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| Meningitis deaths rise, FDA faces new questions Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 04:53 PM PDT  WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - The death toll from a meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroids jumped to 19 on Wednesday, while U.S. lawmakers pressed federal health regulators to explain what they knew about the pharmacy that produced the drugs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said four more deaths had been confirmed in the last 24 hours, including two in Tennessee, the state hardest hit with eight deaths since the infections were discovered in late September. Virginia and Florida each reported one new death. ... Full Story | Top |
| Factbox: State of The Lance Armstrong Foundation's finances Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 04:23 PM PDT (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong stepped down on Wednesday as chairman of the Austin, Texas-based Livestrong cancer charity he founded in 1997. The Lance Armstrong Foundation serves people and families affected by cancer. The cyclist established the foundation after he was diagnosed with testicular cancer and prior to winning seven Tour de France titles. He will serve as a member of the board. Foundation officials said on Wednesday that they have seen an increase in donations recently and that they expect robust attendance at this weekend's 15th anniversary festivities in Austin. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ex-presidential nominee George McGovern no longer responsive: family Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 04:02 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Former Democratic Senator George McGovern, remembered for a devastating defeat by Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election and his efforts to fight world hunger, was near death on Wednesday at a South Dakota hospice center, his family said. McGovern, 90, was admitted to a hospice suffering from a combination of medical conditions due to age that have worsened in recent months, his family said in a statement. "The senator is no longer responsive," the statement said. "He is surrounded by his loving family and close friends. ... Full Story | Top |
| Romney's deduction caps don't pay for tax cuts: study Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 04:01 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney's proposed cap on itemizing tax deductions could not on its own raise enough new government tax revenue to compensate for revenues lost by the Republican presidential candidate's plan to slash income tax rates, a think tank said on Wednesday. The Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan group that has weighed in on other Romney proposals, said his deductions cap could raise up to $1.7 trillion over 10 years. The center said earlier this year Romney's 20-percent tax rate cut would cost $4.8 trillion. ... Full Story | Top |
| UPDATE 5-Lance Armstrong steps down from charity, Nike drops him Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 03:52 PM PDT * Armstrong out as Livestrong chairman, still board member * Donations to foundation rise despite scandal * Nike cites "seemingly insurmountable evidence" * Anheuser-Busch to end sponsorship deal as well * ESPN reports two others end deals as well AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong stepped down as chairman of the Livestrong cancer support charity he founded, as Nike Inc dropped the disgraced cyclist over the doping scandal that will likely cost him his seven Tour de France titles. ... Full Story | Top |
| No need for Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. to resign: Illinois governor Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 03:42 PM PDT  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn said on Wednesday he sees no need for Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr., to resign his congressional seat or remove himself from the November election ballot, even though Jackson has been undergoing medical treatment for four months. "He was elected by the people to serve his term," said Quinn, in an interview with WBBM-780 Radio. "Obviously, he has had some health challenges." Jackson, the son of civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson, has been treated for bipolar disorder. ... Full Story | Top |
| Drug showed promise in clearing drug-resistant tuberculosis Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 02:59 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - An antibiotic used to treat severe bacterial infections showed promise at treating a highly drug-resistant and deadly form of tuberculosis, U.S. government and South Korean researchers said on Wednesday. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, is the first scientifically rigorous clinical trial of Pfizer's antibiotic linezolid, or Zyvox, in patients with extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB), which is resistant to at least four of the drugs most often used to treat the lung infection. ... Full Story | Top |
| Judge says bankrupt Alabama county can overhaul hospital Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 02:15 PM PDT BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday cleared the way for Alabama's bankrupt Jefferson County to shut down in-patient services at a government hospital for poor people that loses $10 million a year. Jefferson County, which filed a $4.23 billion bankruptcy nearly a year ago, says it can no longer afford to cover the losses for a 319-bed, in-patient operation that serves only a few dozen people on an average day. But Birmingham, Alabama's biggest city and the Jefferson County seat, had asked U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Factbox: Quotes from second U.S. presidential debate Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 02:12 PM PDT (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney met on Tuesday at New York's Hofstra University for the second of three presidential debates ahead of the November 6 election. Below are some highlights of what the two candidates said. FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY On Obama's response to Libya attacks: "There was no demonstration involved, it was a terrorist attack and it took a long time for that to be told to the American people. Whether there was some misleading, or instead whether we just didn't know what happened, you have to ask yourself... ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama comes out swinging after debate - in swing states Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 02:12 PM PDT  MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hit rival Mitt Romney hard on women's issues as he headed back on the campaign trail on Wednesday after a spirited debate performance that re-energized his bid for a second term. A day after a much-improved performance in the second of three presidential debates, a revitalized Obama continued sparring with his Republican opponent, making fun of Romney's comment that he had received "binders full of women" to consider for cabinet positions when he was governor of Massachusetts. ... Full Story | Top |
| Epilepsy drug leads to weight loss, side effects Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 02:00 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A drug approved to prevent seizures may also help obese people lose a few pounds when it's added to therapy and nutritional guidance, a new small trial suggests. But people who took zonisamide also reported more side effects, from nausea and vomiting to anxiety and depression. And two researchers not involved in the study questioned how much the drug would actually help people in the real world. Although zonisamide is only approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for seizures, doctors can prescribe it "off-label" for non-approved purposes. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. House panel seeks FDA documents on meningitis-linked firm Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 01:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee that oversees drug safety issues asked the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday to provide documents on federal and state inspections of a Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak that has killed 19 people. In a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee said it was requesting documents dating back to 2004 as part of a probe to determine what actions regulators took after they concluded that the pharmacy's facilities posed potential risks to public ... Full Story | Top |
| Some parents misunderstand kids' cancer studies Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 01:25 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with incurable cancer can take part in early trials of a new drug's safety, but many parents may misunderstand the goals of those studies, new research finds. When researchers test new drugs on humans, they start with phase 1 clinical trials. Those studies aren't aimed at seeing whether a drug works; instead, researchers are looking at the drug's safety, and trying to figure out the highest dose that people can tolerate without troublesome side effects. Then the drug can move on to larger trials testing its effectiveness. ... Full Story | Top |
| Antidepressants linked to risk of brain bleeds Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 01:24 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People using a common class of antidepressants may have slightly increased odds of suffering bleeding in the brain - though the risk is still very small, researchers reported Wednesday. The antidepressants are known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and include widely used drugs like fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), citalopram (Celexa) and paroxetine (Paxil). SSRIs have been linked to a risk of stomach bleeding. ... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis links psoriasis, diabetes Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 12:36 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new review of more than two dozen studies adds support to the link between the chronic skin disease psoriasis and diabetes. In studies from the United States, Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere, participants with psoriasis had anywhere from an equal risk to an almost four-fold higher risk of developing diabetes than those without the skin condition. According to the National Institutes of Health, more than three percent of adults in the U.S. have psoriasis, which is characterized by itchy, painful plaques on the skin. ... Full Story | Top |
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