medication use could cut health costs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:39:05 -0400

TRENTON, N.J. -- If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude.The savings would come by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that ...

UPDATE 1-EU fines Lundbeck 8 others 146 mln euros for blocking cheaper drugs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:02:20 -0400

Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:02am EDT By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, June 19 (Reuters) - Nine drugmakers, including Denmark's Lundbeck, were fined a total of 146 million euros ($195 million) by EU antitrust regulators on Wednesday for blocking the supply of a cheaper anti-depressant medicine to the market. The punishments follow a 2009 report by the European Commission on the pharmaceutical sector, which ...

Watchdog accused of hospital cover-up still not fit for purpose chairman admits

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:39:42 -0400

The NHS watchdog accused of a covering up its failure to investigate a maternity unit where babies died through neglect is still not "fully set up" to properly inspect hospitals, its chairman has ...

NCAA favorites San Beda Arellano dealing with health issues

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:20:10 -0400

MANILA, Philippines – While the NCAA coaches see San Beda and Arellano as the teams they are mostly concerned with heading into the league’s 89th Season, the Red Lions and the Chiefs also have issues of their own. San Beda head coach Boyet Fernandez doesn’t expect an easy route to his team’s fourth consecutive championship and it only gets tougher with his key player ...

UPDATE 1-AstraZeneca Bristol diabetes drug disappoints in key test

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:55:04 -0400

Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:55am EDT * Onglyza fails to show cardiovascular benefit in study * Positive results might have added $1 bln to peak sales * Drug achieves non-inferiority goal versus placebo By Ben Hirschler LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb's diabetes drug Onglyza failed to reduce heart risks in a large clinical study, disappointing investors who had thought ...

Baby Joshua the death that led to police inquiry

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:26:59 -0400

But within half an hour, Mrs Titcombe, of Dalton-in-Furness, collapsed. "My wife’s temperature was sky-high so they put her on antibiotics. I kept asking the midwives, 'Does the baby need antibiotics too? Is Joshua at risk?’ said Mr Titcombe. "They kept saying 'No, he is fine, it is your wife you need to worry about’ ...

MSPs Give younger children sex education to cut teenage pregnancy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:26:58 -0400

Children as young as 13 should be given free contraception and sex education started at a much younger age, according to a controversial report by MSPs today aimed at driving down the rate of teenage ...

Government considers banning face-down restraint on mental health patients

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:26:58 -0400

Ministers are considering banning the use of face-down restraint on mental health patients in England after it emerged that several trusts are employing the procedure two or three times a ...

Melissa Etheridge Calls Angelina Jolies Mastectomy the Most Fearful Choice You Can Make

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:48:36 -0400

View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Angelina Jolie arrives for the world premiere of her fiance Brad Pitt's film World War Z in London June 2, 2013. REUTERS/Neil ...

Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:42:57 -0400

In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, an Indian child in a pink shirt undergoes treatment for encephalitis at a hospital in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh state, India. Encephalitis is sweeping through northern India, killing at least 118 children in what officials worry could become the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade. (AP Photo/Biswajeet ...

Outbreak of deadly piglet virus spreads to 13 U.S. states

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:37:37 -0400

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A swine virus deadly to young pigs, one never before seen in North America, is spreading rapidly across the United States and proving harder to control than previously ...

New food labelling system launched

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:59:41 -0400

Consumers will be able to see at a glance how unhealthy their shopping is under a new universal traffic light scheme to be used by all major supermarkets and a host of ...

Call to stop lottery of end-of-life care

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:59:41 -0400

Terminally ill patients are suffering wildly varying standards of end-of-life care depending on their disease, postcode and ethnicity, a new report has ...

Call for overhaul of drug industry business model

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:55:12 -0400

By Ben HirschlerLONDON (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical companies need to boost the benefits of drug research by working with regulators and healthcare providers to overhaul the way medicines are approved and paid for, a think-tank backed by investors says.After years of disappointing research and development (R&D) productivity, a new report backed by leading institutional investors sees ...

Face-down restraint ban considered

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:34 -0400

Ministers will consider a ban on the use of face-down restraint in English mental health hospitals after new figures that show nearly 40,000 incidents of physical restraint were recorded in just one ...

Psychiatrists call for action over premature deaths of mentally ill

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:36:56 -0400

An international group of psychiatrists today launches a drive to end the global scandal of premature deaths among people suffering from severe mental ...

Mississippi leans on Google to crack down on illegal products

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:51:36 -0400

Reuters © An employee rides her bike past a logo next to the main entrance of the Google building in Zurich July 9, 2009. REUTERS/Christian ...

Cover-up over hospital scandal

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:50:34 -0400

The NHS watchdog conducted a "cover-up" in which senior officials ordered that evidence of its failure to prevent a scandal at a hospital maternity unit be destroyed, a report will disclose ...

Health-Care Shoppers Still in the Dark Study Says

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:24:14 -0400

TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) – State websites that report the costs of health care services aren’t much use to patients who want to compare prices, according to a new U.S. study. ';There’s growing enthusiasm for improving transparency of prices for health services to help people be well-informed consumers and make better decisions about their care. The problem is ...

Ohio residents held disabled woman in slavery government charges

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:26:52 -0400

U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach (C) talks at a news conference alongside Stephen Anthony (L) of the FBI and Ashland City Police Lieutenant Joel Icenhour, about the arrest of three individuals accused of human trafficking in Ashland county, at the Justice Center in Cleveland, Ohio June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk CLEVELAND - Three Ohio residents are accused of holding a cognitively disabled ...

MRI may help find infection from tainted injection

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:48 -0400

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some people who received potentially contaminated steroid injections may benefit from a MRI to check for signs of infection, a new study suggests - even if they don't have obvious symptoms. Researchers screened 172 people who had been injected with methylprednisolone from a New England Compounding Center (NECC) lot tied to meningitis and ...

Obamacare-like groups tied to lower costs study

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:47 -0400

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Large independent doctor practices that focus on primary care tend to spend less money and are more likely to meet guidelines for Americans on Medicare than smaller groups, according to a new study. The findings suggest that the so-called Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) created by the 2010 Affordable Care Act may improve the quality of care ...

Past care tied to later treatments success

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:46 -0400

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If a person doesn't have much success with one pain treatment, they may say the next one they try doesn't work so great either, suggests a new study from Germany. Previous studies have found that people receiving a dummy pill in clinical trials don't fare as well once they're switched to the real drug, compared to those who ...

New Hampshire nears approval of medical marijuana law

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:46 -0400

By Jason McLure LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - New Hampshire is set to become the final state in New England to allow medical marijuana after negotiators from the Republican-controlled Senate and Democratic-controlled House agreed Tuesday on a bill backed by Governor Maggie Hassan. The law would allow up to four marijuana dispensaries to open as soon as 2015. Patients with cancer, HIV, ...

U.S. court finds Novo Nordisk Prandin diabetes drug patent invalid

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:46 -0400

(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court found the patent on Novo Nordisk's Prandin diabetes drug in combination with metformin to be invalid, paving the way for introduction of a generic version of the medicine, the Danish drugmaker said on Tuesday. In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court ruling handed down in 2011, the company said. Novo said it still believes the ...

Naked gymnast faces charges over San Francisco transit stop antics

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:21:39 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A trained gymnast whose naked acrobatics and harassment of passengers at a San Francisco public transit station were captured on video and circulated widely on the Internet is facing criminal charges over his antics, authorities said on ...

Fewer Young Americans Lack Health Care Coverage

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:27 -0400

By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — The number of young adults without health care coverage in the United States has declined significantly over the past few years, according to a new government report released Tuesday. That’s the good news. Not-so-good are the findings that: 45.5 million people, 14.7 percent of the American population, still ...

Blood Test Might Predict Type 1 Diabetes in Children Study Finds

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:27 -0400

By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes often seems to come out of the blue. But German researchers say they can predict who will likely develop the chronic disease. Blood samples taken from children at increased genetic risk of type 1 diabetes reveal significant ';preclinical'; clues, the researchers found. The ...

Common Childhood Vaccine Won’t Worsen Juvenile Arthritis Study

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:26 -0400

TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) booster vaccinations do not appear to worsen disease activity in children with juvenile arthritis, according to a new Dutch study. ';The safety of MMR vaccination has been questioned because disease flares have been described after MMR vaccination,'; wrote Dr. Marloes Heijstek, of the University Medical Center ...

MRIs Spot ‘Hidden’ Fungal Infections From Tainted Steroid Shots

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:26 -0400

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — Armed with MRI imaging tests, Michigan doctors have detected spinal infections in patients who received tainted steroid injections for back pain but were showing no signs of illness. The effort to identify patients with ';hidden'; infection was developed in the wake of last year’s multi-state outbreak ...

Every Minute Counts for Stroke Victims Study Confirms

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:26 -0400

TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — For stroke victims, 15 minutes can mean the difference between life and death, a new study finds. Rapid treatment with a clot-dissolving drug reduces stroke patients’ risk of in-hospital death and increases their chances of being able to walk and return home when they leave the hospital, according to the study, published in the June 19 issue of the ...

Charge for some NHS services as part of shake-up of health and elderly care says ex-minister

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:39:49 -0400

Elderly people could be asked to pay for some NHS services such as non-emergency GP appointments in return for greater state support for social care, one of the architects of the Government's care reforms has ...

Industry-backed studies more prominent at meetings

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:15:53 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Studies that are funded by pharmaceutical companies or involve industry-backed scientists tend to be more prominent at cancer meetings than independent studies, a new report ...

Medicare Cost-saving changes coming for diabetics

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:27:38 -0400

WASHINGTON -- Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar - but it also may cause some confusion as patients figure out the new system.On July 1, Medicare opens a national mail-order program that will dramatically drop the prices the government pays for those products but patients will have to ...

Gene Research May Help Spot Baby’s Obesity Risk

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:05:37 -0400

TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have identified 45 genetic genetic variants in overweight newborns that are known to occur in obese adults and hope their findings could someday help combat the global obesity epidemic. ';Allowing earlier identification of high-risk newborns may allow for earlier interventions to take place to possibly prevent obesity later in ...

Could Catching Up on Sleep Lower Your Diabetes Risk

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:05:37 -0400

TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — Catching up on your sleep on weekends may help protect you from developing diabetes, a small, early study suggests. The study found significant improvements in insulin sensitivity — the body’s ability to clear sugar from the blood — among sleep-deprived men after they had three nights of extra sleep. ';We all know we need to get ...

Enroll America sets private outreach for Obamacare enrollment

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:04:41 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Enroll America, a nonprofit group at the center of the political fight over President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, launched a multi-state grassroots campaign on Tuesday to help sign up millions of uninsured Americans for health coverage in the coming ...

Exclusive Japans Astellas looks to sell dermatology assets - sources

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:59:34 -0400

NEW YORK - Stocks climbed on Tuesday, led by growth-oriented sectors, as investors took an optimistic view that the Federal Reserve will temper recent statements pointing to the future reduction of monetary support. ...

AskSanjay brain health questions

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:58:35 -0400

Join Dr. Sanjay Gupta for a LIVE Twitter chat on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. ET Use the hashtag #AskSanjay to join in on the conversation Submit your questions in the comments below and Gupta will pick his ...

Polluted Air Linked to Autism Risk

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:50 -0400

By Denise MannHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — Pregnant women who live in smog-filled areas may be twice as likely to have children with autism, a new study suggests. ';The study does not prove that pollution increases risk for autism. It found an association,'; cautioned lead author Andrea Roberts, a research associate at the Harvard School of Public ...

Recipe of the Day Vegetarian Stuffed Mushrooms

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:50 -0400

vegetarian diets ,but the bold, delicious flavors in this vegetarian recipe make it perfect for omnivores and carnivores alike. The Portobello caps, which are stuffed with a filling made with chopped tomatoes, kalamata olives, chives, ...

Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment May Not Work As Well for Heavier Patients

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:49 -0400

TUESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — Overweight and obese people with rheumatoid arthritis are less likely to go into remission in the early stages of the disease and require much more drug treatment than people with normal weight, according to a new study. The study included nearly 350 people with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who underwent a treatment meant to achieve remission of their ...

AstraZeneca turnaround is three-four year journey says CEO

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:48:56 -0400

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AstraZeneca, Pascal Soriot, poses for a photograph in this undated picture provided by AstraZeneca in London on March 12, ...

Maine Democrats scramble after governor blocks Medicaid expansion

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:25:44 -0400

By Dave Sherwood BOWDOINHAM, Maine, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:25pm EDT BOWDOINHAM, Maine, June 18 (Reuters) - Democratic legislators in Maine scrambled on Tuesday to muster the votes needed to override Republican Governor Paul LePage's late-night veto of a bill to expand Medicaid coverage to an additional 60,000 people. LePage late on Monday blocked a compromise bill that would ...

FDA probes deaths of two patients on Lilly schizophrenia drug

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:01 -0400

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it was investigating the deaths of two patients who died following injections with Eli Lilly and Co's long-acting treatment for schizophrenia, called Zyprexa ...