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| Obama accuses Republican rival of suffering "Romnesia" Friday, Oct 19, 2012 07:13 PM PDT  FAIRFAX, Va./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama turned his rival's name into an ailment on Friday, accusing Mitt Romney of suffering from "Romnesia" for emphasizing moderate positions rather than the conservative ones he put forward in the Republican primary race. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, has closed a gap in opinion polls with the Democratic incumbent after giving a strong performance in the first presidential debate on October 3, when he sounded a moderate note on healthcare reform and the need for government regulation - highlights of Obama's platform. ... Full Story | Top |
| Judge blocks Arizona law that bars funding to Planned Parenthood Friday, Oct 19, 2012 06:41 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday blocked Arizona from applying a new law that bars Planned Parenthood's health clinics from receiving money through the state because the organization also performs abortions. U.S. District Court Judge Neil Wake granted the temporary injunction to Planned Parenthood, which had sued Arizona to block the law, which was signed by Republican Governor Jan Brewer in May but whose implementation has been on hold. ... Full Story | Top |
| CEOs' rosy spin whitewashes weak results Friday, Oct 19, 2012 04:35 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Corporate America has been talking a good game this earnings season, but a closer look shows the results are not nearly as strong as CEO optimism might lead investors to believe. In fact, a number of companies are coming up short on either earnings or revenue as measured against Wall Street estimates, even as their leaders try to paint a picture of steady returns and solid prospects for 2013. Some investors say earnings expectations have been managed so low they are easy to beat, even if sales come up short. ... Full Story | Top |
| In U.S. meningitis scare, states face huge task of tracking drugs Friday, Oct 19, 2012 04:32 PM PDT MINNEAPOLIS/NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Confronted with a growing meningitis scare, states are coming under enormous pressure to meet federal requests that they contact more than 1,000 hospitals and clinics that received any injectable drugs from the company at the center of the deadly outbreak. For weeks authorities have been attempting to track down and recall the original three lots of a single steroid compound produced by the New England Compounding Center and linked to the meningitis outbreak. Those lots were shipped to 23 states and 76 facilities. ... Full Story | Top |
| Meningitis toll rises; pharmacy owners sued Friday, Oct 19, 2012 04:10 PM PDT  BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Executives at the Boston-area pharmacy whose steroid shots have been linked to a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak have been sued in a bid to freeze their personal assets, while the death toll in the scandal rose to 21, with 268 cases of infection reported. Peter McGrath, a lawyer who is a former federal prosecutor, said he was spearheading a civil case that blames Massachusetts-based NECC and company officers Barry and Lisa Cadden and Greg Conigliaro for the tainted drugs. ... Full Story | Top |
| Illinois congressman criticized over abortion remark Friday, Oct 19, 2012 03:55 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Republican congressman from Illinois waded into controversy with a suggestion that abortion is never necessary to save the life of a mother, two months after a colleague drew fire for saying women were unlikely to become pregnant from "legitimate rape." Representative Joe Walsh, who opposes abortion, made the remarks to reporters on Thursday after a debate with Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth, his opponent for a House seat representing the Chicago suburbs. "There is no such exception as life of the mother. ... Full Story | Top |
| Edwards Lifesciences' heart valve wins widened approval Friday, Oct 19, 2012 03:01 PM PDT (Reuters) - Edwards Lifesciences Corp said U.S. health regulators widened the approved use of its Sapien artificial heart valve to include patients who are eligible for surgery but at high risk of serious surgical complications or death. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration also approved delivering the heart valve by catheter transapically, or through the ribs. The Sapien valve was approved last November only for patients deemed too sick to have heart valve replacement using more traditional open-heart surgery, and only for delivery through the femoral artery -- located in the leg. ... Full Story | Top |
| Are social factors tied to hospital readmissions? Friday, Oct 19, 2012 02:21 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There may be several non-medical factors outside of hospitals' control that are linked to how heart and pneumonia patients fare once they're discharged, according to a fresh look at past research. Beginning October 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) started using readmission rates and patient outcomes as a way to determine how much money hospitals should get paid. But CMS does not consider so-called social factors, such as a patient's living situation or low income, when profiling the quality of a hospital's care. ... Full Story | Top |
| UAW retiree trust reports larger shortfall in 2011: filing Friday, Oct 19, 2012 02:13 PM PDT DETROIT (Reuters) - A healthcare trust for retired U.S. autoworkers was $33 billion short of meeting obligations to cover medical costs of those retirees at the end of 2011, newly released federal documents show. The funding shortfall of $33 billion in the second year of the healthcare trust was 63 percent higher than the gap from the previous year. Healthcare costs grew as the trust's assets shrank. The United Auto Workers Retiree Medical Benefits Trust saw the value of its assets drop about 11 percent to $52.4 billion in 2011 while the S&P 500 index was flat. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ameridose agrees to extend shutdown amid meningitis probe Friday, Oct 19, 2012 02:09 PM PDT BOSTON (Reuters) - Ameridose LLC, sister company to the New England Compounding Center at the heart of the U.S. meningitis outbreak, said on Friday it has agreed to extend a temporary shutdown while state and federal regulators continue an investigation into the company. Ameridose, based in Westborough, Massachusetts, shares some common ownership with NECC, which is why investigators began an inspection of the company on October 10. ... Full Story | Top |
| Canada beef plant samples test negative for E. coli Friday, Oct 19, 2012 01:57 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Test samples from the XL Foods meat plant in Alberta have come back negative for E. coli bacteria, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said on Friday, moving closer to a decision on whether to reopen the plant, which the agency closed because some of the plant's beef products were contaminated. Inspection officials tested meat from 5,000 carcasses that were in the Brooks, Alberta, plant before CFIA shut it down. CFIA plans to finalize its recommendations on the plant's reopening over the weekend after further review of its bacterial controls. ... Full Story | Top |
| Extra pounds tied to higher risk of hospitalization Friday, Oct 19, 2012 01:44 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Regardless of lifestyle and other health-related factors, heavier people were more likely than lean ones to be hospitalized for a variety of conditions in a new study from Australia. That was the case not just for obese people, but for the merely overweight as well. Among middle-aged adults, researchers found that every extra body mass index (BMI) point - equal to about six or seven pounds - was tied to a four-percent higher chance of being admitted to the hospital over a two-year period. ... Full Story | Top |
| Saw palmetto seems safe in men with urinary problems Friday, Oct 19, 2012 12:11 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The popular supplement saw palmetto may be safe for men with urinary symptoms, a new study finds - but whether it actually works is a whole other matter. Saw palmetto is a fruit extract that some men take for the symptoms of an enlarged prostate - like difficulty urinating, urine leakage or having to get up repeatedly at night for a trip to the bathroom. The supplement is popular, despite a lack of evidence that it works. ... Full Story | Top |
| CDC says death toll rises to 21 in U.S. meningitis outbreak Friday, Oct 19, 2012 11:22 AM PDT  (Reuters) - The number of U.S. deaths from fungal meningitis linked to potentially contaminated steroid injections has risen to 21 with a fifth death reported in Michigan, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. States reported 14 new cases of fungal meningitis, raising the total to 268 as the outbreak showed no signs of abating, the CDC said. There are also three peripheral infections in the outbreak caused by injections into joints, such as a knee, hip or shoulder. The outbreak stems from medications shipped by the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts. ... Full Story | Top |
| Is simpler colon screen enough for many women? Friday, Oct 19, 2012 10:40 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women younger than 70 have a relatively low risk of abnormal growths in the upper part of the colon, a new study confirms - suggesting, researchers say, that many women can opt for less invasive colon cancer screening. Most experts recommend that people at average risk of colon cancer start having screening tests for the disease at age 50. And there are choices. The U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
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