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Aug 4, 2011

HEALTH News, Aug 04, 2011 (2)

Overactive bladder next Botox frontier
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:59 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Overactive bladders later this year could become the next big frontier for Botox, the anti-wrinkle drug, and significantly boost sales of the $1.5 billion-a-year product, according to Allergan Inc Chief Executive David Pyott. Full Story

More U.S. kids in hospital for mental illness
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:45 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - American kids are increasingly likely to be admitted to the hospital for mental problems, although rates of non-psychiatric hospitalizations have remained flat, a new study shows. Full Story

Young gay men who use meth may risk HIV
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:44 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young gay and bisexual men who use methamphetamine are more likely to take sexual risks that boost their chances of contracting HIV, a new study suggests. Full Story

New approach a step forward for hepatitis C vaccine
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:27 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - French scientists have developed a novel hepatitis C vaccine that may offer the first effective way to prevent an infection that can cause chronic liver disease and cancer. Full Story

Tea Party groups see Medicare overhaul chance
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:25 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - With Medicare at the top of lawmakers' fall agenda, Tea Party movement leaders hope to ignite support for Republican plans to transform the popular federal healthcare program for the elderly.

Common antipsychotic no help to vets with PTSD
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:24 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a cautionary tale about the use of unproven medicine, a new study shows an antipsychotic given to thousands of U.S. veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder has a negligible impact on the common condition. Full Story

HIV infections in U.S. stable but disparities exist
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:23 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoCHICAGO (Reuters) - The number of Americans newly infected with HIV remained stable between 2006 and 2009, but infections rose nearly 50 percent among young black gay and bisexual men, U.S. experts said on Wednesday.

Overactive bladder next Botox frontier
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:22 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Overactive bladders later this year could become the next big frontier for Botox, the anti-wrinkle drug, and significantly boost sales of the $1.5 billion-a-year product, according to Allergan Inc Chief Executive David Pyott. Full Story

Japan takes steps to keep elderly from dying alone
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:18 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoTOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Japan's rapidly aging society, where nearly one in four people is over 65, means that more elderly are living alone every year - and also, sadly, dying alone, their bodies sometimes undiscovered for days.

Scientists find new superbug strain of salmonella
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:13 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoLONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have identified an emerging "superbug" strain of salmonella that is highly resistant to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin, or Cipro, often used for severe salmonella infections, and say they fear it may spread around the world.

Living alone after heart attack tied to death risk
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:11 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -- Living alone after a heart attack is associated with a higher risk of death over the next four years, according to a study in the American Journal of Cardiology. Full Story

Childhood hardship tied to adulthood disease risks
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:09 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who are abused, lose a parent, or suffer other hardships may have increased risks of chronic health conditions later in life, a new study suggests.

HIV epidemics emerge in Middle East, North Africa: study
Wed,3 Aug 2011 09:46 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoLONDON (Reuters) - Epidemics of HIV are emerging among gay and bisexual men in the Middle East and North Africa and high levels of risky sexual behavior threaten to spread the AIDS virus further in the region, researchers said on Tuesday.

Uganda could be next hit by malnutrition, U.N. warns
Wed,3 Aug 2011 08:27 AM PDT
Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Uganda could be the next country hit by alarming malnutrition rates due to drought which has already sparked famine in southern Somalia and hunger in Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. Full Story

 

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BOJ eases monetary policy, supports FX intervention
Wed,3 Aug 2011 11:44 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoTOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan eased monetary policy by boosting asset purchases on Thursday at a rate review that was cut short by a day, signaling its determination to support Tokyo's solo currency intervention to weaken the yen.

Special report: How Washington took the U.S. to the brink
Wed,3 Aug 2011 03:38 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's largest economy was headed toward an unprecedented default, and all Washington wanted to talk about was the manner in which the president had left a room.

Service sector growth slowest since 2010
Wed,3 Aug 2011 09:52 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - The pace of growth in the services sector ticked down unexpectedly in July to the lowest level since February 2010 and the number of jobs created by the private sector also slowed, reports showed on Wednesday.

Hitachi, Mitsubishi edge towards groundbreaking merger
Wed,3 Aug 2011 11:27 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoTOKYO (Reuters) - Hitachi Ltd and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd have begun talks to merge, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, a move that would bring much needed consolidation to corporate Japan.

Syrian tanks thrust into Hama, 45 killed: activist
Wed,3 Aug 2011 06:53 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoAMMAN, Aug 4 Reuters) - At least 45 civilians were killed in a tank assault by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces to occupy the center of Hama, an activist said on Thursday, in a sharp escalation of a military campaign aimed at ending an uprising against his rule.

Retail sales seen rising in July
Wed,3 Aug 2011 09:08 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Deep discounts and the warmest July weather in decades should help retail chains report a rise in monthly sales, with many expecting warehouse clubs and high-end chains to lead the way. Full Story

Spain to offer bonds as ECB meets amid crisis
Wed,3 Aug 2011 03:44 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoFRANKFURT/MADRID (Reuters) - Spain plans to auction up to 3.5 billion euros ($5 billion) of bonds on Thursday as the European Central Bank meets on policy, with investors hoping the ECB will signal a more aggressive approach to fighting the euro zone's debt crisis.

photoLONDON (Reuters) - A major new hacking attack underscores that governments and companies are losing the war against cyber thieves, but it's unclear if the disclosure will prompt quicker global action against online break-ins.

D.Telekom hit by staff costs, keeps outlook
Wed,3 Aug 2011 10:41 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoBonn, Germany (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom said it was on track to meet its targets after the group's second quarter profit was hit by restructuring charges mainly for staff in Germany.

U.S. seriously probing News Corp 9/11 hacking report
Wed,3 Aug 2011 12:20 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder will reassure families of September 11 victims when he meets them later this month that the Justice Department is seriously investigating allegations that News Corp reporters tried to hack victims' phones.

Egypt puts Mubarak on trial, transfixing Arab world
Wed,3 Aug 2011 10:59 AM PDT
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photoCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, accused of corruption and involvement in killing protesters, went on trial Wednesday, delighting those who overthrew him and ringing an alarm bell for other autocrats around the Arab world.

Default avoided but fears on economy remain
Wed,3 Aug 2011 03:57 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States stepped back from the brink of default on Tuesday but congressional approval of a last-ditch deficit-cutting plan failed to dispel fears of a credit downgrade and future tax and spending feuds.

World growth at risk as service sector slows
Wed,3 Aug 2011 09:13 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoLONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Growth in much of the world's service sector was anemic in July as firms around the world worried about the debt crisis in Europe and the U.S. as a well as slowing consumer demand, business surveys showed on Wednesday.

Gun lobby fights Mexico border rifle sale control
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:54 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. gun industry on Wednesday sued to block requirements that weapons dealers along the border with Mexico report multiple sales of semi-automatic rifles, escalating the fight with the Obama administration. Full Story

Analysis: World poorly placed to meet new economic crisis
Wed,3 Aug 2011 10:04 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoLONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - With financial markets in turmoil and economic growth slowing, policymakers around the world may once again be forced to cooperate to try to head off a crisis, as they did successfully in 2008-2009. But this time, they have fewer good options.

MasterCard profit jumps 33 percent
Wed,3 Aug 2011 11:28 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoCHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - MasterCard Inc said second-quarter profit jumped 33 percent, as inflation in the United States lifted spending volume and more international consumers used debit and credit cards.

SNB cuts rates to counter soaring Swiss franc
Wed,3 Aug 2011 12:19 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank announced a shock cut in interest rates and threatened more action to cap a soaring Swiss franc, but the impact was expected to be short-lived given the currency's safe-haven appeal amid mounting concerns about global growth.

A debt deal that solves the wrong problem: Summers
Wed,3 Aug 2011 12:16 PM PDT
Reuters -
photo-- Lawrence H. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard and former U.S. treasury secretary. He speaks and consults widely on economic and financial issues. The opinions expressed here are his own. --

Big media's profits defy gloomy outlook, for now
Wed,3 Aug 2011 01:33 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - Big media companies reported strong results but a bleak economic outlook has investors worried over whether they can deliver again in the face of high unemployment and slumping U.S. consumer spending.

photoLONDON (Reuters) - Somalia is most at risk from terrorist attack, followed by Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan and the new nation of South Sudan, according to a ranking by global analysts Maplecroft.

McCartney ex-wife: Mirror journalist hacked my phone
Wed,3 Aug 2011 12:17 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoLONDON (Reuters) - Heather Mills was quoted on Wednesday as saying a journalist at British publisher Trinity Mirror, owner of the Daily Mirror tabloid newspaper, had hacked her phone before she was married to former Beatle Paul McCartney.

Analysis: World poorly placed to meet new economic crisis
Wed,3 Aug 2011 09:56 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoLONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - With financial markets in turmoil and economic growth slowing, policymakers around the world may once again be forced to cooperate to try to head off a crisis, as they did successfully in 2008-2009. But this time, they have fewer good options.

"State actor" behind slew of cyber attacks
Wed,3 Aug 2011 04:17 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoBOSTON (Reuters) - Security experts have discovered an unprecedented series of cyber attacks on the networks of 72 organizations globally, including the United Nations, governments and corporations, over a five-year period.

Australian woman free after hours-long bomb scare
Wed,3 Aug 2011 08:13 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoSYDNEY (Reuters) - A young Australian woman was freed from a suspected bomb collared around her neck early on Thursday after 10 hours of drama that lasted past midnight and captivated the nation with police saying they were still investigating the incident.

Time Warner profit beats Street on ad sales
Wed,3 Aug 2011 08:26 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc posted better-than-expected quarterly results, helped by stronger advertising, and ratcheted up its full-year outlook.

Service sector slows in July: ISM survey
Wed,3 Aug 2011 07:08 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pace of growth in the services sector ticked down unexpectedly in July to the lowest level since February 2010, according to an industry report released on Wednesday. Full Story

Somali famine spreads to three new areas
Wed,3 Aug 2011 11:27 AM PDT
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photoMOGADISHU (Reuters) - The famine gripping parts of southern Somalia has spread to three new areas of the country, with the entire south likely to be declared a famine zone within the next six weeks, the United Nations said Wednesday.

Planned layoffs surge in July: Challenger
Wed,3 Aug 2011 05:23 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms rose to a 16-month high in July as sectors which had been seeing fairly few layoffs unexpectedly bled jobs, a report on Wednesday showed.

Obama says debt ceiling crisis hurt economy
Wed,3 Aug 2011 12:00 PM PDT
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photoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. debt ceiling crisis had an unnecessary negative impact on the economy, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday, while a congressional impasse over aviation could cost the government $1 billion in lost revenues.

U.S. rating maintained by Moody's and Fitch
Wed,3 Aug 2011 02:16 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States had its triple-A rating confirmed by two key ratings agencies on Tuesday after Washington struck a last-minute deal to avoid a debt default, but threats of future downgrades remain.

Japan vows to stem yen rise, PM calls for BOJ action
Wed,3 Aug 2011 03:03 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan kept markets on guard for currency intervention and more monetary easing on Wednesday, with the finance minister vowing to stem the yen's rise and the prime minister calling for central bank action to protect the economy.

Insight: Debt relief replaced with recession fear
Wed,3 Aug 2011 01:45 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoSingapore (Reuters) - In a matter of days, investor relief that the United States avoided default has been replaced by fears Europe's debt crisis is deepening and the world's biggest economy may be slipping back into recession.

Analysis: Decades-old auditor ties under scrutiny in U.S.
Tue,2 Aug 2011 10:03 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has stuck with the same auditing firm since 1926, Coca Cola since 1921, General Electric since 1909 and Procter & Gamble since 1890. That's going back 85, 90, 102 and 121 years.

photoSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia's best hope for insulation against a worsening economic outlook in the United States and Europe rests on China, and it may not be willing or able to do the job.

photoBEIJING (Reuters) - China is considering a proposal to create a ministerial-level body to manage its state-owned banks and non-bank financial enterprises, two sources with knowledge of the plan said, a move that would strengthen Beijing's grip on its lenders.

StanChart makes record profit, weathers India slump
Wed,3 Aug 2011 07:36 AM PDT
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photoHONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered reported a record-beating 17 percent rise in first-half profits on Wednesday as a booming Hong Kong market and increased restraint on costs outweighed a slump in India.

photoAMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian tanks occupied the main square in central Hama Wednesday after heavy shelling of the city, residents said, taking control of the site of some of the largest protests against President Bashar al-Assad.

Italy under fire in widening euro debt crisis
Tue,2 Aug 2011 12:34 PM PDT
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photoROME (Reuters) - Financial market pressure on Italy intensified on Tuesday, sucking Europe's second biggest debtor nation deeper into the euro area danger zone and prompting emergency consultations in Rome and among European capitals.

Egypt's Mubarak to face trial set to rattle Arab rulers
Tue,2 Aug 2011 11:31 PM PDT
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photoCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Hosni Mubarak flew to Cairo on Wednesday where he will be tried for conspiring to kill protesters, the first Arab ruler to be put in the dock since uprisings swept the region.

Eleventh arrest in UK tabloid hacking scandal
Tue,2 Aug 2011 12:20 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoLONDON (Reuters) - Stuart Kuttner, managing editor of the News of the World for 22 years, was arrested and later freed on bail on Tuesday over a phone-hacking scandal at the now-defunct tabloid that has rattled Britain's establishment, a source close to the case said.