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http://news.yahoo.com/health/ Get the latest health news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking health news, including analysis and opinion on top health stories.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedFri, 26 Jul 2013 18:57:49 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/health/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifMIAMI (AP) ? For the first time in history, federal health officials said Friday they will ban certain types of Medicare and Medicaid providers in three high-fraud cities from enrolling in the taxpayer-funded programs for the poor as part of an effort to prevent scams.http://news.yahoo.com/feds-ban-medicare-providers-crackdown-202424093.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 18:57:49 -0400Associated Pressfeds-ban-medicare-providers-crackdown-202424093<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/report-teen-hpv-vaccination-rate-still-lagging-161125088.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/y3M1NxgoILG7FG8eYii64Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f6b1f498e17e9c18380f6a7067003467.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - A nurse holds up a vial and box for the HPV vaccine, brand name Gardasil, at a clinic in Kinston, N.C. on Monday March 5, 2012. In 2012, only about half of U.S. teenage girls have gotten a the cervical cancer vaccine - a rate that&#039;s changed little in three years. (AP Photo/Daily Free Press, Charles Buchanan)" align="left" title="FILE - A nurse holds up a vial and box for the HPV vaccine, brand name Gardasil, at a clinic in Kinston, N.C. on Monday March 5, 2012. In 2012, only about half of U.S. teenage girls have gotten a the cervical cancer vaccine - a rate that&#039;s changed little in three years. (AP Photo/Daily Free Press, Charles Buchanan)" border="0" /></a>ATLANTA (AP) ? Only about half of U.S. teenage girls have gotten a controversial cervical cancer vaccine ? a rate that&#039;s changed little in three years.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/report-teen-hpv-vaccination-rate-still-lagging-161125088.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 19:55:12 -0400Associated Pressreport-teen-hpv-vaccination-rate-still-lagging-161125088<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/report-teen-hpv-vaccination-rate-still-lagging-161125088.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/y3M1NxgoILG7FG8eYii64Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f6b1f498e17e9c18380f6a7067003467.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - A nurse holds up a vial and box for the HPV vaccine, brand name Gardasil, at a clinic in Kinston, N.C. on Monday March 5, 2012. In 2012, only about half of U.S. teenage girls have gotten a the cervical cancer vaccine - a rate that&#039;s changed little in three years. (AP Photo/Daily Free Press, Charles Buchanan)" align="left" title="FILE - A nurse holds up a vial and box for the HPV vaccine, brand name Gardasil, at a clinic in Kinston, N.C. on Monday March 5, 2012. In 2012, only about half of U.S. teenage girls have gotten a the cervical cancer vaccine - a rate that&#039;s changed little in three years. (AP Photo/Daily Free Press, Charles Buchanan)" border="0" /></a>ATLANTA (AP) ? Only about half of U.S. teenage girls have gotten a controversial cervical cancer vaccine ? a rate that&#039;s changed little in three years.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/study-organ-donor-rabies-had-2-raccoon-bites-201238505.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2BALsYh2Eew2eM7naA0knw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a0108b5ca3c16c18380f6a7067008941.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this March 18, 2013, file photo, Shane Mercer points to a photo of his father, Airman Will Small, as his mother Alecia Mercer looks on at their home in Kinston, N.C. Small, whose organs were donated to four patients after he died, had at least two untreated raccoon bites several months before he became sick, and tests confirm his rabies-infected kidney led to a recipient&#039;s death, according to a report published Tuesday, July 23, 2013 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (AP Photo/Allen Breed, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this March 18, 2013, file photo, Shane Mercer points to a photo of his father, Airman Will Small, as his mother Alecia Mercer looks on at their home in Kinston, N.C. Small, whose organs were donated to four patients after he died, had at least two untreated raccoon bites several months before he became sick, and tests confirm his rabies-infected kidney led to a recipient&#039;s death, according to a report published Tuesday, July 23, 2013 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (AP Photo/Allen Breed, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? An Air Force recruit whose organs were donated to four patients including a kidney recipient who died of rabies had at least two untreated raccoon bites several months before he became sick, and tests confirm his rabies-infected kidney caused the recipient&#039;s disease, according to a medical journal report.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/study-organ-donor-rabies-had-2-raccoon-bites-201238505.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 16:22:09 -0400Associated Pressstudy-organ-donor-rabies-had-2-raccoon-bites-201238505<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/study-organ-donor-rabies-had-2-raccoon-bites-201238505.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2BALsYh2Eew2eM7naA0knw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a0108b5ca3c16c18380f6a7067008941.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this March 18, 2013, file photo, Shane Mercer points to a photo of his father, Airman Will Small, as his mother Alecia Mercer looks on at their home in Kinston, N.C. Small, whose organs were donated to four patients after he died, had at least two untreated raccoon bites several months before he became sick, and tests confirm his rabies-infected kidney led to a recipient&#039;s death, according to a report published Tuesday, July 23, 2013 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (AP Photo/Allen Breed, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this March 18, 2013, file photo, Shane Mercer points to a photo of his father, Airman Will Small, as his mother Alecia Mercer looks on at their home in Kinston, N.C. Small, whose organs were donated to four patients after he died, had at least two untreated raccoon bites several months before he became sick, and tests confirm his rabies-infected kidney led to a recipient&#039;s death, according to a report published Tuesday, July 23, 2013 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (AP Photo/Allen Breed, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? An Air Force recruit whose organs were donated to four patients including a kidney recipient who died of rabies had at least two untreated raccoon bites several months before he became sick, and tests confirm his rabies-infected kidney caused the recipient&#039;s disease, according to a medical journal report.</p><br clear="all"/>When it comes to news or political statements, the more powerful the speaker the more we are likely to believe them. Christie Nicholson reportshttp://news.yahoo.com/social-status-affects-choose-believe-040008330.htmlSun, 28 Jul 2013 00:00:08 -0400Scientific Americansocial-status-affects-choose-believe-040008330<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-j-fox-show-highlights-humor-parkinsons-fight-005132810.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/874t4dMpfynmpK2KR5k3BQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-28T005132Z_1_CBRE96R02E100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MICHAELJFOX.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Michael J. Fox participates in a panel for &quot;The Michael J. Fox Show&quot; during the NBC sessions at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, California" align="left" title="Michael J. Fox participates in a panel for &quot;The Michael J. Fox Show&quot; during the NBC sessions at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, California" border="0" /></a>By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Michael J. Fox said he aimed to bring laughs and a dose of reality about day-to-day living with Parkinson&#039;s disease to a new NBC comedy loosely based on his life, his first lead role in a television show in 13 years. In the upcoming &quot;The Michael J. Fox Show,&quot; the actor plays a father with Parkinson&#039;s who returns to work as a local newscaster on an NBC TV station in New York. To his surprise, his fictional family reacts with relief that he will be getting out of the house. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/michael-j-fox-show-highlights-humor-parkinsons-fight-005132810.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 20:51:32 -0400Reutersmichael-j-fox-show-highlights-humor-parkinsons-fight-005132810<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-j-fox-show-highlights-humor-parkinsons-fight-005132810.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/874t4dMpfynmpK2KR5k3BQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-28T005132Z_1_CBRE96R02E100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MICHAELJFOX.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Michael J. Fox participates in a panel for &quot;The Michael J. Fox Show&quot; during the NBC sessions at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, California" align="left" title="Michael J. Fox participates in a panel for &quot;The Michael J. Fox Show&quot; during the NBC sessions at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, California" border="0" /></a>By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Michael J. Fox said he aimed to bring laughs and a dose of reality about day-to-day living with Parkinson&#039;s disease to a new NBC comedy loosely based on his life, his first lead role in a television show in 13 years. In the upcoming &quot;The Michael J. Fox Show,&quot; the actor plays a father with Parkinson&#039;s who returns to work as a local newscaster on an NBC TV station in New York. To his surprise, his fictional family reacts with relief that he will be getting out of the house. ...</p><br clear="all"/>DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi man has died of the coronavirus Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the Saudi Health Ministry said on Saturday, raising to 39 the number of deaths from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom where it first emerged last year. "The Ministry of Health has announced the death of one case, who had been previously announced to be infected with this virus in Asir, may Allah have mercy upon him," the ministry said in a statement. ...http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-man-dies-kingdom-mers-coronavirus-health-ministry-203546282.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 16:35:46 -0400Reuterssaudi-man-dies-kingdom-mers-coronavirus-health-ministry-203546282BEIJING (Reuters) - At least 18 more people have been detained in China in connection with a corruption scandal involving British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, state media reported, giving more details on an investigation that has rocked the company. China's state radio reported late on Friday on its website that police in the central city of Zhengzhou had "recently held, in accordance with the law, 18 GlaxoSmithKline (China) employees and some medical personnel". It provided no details of the detentions nor say exactly when they happened. ...http://news.yahoo.com/china-state-media-says-18-more-detained-gsk-092523017.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 07:21:00 -0400Reuterschina-state-media-says-18-more-detained-gsk-092523017<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/famed-hacker-barnaby-jack-dies-week-hacking-convention-003721970.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6U.lIlIvC1G58s94WmZrlQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-27T042652Z_3_CBRE96Q01QF00_RTROPTP_2_HACKER-DEATH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Barnaby Jack, 35, is pictured in this handout photo" align="left" title="Barnaby Jack, 35, is pictured in this handout photo" border="0" /></a>By Jim Finkle (Reuters) - Barnaby Jack, a celebrated computer hacker who forced bank ATMs to spit out cash and sparked safety improvements in medical devices, died in San Francisco, a week before he was due to make a high-profile presentation at a hacking conference. The New Zealand-born Jack, 35, was found dead on Thursday evening by &quot;a loved one&quot; at an apartment in San Francisco&#039;s Nob Hill neighborhood, according to a police spokesman. He would not say what caused Jack&#039;s death but said police had ruled out foul play. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/famed-hacker-barnaby-jack-dies-week-hacking-convention-003721970.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 00:26:52 -0400Reutersfamed-hacker-barnaby-jack-dies-week-hacking-convention-003721970<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/famed-hacker-barnaby-jack-dies-week-hacking-convention-003721970.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6U.lIlIvC1G58s94WmZrlQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-27T042652Z_3_CBRE96Q01QF00_RTROPTP_2_HACKER-DEATH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Barnaby Jack, 35, is pictured in this handout photo" align="left" title="Barnaby Jack, 35, is pictured in this handout photo" border="0" /></a>By Jim Finkle (Reuters) - Barnaby Jack, a celebrated computer hacker who forced bank ATMs to spit out cash and sparked safety improvements in medical devices, died in San Francisco, a week before he was due to make a high-profile presentation at a hacking conference. The New Zealand-born Jack, 35, was found dead on Thursday evening by &quot;a loved one&quot; at an apartment in San Francisco&#039;s Nob Hill neighborhood, according to a police spokesman. He would not say what caused Jack&#039;s death but said police had ruled out foul play. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-delays-conservatorship-ruling-actress-amanda-bynes-231310602.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/M9uas6eSgkSkGMw1B0ZB3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T231310Z_1_CBRE96P1SIJ00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actress Amanda Bynes arrives for a court hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York" align="left" title="Actress Amanda Bynes arrives for a court hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge in Southern California on Friday has postponed ruling on whether the parents of troubled actress Amanda Bynes should be granted legal control over the former teenage star&#039;s affairs. Ventura County Superior Court Judge Glen Reiser pushed back the hearing to August 9 because Bynes, 27, is under court-ordered psychiatric care for the next two weeks, according to a court official. Her parents have asked the court to grant them conservatorship after Bynes allegedly started a small fire in the driveway of a home in the Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks on Monday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/judge-delays-conservatorship-ruling-actress-amanda-bynes-231310602.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 19:13:10 -0400Reutersjudge-delays-conservatorship-ruling-actress-amanda-bynes-231310602<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-delays-conservatorship-ruling-actress-amanda-bynes-231310602.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/M9uas6eSgkSkGMw1B0ZB3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T231310Z_1_CBRE96P1SIJ00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actress Amanda Bynes arrives for a court hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York" align="left" title="Actress Amanda Bynes arrives for a court hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge in Southern California on Friday has postponed ruling on whether the parents of troubled actress Amanda Bynes should be granted legal control over the former teenage star&#039;s affairs. Ventura County Superior Court Judge Glen Reiser pushed back the hearing to August 9 because Bynes, 27, is under court-ordered psychiatric care for the next two weeks, according to a court official. Her parents have asked the court to grant them conservatorship after Bynes allegedly started a small fire in the driveway of a home in the Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks on Monday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Toni Clarke (Reuters) - A vitamin B dietary supplement called B-50 contains two anabolic steroids and has been cited as causing unusual hair growth in women and impotence in men, U.S. health regulators said on Friday, warning consumers to avoid the product. The product, sold by Healthy Life Chemistry By Purity First, contains the steroids methasterone and dimethazine, both of which are potentially dangerous. The ingredients are not listed on the label and should not be in a dietary supplement, the Food and Drug Administration said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/fda-warns-vitamin-supplement-containing-steroids-cites-risks-230608083.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 19:06:08 -0400Reutersfda-warns-vitamin-supplement-containing-steroids-cites-risks-230608083Texas authorities say the woman and her daughters were also operating without a medical license. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/mom-accused-injecting-patients-toxic-chemicals-19760926Fri, 26 Jul 2013 18:18:34 -0400ABC NewsHealth/video/mom-accused-injecting-patients-toxic-chemicals-19760926(Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday said it would temporarily ban new home health providers and ambulance suppliers from enrolling in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program in three areas of the country, citing the risk of fraud. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said the bans will apply to home health agencies in the Miami, Florida and Chicago, Illinois metropolitan areas as well as ambulance suppliers in the Houston, Texas area. ...http://news.yahoo.com/u-bans-home-health-ambulance-providers-three-regions-220640814.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 18:07:21 -0400Reutersu-bans-home-health-ambulance-providers-three-regions-220640814By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) - Victims in Tennessee of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak won the right to pursue a new avenue of litigation against healthcare facilities and doctors there, after a ruling by a U.S. bankruptcy judge this week. Tennessee was the second hardest-hit state, behind Michigan, in a meningitis outbreak that has injured or killed more than 700 people nationwide. There were about 65 healthcare facilities and doctors in Tennessee on the customer list of New England Compounding Center, which U.S. ...http://news.yahoo.com/tennessee-victims-u-meningitis-outbreak-win-avenue-lawsuits-213607177.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 17:36:07 -0400Reuterstennessee-victims-u-meningitis-outbreak-win-avenue-lawsuits-213607177The parasite has sickened 315 people in 15 states. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/07/26/stomach-bug-spreads-to-15-states/Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:05:51 -0400ABC Newsblogs/health/2013/07/26/stomach-bug-spreads-to-15-states/<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fda-issues-rules-targeting-improved-food-safety-imports-153039516.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/34ySlBFtM0ug_rGQh912GA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T204245Z_2_CBRE96P1F1900_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-PHARMACEUTICALS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) logo at its headquarters in Silver Spring" align="left" title="A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) logo at its headquarters in Silver Spring" border="0" /></a>By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed rules on Friday that would require food companies to verify that the products they import meet certain safety standards. The rules are the latest in a series proposed under the Food Safety Modernization Act, which was signed in 2011 and represents the most sweeping food safety reform in more than 70 years. More than 3,000 people in the United States die each year from food-borne illnesses, according to federal data. One in six are sickened and 100,000 hospitalized from illness tied to pathogens such as salmonella, E. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/fda-issues-rules-targeting-improved-food-safety-imports-153039516.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 16:42:45 -0400Reutersfda-issues-rules-targeting-improved-food-safety-imports-153039516<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fda-issues-rules-targeting-improved-food-safety-imports-153039516.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/34ySlBFtM0ug_rGQh912GA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T204245Z_2_CBRE96P1F1900_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-PHARMACEUTICALS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) logo at its headquarters in Silver Spring" align="left" title="A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) logo at its headquarters in Silver Spring" border="0" /></a>By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed rules on Friday that would require food companies to verify that the products they import meet certain safety standards. The rules are the latest in a series proposed under the Food Safety Modernization Act, which was signed in 2011 and represents the most sweeping food safety reform in more than 70 years. More than 3,000 people in the United States die each year from food-borne illnesses, according to federal data. One in six are sickened and 100,000 hospitalized from illness tied to pathogens such as salmonella, E. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Ikarians have low rates of heart disease and cancer, and plenty of sex. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/Health/slideshow/photos-greek-isle-residents-live-decade-longer-americans-19784159Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:40:49 -0400ABC NewsHealth/slideshow/photos-greek-isle-residents-live-decade-longer-americans-19784159By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After kidney transplants, the risk of death over the next year falls just as much among obese kidney failure patients as it does for thinner people, says a new study. Researchers found that the risk of an obese person dying during the year after a kidney transplant dropped about 66 percent, compared to obese people who remained on dialysis. That's equal to the benefit thinner people get from a transplant. "This is good and important news with the changing environment and increasing regulation of transplantation. ...http://news.yahoo.com/transplants-may-benefit-obese-kidney-patients-203435490.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 16:34:35 -0400Reuterstransplants-may-benefit-obese-kidney-patients-203435490By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Chronic wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers and pressure ulcers may heal faster when they are cleaned out frequently, a new study suggests. So-called debridement involves removing dead or infected tissue and any foreign bodies or bacteria from slow-healing wounds, such as with a scalpel or special cream. It's traditionally performed when a patient first comes in with a wound, said Dr. Robert Kirsner, a dermatologist and wound researcher from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. ...http://news.yahoo.com/regular-wound-cleaning-tied-faster-healing-200920625.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 16:09:20 -0400Reutersregular-wound-cleaning-tied-faster-healing-200920625Two New York City hospitals are getting serious about childhood obesity by writing prescriptions for fruits and vegetables. But they?re not the only ones addressing the weighty problem in innovative ways.http://news.yahoo.com/hospitals-health-nannies-prescriptions-fruits-other-unusual-ways-200008045.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 16:00:08 -0400Time.comhospitals-health-nannies-prescriptions-fruits-other-unusual-ways-200008045Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If current trends continue, the number of Americans who experience a dangerous irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation will more than double in the next 16 years, according to a new study. In 2010, some five million U.S. adults had been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, or AF, but the study projects about 12 million cases by the year 2030. That's a best guess, said study coauthor Dr. ...http://news.yahoo.com/americans-irregular-heartbeats-double-study-193155554.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 15:31:55 -0400Reutersamericans-irregular-heartbeats-double-study-193155554By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court on Friday rejected a Pennsylvania cabinet maker's religion-based challenge to the 2010 healthcare law's requirement that larger companies provide workers with health insurance covering birth control. The decision created a split among federal appeals courts, boosting the chance that the U.S. Supreme Court may step in to resolve the dispute over challenges to the provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the 3rd U.S. ...http://news.yahoo.com/u-court-rejects-firms-challenge-obamacare-contraception-mandate-193059507.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 15:30:59 -0400Reutersu-court-rejects-firms-challenge-obamacare-contraception-mandate-193059507By Kerry Grens NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Farmers who used weedkillers were more than twice as likely to be treated for depression than farmers who didn't use the chemicals in a new study from France. Whether the weedkillers are causing depression "is not clear," said Marc Weisskopf, the study's lead author and an associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health. "But (the result) suggests we should not be ignoring herbicides just because they're targeting plants. ...http://news.yahoo.com/weedkillers-tied-depression-farmers-193011410.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 15:30:11 -0400Reutersweedkillers-tied-depression-farmers-193011410<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/why-china-pays-over-odds-medicines-145509651.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vCmWwbWLYkXzAcKqMTwz7w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T145509Z_1_CBRE96P15G100_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-MULTINATIONALS-CRACKDOWN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A flag bearing the logo of GlaxoSmithKline flutters next to a Chinese national flag outside a GlaxoSmithKline office building in Shanghai" align="left" title="A flag bearing the logo of GlaxoSmithKline flutters next to a Chinese national flag outside a GlaxoSmithKline office building in Shanghai" border="0" /></a>By Ben Hirschler, Ransdell Pierson and Kazunori Takada (Reuters) - China has a drug problem. While most Western countries spend 10-12 percent of their healthcare budget on medicines, in China it is well over 40 percent, a disparity that goes to the heart of Beijing&#039;s crackdown on the industry. A promise this week by GlaxoSmithKline to make its drugs more affordable in China in the wake of a bribery scandal is an important lever Chinese authorities may now use to start redressing the balance. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/why-china-pays-over-odds-medicines-145509651.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 14:37:32 -0400Reuterswhy-china-pays-over-odds-medicines-145509651<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/why-china-pays-over-odds-medicines-145509651.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vCmWwbWLYkXzAcKqMTwz7w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T145509Z_1_CBRE96P15G100_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-MULTINATIONALS-CRACKDOWN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A flag bearing the logo of GlaxoSmithKline flutters next to a Chinese national flag outside a GlaxoSmithKline office building in Shanghai" align="left" title="A flag bearing the logo of GlaxoSmithKline flutters next to a Chinese national flag outside a GlaxoSmithKline office building in Shanghai" border="0" /></a>By Ben Hirschler, Ransdell Pierson and Kazunori Takada (Reuters) - China has a drug problem. While most Western countries spend 10-12 percent of their healthcare budget on medicines, in China it is well over 40 percent, a disparity that goes to the heart of Beijing&#039;s crackdown on the industry. A promise this week by GlaxoSmithKline to make its drugs more affordable in China in the wake of a bribery scandal is an important lever Chinese authorities may now use to start redressing the balance. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Diane Bartz and Ransdell Pierson WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' $4 billion-a-year multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone will lose its patent protection in 2014 rather than 2015 because of a ruling from a U.S. appeals court on Friday, making it potentially prey to cheaper generics next May. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in a patent fight that pits Teva against two teams developing cheaper generic forms of Copaxone: one with Novartis AG and Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc and another between Mylan Inc and Natco Pharma Ltd. ...http://news.yahoo.com/u-court-permits-generic-version-teva-ms-drug-172330030.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 14:20:18 -0400Reutersu-court-permits-generic-version-teva-ms-drug-172330030By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A convicted Ohio killer who sought to be spared the death penalty because he was obese died Thursday at a Columbus hospital of natural causes, an Ohio prison spokeswoman said. Ronald Post, 53, who weighed more than 450 pounds, had been scheduled to be executed by lethal injection last January for the aggravated murder in 1983 of motel desk clerk Helen Vantz during a robbery. The execution was commuted to life in prison by Ohio Governor John Kasich last December, following a recommendation by a parole board panel. ...http://news.yahoo.com/obese-former-death-row-inmate-dies-ohio-172546336.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 13:25:46 -0400Reutersobese-former-death-row-inmate-dies-ohio-172546336Lulu Alvarado suffered ten months of migraines. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/07/26/cheerleaders-migraines-relieved-through-implanted-device/Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:24:21 -0400ABC Newsblogs/health/2013/07/26/cheerleaders-migraines-relieved-through-implanted-device/Lulu Alvarado suffered ten months of migraines. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/07/26/cheerleaders-migraines-relieved-through-implanted-device/Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:24:21 -0400ABC Newsblogs/health/2013/07/26/cheerleaders-migraines-relieved-through-implanted-device/<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fighting-tooth-claw-wolverine-examining-healing-power-x-160100218.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZHdCYz7gC.hmSLM8WF6Wmw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/Wolverine-SCIAM-Zehr-Figs.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fighting Tooth and Claw with Wolverine Examining the Healing Power of an X-Man" align="left" title="Fighting Tooth and Claw with Wolverine Examining the Healing Power of an X-Man" border="0" /></a>Fighting Tooth and Claw with Wolverine Examining the Healing Power of an X-Man</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/fighting-tooth-claw-wolverine-examining-healing-power-x-160100218.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 12:01:00 -0400Scientific Americanfighting-tooth-claw-wolverine-examining-healing-power-x-160100218<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fighting-tooth-claw-wolverine-examining-healing-power-x-160100218.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZHdCYz7gC.hmSLM8WF6Wmw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/Wolverine-SCIAM-Zehr-Figs.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Fighting Tooth and Claw with Wolverine Examining the Healing Power of an X-Man" align="left" title="Fighting Tooth and Claw with Wolverine Examining the Healing Power of an X-Man" border="0" /></a>Fighting Tooth and Claw with Wolverine Examining the Healing Power of an X-Man</p><br clear="all"/>The proposed guidelines follow outbreaks linked to produce and cheese. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/fda-proposes-rules-safer-imported-foods-19780363Fri, 26 Jul 2013 11:04:14 -0400ABC NewsHealth/wireStory/fda-proposes-rules-safer-imported-foods-19780363LONDON (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis won an important endorsement of its new inhaled medicine for chronic lung disease on Friday when European regulators recommended approval of Ultibro Breezhaler. Also known as QVA149, the once-daily medicine belongs to a new type of dual-action treatments that are expected by analysts to become major sellers and is the first in the class to win such a green light. The green light from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) paves the way for full marketing authorization in the next two or three months. Approval in the key U.S. ...http://news.yahoo.com/eu-regulators-back-novartis-inhaler-gilead-hiv-drug-115130901.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 10:50:46 -0400Reuterseu-regulators-back-novartis-inhaler-gilead-hiv-drug-115130901L.A. County health officials have closed Table Mountain Campgrounds for at least a week. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/plague-infected-squirrel-closes-campground-19780801Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:59:37 -0400ABC NewsHealth/video/plague-infected-squirrel-closes-campground-19780801(Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration said it would limit the use of Johnson & Johnson's antifungal medicine, Nizoral tablets, warning that it may cause severe liver injuries and adrenal gland problems, and lead to harmful drug interactions. The agency said it approved changes to the drug's label to address the new safety issues. As a result, Nizoral oral tablets should not be the initial treatment for any fungal infection. ...http://news.yahoo.com/fda-limits-j-js-nizoral-antifungal-drug-safety-133547577.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 09:35:47 -0400Reutersfda-limits-j-js-nizoral-antifungal-drug-safety-133547577(Reuters) - At least 285 people in 11 states have been sickened by a parasitic infection commonly linked to fresh produce, and the exact cause of the outbreak has yet to be pinpointed, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. Most of the cyclospora infections have been clustered in the Midwest, with 138 cases reported in Iowa and 70 in neighboring Nebraska. The remainder have been identified in Texas, Georgia, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, New Jersey and Ohio. ...http://news.yahoo.com/stomach-bug-linked-produce-sickens-285-people-11-132017385.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 09:20:17 -0400Reutersstomach-bug-linked-produce-sickens-285-people-11-132017385<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/greek-myths-human-origins-114500434.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vUUm38aGvvn5nTKqjVGsJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/Sci_Am_Sub_Natural_Reason_Prometheus.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Greek Myths about Human Origins" align="left" title="Greek Myths about Human Origins" border="0" /></a>Greek Myths about Human Origins</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/greek-myths-human-origins-114500434.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 07:45:00 -0400Scientific Americangreek-myths-human-origins-114500434<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/greek-myths-human-origins-114500434.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vUUm38aGvvn5nTKqjVGsJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/Sci_Am_Sub_Natural_Reason_Prometheus.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Greek Myths about Human Origins" align="left" title="Greek Myths about Human Origins" border="0" /></a>Greek Myths about Human Origins</p><br clear="all"/>By Sharon Bernstein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nahla Kayali is a foot soldier for Obamacare. She is among the first wave of 2,000 community organizers in California getting trained to persuade more than 1 million uninsured people in the state to sign up for subsidized health coverage under President Barack Obama's reform law. Kayali and her cohorts begin their mission next month, armed with flyers, pamphlets and a small army of volunteers who speak 13 languages. ...http://news.yahoo.com/obamacares-foot-soldiers-train-enroll-masses-110615788.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 07:06:15 -0400Reutersobamacares-foot-soldiers-train-enroll-masses-110615788<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nih-begins-gene-therapy-trial-parkinson-disease-100000077.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dY0neqkvBI9r6c.Nn59UOA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/3662432706_53d21bbd48_q.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="NIH Begins Gene Therapy Trial for Parkinson s Disease" align="left" title="NIH Begins Gene Therapy Trial for Parkinson s Disease" border="0" /></a>NIH Begins Gene Therapy Trial for Parkinson s Disease</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nih-begins-gene-therapy-trial-parkinson-disease-100000077.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 06:00:00 -0400Scientific Americannih-begins-gene-therapy-trial-parkinson-disease-100000077<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nih-begins-gene-therapy-trial-parkinson-disease-100000077.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dY0neqkvBI9r6c.Nn59UOA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/3662432706_53d21bbd48_q.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="NIH Begins Gene Therapy Trial for Parkinson s Disease" align="left" title="NIH Begins Gene Therapy Trial for Parkinson s Disease" border="0" /></a>NIH Begins Gene Therapy Trial for Parkinson s Disease</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (Reuters) - European drugs regulators have found no new safety concerns with diabetes drugs known as GLP-1 and DPP-4 therapies after concluding a safety review of possible links to damage to the pancreas. The class of drugs - known as glucagon-like-peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists and dipeptidylpeptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors - includes Merck's $4 billion-a-year Januvia franchise, Novo Nordisk's Victoza, and Byetta and Onglyza from Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca, among others. ...http://news.yahoo.com/eu-regulator-finds-no-safety-issues-diabetes-drugs-093616947.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 05:36:16 -0400Reuterseu-regulator-finds-no-safety-issues-diabetes-drugs-093616947<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/algeria-puts-army-charge-fighting-drug-trafficking-083248914.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Usu96G_QXwR0CGx03qNu5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T083248Z_1_AJOE96P0NQR00_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-ALGERIA-DRUGS-TRAFFICKING-20130726.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria has identified drug trafficking as a top national security threat linked to militancy in the region and put its powerful army in charge of fighting it, interior minister Daho Ould Kablia said. &quot;We are waging a war. It is a war against a new form of terrorism: drugs trafficking,&quot; Ould Kablia told the APS state news agency late on Wednesday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/algeria-puts-army-charge-fighting-drug-trafficking-083248914.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 04:32:48 -0400Reutersalgeria-puts-army-charge-fighting-drug-trafficking-083248914<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/algeria-puts-army-charge-fighting-drug-trafficking-083248914.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Usu96G_QXwR0CGx03qNu5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T083248Z_1_AJOE96P0NQR00_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-ALGERIA-DRUGS-TRAFFICKING-20130726.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria has identified drug trafficking as a top national security threat linked to militancy in the region and put its powerful army in charge of fighting it, interior minister Daho Ould Kablia said. &quot;We are waging a war. It is a war against a new form of terrorism: drugs trafficking,&quot; Ould Kablia told the APS state news agency late on Wednesday. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mexican-president-pena-nietos-thyroid-growth-benign-official-025110999.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dbmAONb1qSzgHEaQ_EXDcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T025110Z_1_CBRE96P07XP00_RTROPTP_2_SUNVALLEY-CONFERENCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto listens to an attendee at the annual Allen and Co. conference at the Sun Valley" align="left" title="Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto listens to an attendee at the annual Allen and Co. conference at the Sun Valley" border="0" /></a>MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A nodule on Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto&#039;s thyroid gland is benign, an official in the president&#039;s office said on Thursday. Pena Nieto is due to undergo surgery to remove the nodule next Wednesday, in a procedure that will last an hour and a half, the president&#039;s office said in a statement on Wednesday. The official said the operation was a simple one and that the nodule was being removed because doctors thought that was the best course of action. Pena Nieto will spend four days recovering after the operation. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mexican-president-pena-nietos-thyroid-growth-benign-official-025110999.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 23:32:32 -0400Reutersmexican-president-pena-nietos-thyroid-growth-benign-official-025110999<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mexican-president-pena-nietos-thyroid-growth-benign-official-025110999.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dbmAONb1qSzgHEaQ_EXDcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T025110Z_1_CBRE96P07XP00_RTROPTP_2_SUNVALLEY-CONFERENCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto listens to an attendee at the annual Allen and Co. conference at the Sun Valley" align="left" title="Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto listens to an attendee at the annual Allen and Co. conference at the Sun Valley" border="0" /></a>MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A nodule on Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto&#039;s thyroid gland is benign, an official in the president&#039;s office said on Thursday. Pena Nieto is due to undergo surgery to remove the nodule next Wednesday, in a procedure that will last an hour and a half, the president&#039;s office said in a statement on Wednesday. The official said the operation was a simple one and that the nodule was being removed because doctors thought that was the best course of action. Pena Nieto will spend four days recovering after the operation. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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