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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 reservedWed, 22 May 2013 03:14:35 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/health/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-society-hits-100-us-cancer-rate-falls-063716332.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xw0FZ0ss60aUWdD6.VUM5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fc80843025038e11320f6a7067003c27.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 15, 1979 file photo, United States Surgeon General Dr. Julius B. Richmond, at the microphones, kicks off the third annual &quot;Smokeout&quot; rally sponsored by the American Cancer Society in Washington, D.C. as a part of the &quot;Great American Smokeout Day.&quot; (AP Photo)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Nov. 15, 1979 file photo, United States Surgeon General Dr. Julius B. Richmond, at the microphones, kicks off the third annual &quot;Smokeout&quot; rally sponsored by the American Cancer Society in Washington, D.C. as a part of the &quot;Great American Smokeout Day.&quot; (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? The American Cancer Society ? one of the nation&#039;s best known and influential health advocacy groups ? is 100 years old this week.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-society-hits-100-us-cancer-rate-falls-063716332.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 03:14:35 -0400Associated Presscancer-society-hits-100-us-cancer-rate-falls-063716332<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cancer-society-hits-100-us-cancer-rate-falls-063716332.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xw0FZ0ss60aUWdD6.VUM5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fc80843025038e11320f6a7067003c27.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 15, 1979 file photo, United States Surgeon General Dr. Julius B. Richmond, at the microphones, kicks off the third annual &quot;Smokeout&quot; rally sponsored by the American Cancer Society in Washington, D.C. as a part of the &quot;Great American Smokeout Day.&quot; (AP Photo)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Nov. 15, 1979 file photo, United States Surgeon General Dr. Julius B. Richmond, at the microphones, kicks off the third annual &quot;Smokeout&quot; rally sponsored by the American Cancer Society in Washington, D.C. as a part of the &quot;Great American Smokeout Day.&quot; (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? The American Cancer Society ? one of the nation&#039;s best known and influential health advocacy groups ? is 100 years old this week.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/life-saving-face-transplant-performed-poland-111941713.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7FihJmW4RBf4NpNM2VtyGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/94982944269c9511320f6a706700d9b0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT -In this picture provided by the Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice, Poland, a 33-year-old Polish man whose face was torn off by stone-cutting machinery is shown after undergoing a total face transplant. Doctors performed the surgery on May 15 in a 27-hour operation. In a news conference on Wednesday they said it was the first time a life-saving face transplant was carried out soon after a recipient suffered damage. There have been several other transplants in recent years but in those cases doctors had months or years to prepare. The Polish patient suffered his accident on April 23, 2013.(AP Photo/Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice)" align="left" title="EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT -In this picture provided by the Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice, Poland, a 33-year-old Polish man whose face was torn off by stone-cutting machinery is shown after undergoing a total face transplant. Doctors performed the surgery on May 15 in a 27-hour operation. In a news conference on Wednesday they said it was the first time a life-saving face transplant was carried out soon after a recipient suffered damage. There have been several other transplants in recent years but in those cases doctors had months or years to prepare. The Polish patient suffered his accident on April 23, 2013.(AP Photo/Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice)" border="0" /></a>WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? A 33-year-old Polish man received a life-saving total face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest timeframe to date for such an operation.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/life-saving-face-transplant-performed-poland-111941713.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 10:33:25 -0400Associated Presslife-saving-face-transplant-performed-poland-111941713<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/life-saving-face-transplant-performed-poland-111941713.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7FihJmW4RBf4NpNM2VtyGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/94982944269c9511320f6a706700d9b0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT -In this picture provided by the Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice, Poland, a 33-year-old Polish man whose face was torn off by stone-cutting machinery is shown after undergoing a total face transplant. Doctors performed the surgery on May 15 in a 27-hour operation. In a news conference on Wednesday they said it was the first time a life-saving face transplant was carried out soon after a recipient suffered damage. There have been several other transplants in recent years but in those cases doctors had months or years to prepare. The Polish patient suffered his accident on April 23, 2013.(AP Photo/Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice)" align="left" title="EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT -In this picture provided by the Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice, Poland, a 33-year-old Polish man whose face was torn off by stone-cutting machinery is shown after undergoing a total face transplant. Doctors performed the surgery on May 15 in a 27-hour operation. In a news conference on Wednesday they said it was the first time a life-saving face transplant was carried out soon after a recipient suffered damage. There have been several other transplants in recent years but in those cases doctors had months or years to prepare. The Polish patient suffered his accident on April 23, 2013.(AP Photo/Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice)" border="0" /></a>WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? A 33-year-old Polish man received a life-saving total face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest timeframe to date for such an operation.</p><br clear="all"/>PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ? The mayor of Portland, Ore., has conceded defeat in an effort to add fluoride to the city's drinking water.http://news.yahoo.com/portland-ore-rejecting-water-fluoridation-034334732.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 02:58:47 -0400Associated Pressportland-ore-rejecting-water-fluoridation-034334732WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Obama administration says more doctors and hospitals are embracing technology as adoption of computerized medical records reaches a "tipping point" in America.http://news.yahoo.com/more-doctors-hospitals-using-electronic-records-144727320.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 10:47:27 -0400Associated Pressmore-doctors-hospitals-using-electronic-records-144727320Sir Isaac Newton found his inspiration in an apple.? MaryCarol Dolivier found hers in a bag of frozen peas. After Dolivier tumbled down a flight of stairs a few years ago she was forced to lay on the couch for several weeks, a bag of... ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/05/22/synthetic-peas-soothe-injured-achy-joints/Wed, 22 May 2013 09:56:25 -0400ABC News (RSS)blogs/health/2013/05/22/synthetic-peas-soothe-injured-achy-joints/(Reuters) - Oncolytics Biotech Inc said preliminary data from a mid-stage trial showed that its cancer drug, Reolysin, met the main goal of reducing the size of tumors in patients with metastatic melanoma, a type of skin cancer. Shares of the Calgary-based company rose as much as 11 percent to C$3.14 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Its Nasdaq-listed shares were up 10 percent. ...http://news.yahoo.com/oncolytics-cancer-drug-meets-mid-stage-trial-goal-134628556.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 09:46:28 -0400Reutersoncolytics-cancer-drug-meets-mid-stage-trial-goal-134628556<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-billionaires-buy-merck-serono-hq-biotech-campus-134304063.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FrXw20KFGATsLbiJxltefg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T134917Z_1_CBRE94L12ED00_RTROPTP_2_MERCK-SERONO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The new logo of bio pharmaceutical company Merck Serono SA is pictured outside the new headquarters in Geneva" align="left" title="The new logo of bio pharmaceutical company Merck Serono SA is pictured outside the new headquarters in Geneva" border="0" /></a>By Caroline Copley ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli has bought back the Geneva headquarters of his former biotech firm Serono, hoping to establish a biotech research campus. After selling the family business to German drugmaker Merck KGaA for $13.3 billion in 2006, the Harvard Business School graduate went on to win the America&#039;s Cup sailing prize for the second time. He and his former beauty queen wife Kirsty cut a high profile among the Swiss jet-set. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-billionaires-buy-merck-serono-hq-biotech-campus-134304063.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 09:43:04 -0400Reutersswiss-billionaires-buy-merck-serono-hq-biotech-campus-134304063<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-billionaires-buy-merck-serono-hq-biotech-campus-134304063.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FrXw20KFGATsLbiJxltefg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T134917Z_1_CBRE94L12ED00_RTROPTP_2_MERCK-SERONO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The new logo of bio pharmaceutical company Merck Serono SA is pictured outside the new headquarters in Geneva" align="left" title="The new logo of bio pharmaceutical company Merck Serono SA is pictured outside the new headquarters in Geneva" border="0" /></a>By Caroline Copley ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli has bought back the Geneva headquarters of his former biotech firm Serono, hoping to establish a biotech research campus. After selling the family business to German drugmaker Merck KGaA for $13.3 billion in 2006, the Harvard Business School graduate went on to win the America&#039;s Cup sailing prize for the second time. He and his former beauty queen wife Kirsty cut a high profile among the Swiss jet-set. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-government-taps-glaxosmithkline-antibiotics-112050067.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0jASDoWJsvp5FawmRo_yOQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T112050Z_1_CBRE94L0VIT00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Signage is pictured on the company headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline in west London" align="left" title="Signage is pictured on the company headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline in west London" border="0" /></a>By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has signed an antibiotics development deal worth up to $200 million with GlaxoSmithKline to tackle the dual threats of drug resistance and bioterrorism. The collaboration, the first of its kind between Washington and a drug company, will allow funding to move around GSK&#039;s antibiotics portfolio rather than focusing on a single drug candidate. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-government-taps-glaxosmithkline-antibiotics-112050067.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 09:30:46 -0400Reutersu-government-taps-glaxosmithkline-antibiotics-112050067<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-government-taps-glaxosmithkline-antibiotics-112050067.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0jASDoWJsvp5FawmRo_yOQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T112050Z_1_CBRE94L0VIT00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Signage is pictured on the company headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline in west London" align="left" title="Signage is pictured on the company headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline in west London" border="0" /></a>By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has signed an antibiotics development deal worth up to $200 million with GlaxoSmithKline to tackle the dual threats of drug resistance and bioterrorism. The collaboration, the first of its kind between Washington and a drug company, will allow funding to move around GSK&#039;s antibiotics portfolio rather than focusing on a single drug candidate. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/comes-deadly-viruses-whats-name-125439850.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xzzRL.WJN8lEmMISDwn0YQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T135817Z_1_CBRE94L12T800_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-NAME.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Undated handout photo of Novel coronavirus particles as seen by negative stain electron microscopy in this undated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) photo" align="left" title="Undated handout photo of Novel coronavirus particles as seen by negative stain electron microscopy in this undated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) photo" border="0" /></a>By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - For a pathogen with such a short history, the mysterious new virus killing people in the Middle East and Europe has already had an amazing array of names. It first surfaced last year as &quot;human betacoronavirus 2c EMC&quot;, but the suffixes &quot;2c England-Qatar, &quot;2C Jordan-N3&quot;, &quot;England 1&quot; have also appeared and many scientists have resorted to &quot;novel coronavirus&quot; - new crown-shaped virus - instead. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/comes-deadly-viruses-whats-name-125439850.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 08:54:39 -0400Reuterscomes-deadly-viruses-whats-name-125439850<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/comes-deadly-viruses-whats-name-125439850.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xzzRL.WJN8lEmMISDwn0YQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T135817Z_1_CBRE94L12T800_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-NAME.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Undated handout photo of Novel coronavirus particles as seen by negative stain electron microscopy in this undated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) photo" align="left" title="Undated handout photo of Novel coronavirus particles as seen by negative stain electron microscopy in this undated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) photo" border="0" /></a>By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - For a pathogen with such a short history, the mysterious new virus killing people in the Middle East and Europe has already had an amazing array of names. It first surfaced last year as &quot;human betacoronavirus 2c EMC&quot;, but the suffixes &quot;2c England-Qatar, &quot;2C Jordan-N3&quot;, &quot;England 1&quot; have also appeared and many scientists have resorted to &quot;novel coronavirus&quot; - new crown-shaped virus - instead. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-spin-off-zoetis-stake-shareholders-125218170.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/H3VgjfZLAO9pJPQUfqFZlQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T125218Z_1_CBRE94L0ZRF00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-PFIZER-ZOETIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walks past the Pfizer Inc. headquarters in New York" align="left" title="A woman walks past the Pfizer Inc. headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday it will spin off its majority stake in animal health business Zoetis Inc to shareholders by allowing them to swap Pfizer stock for Zoetis stock at a 7 percent discount. Pfizer, the largest drugmaker, sold Zoetis shares in an initial public offering in February that raised $2.2 billion. Pfizer retained an 80 percent stake in Zoetis after the IPO and now plans to unwind that, starting with this offer. The offer would allow shareholders to exchange $100 worth of Pfizer stock for $107.52 worth of Zoetis stock. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-spin-off-zoetis-stake-shareholders-125218170.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 08:52:18 -0400Reuterspfizer-spin-off-zoetis-stake-shareholders-125218170<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-spin-off-zoetis-stake-shareholders-125218170.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/H3VgjfZLAO9pJPQUfqFZlQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T125218Z_1_CBRE94L0ZRF00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-PFIZER-ZOETIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman walks past the Pfizer Inc. headquarters in New York" align="left" title="A woman walks past the Pfizer Inc. headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday it will spin off its majority stake in animal health business Zoetis Inc to shareholders by allowing them to swap Pfizer stock for Zoetis stock at a 7 percent discount. Pfizer, the largest drugmaker, sold Zoetis shares in an initial public offering in February that raised $2.2 billion. Pfizer retained an 80 percent stake in Zoetis after the IPO and now plans to unwind that, starting with this offer. The offer would allow shareholders to exchange $100 worth of Pfizer stock for $107.52 worth of Zoetis stock. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Google CEO s Condition Spotlights Vocal Cord Paralysis and Its Treatmenthttp://news.yahoo.com/google-ceo-condition-spotlights-vocal-cord-paralysis-treatment-113000558.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 07:30:00 -0400Scientific Americangoogle-ceo-condition-spotlights-vocal-cord-paralysis-treatment-113000558<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/prolonging-buzz-grandma-112800568.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hQb5CAhup7qDS.g3_qbc6g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/DSC02555_2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Prolonging the buzz with Grandma" align="left" title="Prolonging the buzz with Grandma" border="0" /></a>Prolonging the buzz with Grandma</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/prolonging-buzz-grandma-112800568.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 07:28:00 -0400Scientific Americanprolonging-buzz-grandma-112800568<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/prolonging-buzz-grandma-112800568.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hQb5CAhup7qDS.g3_qbc6g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/DSC02555_2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Prolonging the buzz with Grandma" align="left" title="Prolonging the buzz with Grandma" border="0" /></a>Prolonging the buzz with Grandma</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/los-angeles-voters-ok-move-curtail-medical-marijuana-105425960.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wyjUWJpqSR.JN_MI1GCGJA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T105425Z_1_CBRE94L0UAU00_RTROPTP_2_USA-MARIJUANA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man stands in front of a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A man stands in front of a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Voters strongly supported a ballot measure to sharply curtail the number of medical marijuana dispensaries permitted to operate in Los Angeles while boosting taxes on the sale of pot for health reasons, election returns early on Wednesday showed. The proposal appeared headed for passage. Returns showed 63 percent of voters supporting it compared with 37 percent opposed, after tabulation of more than 40 percent of ballots cast at polling stations on Tuesday, and all of the mail-in ballots received as of last Friday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/los-angeles-voters-ok-move-curtail-medical-marijuana-105425960.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 06:54:25 -0400Reuterslos-angeles-voters-ok-move-curtail-medical-marijuana-105425960<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/los-angeles-voters-ok-move-curtail-medical-marijuana-105425960.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wyjUWJpqSR.JN_MI1GCGJA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T105425Z_1_CBRE94L0UAU00_RTROPTP_2_USA-MARIJUANA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man stands in front of a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A man stands in front of a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Voters strongly supported a ballot measure to sharply curtail the number of medical marijuana dispensaries permitted to operate in Los Angeles while boosting taxes on the sale of pot for health reasons, election returns early on Wednesday showed. The proposal appeared headed for passage. Returns showed 63 percent of voters supporting it compared with 37 percent opposed, after tabulation of more than 40 percent of ballots cast at polling stations on Tuesday, and all of the mail-in ballots received as of last Friday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - A new wave of medicines that tap the power of the immune system to fight cancer could become the biggest drug class in history, with potential sales of $35 billion a year. That bullish sales forecast by analysts at U.S. bank Citigroup highlights the growing excitement surrounding so-called immunotherapy after positive results from clinical trials conducted by companies such as Bristol-Myers Squibb and Roche Holding. ...http://news.yahoo.com/immune-system-cancer-drugs-tipped-35-billion-market-094838244.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 05:48:38 -0400Reutersimmune-system-cancer-drugs-tipped-35-billion-market-094838244<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/merck-signs-5-billion-share-buyback-agreement-goldman-023056516.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/etQJE2R_Y_aElWmcl07SfQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T060727Z_3_CBRE94L06ZR00_RTROPTP_2_SCHERINGPLOUGH-MERCK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A view of the Merck &amp; Co. campus in Linden, New Jersey" align="left" title="A view of the Merck &amp; Co. campus in Linden, New Jersey" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Merck &amp; Co Inc said it has entered into a $5 billion share repurchase agreement with Goldman Sachs Group Inc, as the drug giant looks to prop up shareholder value in face of stiff competition from makers of less-costly generics. Under the accelerated share repurchase agreement (ASR), Merck has agreed to repurchase about 99.5 million shares from Goldman Sachs based on current market prices. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/merck-signs-5-billion-share-buyback-agreement-goldman-023056516.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 02:07:27 -0400Reutersmerck-signs-5-billion-share-buyback-agreement-goldman-023056516<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/merck-signs-5-billion-share-buyback-agreement-goldman-023056516.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/etQJE2R_Y_aElWmcl07SfQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T060727Z_3_CBRE94L06ZR00_RTROPTP_2_SCHERINGPLOUGH-MERCK.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A view of the Merck &amp; Co. campus in Linden, New Jersey" align="left" title="A view of the Merck &amp; Co. campus in Linden, New Jersey" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Merck &amp; Co Inc said it has entered into a $5 billion share repurchase agreement with Goldman Sachs Group Inc, as the drug giant looks to prop up shareholder value in face of stiff competition from makers of less-costly generics. Under the accelerated share repurchase agreement (ASR), Merck has agreed to repurchase about 99.5 million shares from Goldman Sachs based on current market prices. ...</p><br clear="all"/>The silver memory box was the couple's only memento of their stillborn son. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/Health/couple-pleads-return-stillborn-sons-stolen-ashes/story?id=19227392Wed, 22 May 2013 00:42:40 -0400ABC News (RSS)Health/couple-pleads-return-stillborn-sons-stolen-ashes/storyWhen facing a lot of choice it is best to decide on one option and then physically shut off all others. Christie Nicholson reportshttp://news.yahoo.com/enjoy-decision-040008039.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 00:00:08 -0400Scientific Americanenjoy-decision-040008039<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cheruiyot-expecting-first-child-aims-return-2014-035647113.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CCn7Qv1I7YGtiUq_kCmffQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T035647Z_1_CBRE94L0AYR00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Kenyan athlete Cheruiyot talks to the media at the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards in central London" align="left" title="Kenyan athlete Cheruiyot talks to the media at the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards in central London" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Vivian Cheruiyot is not defending her world 5,000 and 10,000 meters gold medals in Moscow in August because she is expecting her first child, the Kenyan said in a statement. The 29-year-old, who won both races at the 2011 world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, took silver and bronze in the 5,000 and 10,000 at last year&#039;s London Olympics. In a statement released by her agent Ricky Simms on Wednesday, Cheruiyot said she would resume her career next year. She had first revealed her decision not to compete in Moscow on Tuesday but gave no reason for her absence. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cheruiyot-expecting-first-child-aims-return-2014-035647113.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 23:56:47 -0400Reuterscheruiyot-expecting-first-child-aims-return-2014-035647113<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cheruiyot-expecting-first-child-aims-return-2014-035647113.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CCn7Qv1I7YGtiUq_kCmffQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T035647Z_1_CBRE94L0AYR00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Kenyan athlete Cheruiyot talks to the media at the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards in central London" align="left" title="Kenyan athlete Cheruiyot talks to the media at the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards in central London" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Vivian Cheruiyot is not defending her world 5,000 and 10,000 meters gold medals in Moscow in August because she is expecting her first child, the Kenyan said in a statement. The 29-year-old, who won both races at the 2011 world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, took silver and bronze in the 5,000 and 10,000 at last year&#039;s London Olympics. In a statement released by her agent Ricky Simms on Wednesday, Cheruiyot said she would resume her career next year. She had first revealed her decision not to compete in Moscow on Tuesday but gave no reason for her absence. ...</p><br clear="all"/>May 22 (Reuters) - Vivian Cheruiyot is not defending her world 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals in Moscow in August because she is expecting her first child, the Kenyan said in a statement. The 29-year-old, who won both races at the 2011 world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, took silver and bronze in the 5,000 and 10,000 at last year's London Olympics. In a statement released by her agent Ricky Simms on Wednesday, Cheruiyot said she would resume her career next year. She had first revealed her decision not to compete in Moscow on Tuesday but gave no reason for her absence. ...http://news.yahoo.com/athletics-cheruiyot-expecting-first-child-aims-return-2014-034111273.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 23:41:11 -0400Reutersathletics-cheruiyot-expecting-first-child-aims-return-2014-034111273PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ? Oral health and politics collided Tuesday as Portlanders ? proudly nonconformist and environmentally minded ? decided whether their city remains the largest in the U.S. without public fluoridation.http://news.yahoo.com/portland-ore-voting-water-fluoridation-022425730.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 22:24:25 -0400Associated Pressportland-ore-voting-water-fluoridation-022425730By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Thousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California's five medical centers on Tuesday, delaying emergency care, surgeries, diagnostic procedures and other medical treatment throughout the state. The union representing nearly 13,000 vocational nurses, respiratory therapists and radiology technicians said it called the two-day strike to draw attention to staff shortages they said undermine patient care at the hospitals in San Francisco, Davis, Los Angeles, San Diego and Irvine. ...http://news.yahoo.com/healthcare-workers-strike-five-california-public-hospitals-012430725.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 21:24:30 -0400Reutershealthcare-workers-strike-five-california-public-hospitals-012430725(Reuters) - Amag Pharmaceuticals Inc said its marketing partner in Switzerland, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, is recalling a batch of Amag's anemia drug, Rienso, because of a death and several cases of hypersensitivity. Amag shares were down about 5 percent at $23.75 in after-market trading on Tuesday. "The batch was only distributed to and sold in Switzerland and the recall is limited to the specific batch and specifically Switzerland," Lexington, Massachusetts-based Amag said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. (http://r.reuters. ...http://news.yahoo.com/amag-investigates-anemia-drug-report-death-switzerland-004317892.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 20:43:17 -0400Reutersamag-investigates-anemia-drug-report-death-switzerland-004317892<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tornado-struck-hospital-patients-staff-unharmed-000757510.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_2_B_UVaUkuwzUemJdwj8Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/rt_moore_hospital_kb_130521_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Tornado Struck Hospital but Patients, Staff Unharmed" align="left" title="Tornado Struck Hospital but Patients, Staff Unharmed" border="0" /></a>Patients, Staff at Moore Medical Center Uninjured in Tornado</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/tornado-struck-hospital-patients-staff-unharmed-000757510.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 20:07:57 -0400ABC Newstornado-struck-hospital-patients-staff-unharmed-000757510<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tornado-struck-hospital-patients-staff-unharmed-000757510.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_2_B_UVaUkuwzUemJdwj8Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/rt_moore_hospital_kb_130521_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Tornado Struck Hospital but Patients, Staff Unharmed" align="left" title="Tornado Struck Hospital but Patients, Staff Unharmed" border="0" /></a>Patients, Staff at Moore Medical Center Uninjured in Tornado</p><br clear="all"/>The atmosphere never gets a moment?s privacy. It can barely stir enough to move a leaf without some piece of high-tech equipment?often many, many pieces?knowing about it. The U.S. alone has up to 30 satellites at any one moment that devote at least part of their time to monitoring global and national weather patterns; 122 Doppler radar systems scattered across the country looking up from the ground; and a web of computers that just got a massive upgrade?increasing their data-crunching capacity 30-fold?to process the information that all that other hardware gathers.http://news.yahoo.com/tornado-warning-despite-oklahoma-alert-u-weather-forecasting-232237876.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 19:22:37 -0400Time.comtornado-warning-despite-oklahoma-alert-u-weather-forecasting-232237876By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - A federal appeals court struck down an Arizona law on Tuesday that bans abortions from 20 weeks gestation, saying it violated "unalterably clear" U.S. Supreme Court rulings that women have a right to terminate pregnancies until a fetus is viable. The decision by a three-member panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals in San Francisco, which overturned the ruling of a federal district court judge, was hailed by abortion rights groups as a "huge victory" in a state they say has taken one of the nation's toughest stances on the issue. ...http://news.yahoo.com/appeals-court-strikes-down-arizona-ban-abortions-20-225233422.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 18:52:33 -0400Reutersappeals-court-strikes-down-arizona-ban-abortions-20-225233422Right now the death toll from the massive tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma on May 20 seems?thankfully?to be less than first thought. City officials now say that 24 people have been confirmed dead, down from 51 people last night, due to double counting of some bodies in the confusion. But the new number still includes 9 children, and the toll could rise as rescuers search through the rubble.http://news.yahoo.com/tornado-proofing-cities-age-extreme-weather-220627648.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 18:06:27 -0400Time.comtornado-proofing-cities-age-extreme-weather-220627648(Reuters) - Amag Pharmaceuticals Inc said its marketing partner in Switzerland, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, is recalling a batch of Amag's anemia drug, Rienso, because of a death and several cases of hypersensitivity. Amag shares were down about 5 percent at $23.75 in after-market trading on Tuesday. "The batch was only distributed to and sold in Switzerland and the recall is limited to the specific batch and specifically Switzerland," Lexington, Massachusetts-based Amag said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. (http://r.reuters. ...http://news.yahoo.com/amag-says-anemia-drug-caused-fatal-reaction-switzerland-220431325.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 18:04:31 -0400Reutersamag-says-anemia-drug-caused-fatal-reaction-switzerland-220431325By Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas House passed a measure on Tuesday that would prevent the state from expanding its Medicaid program as outlined by President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law. Texas Governor Rick Perry, a Republican, notified the Obama administration last summer that his state would not expand Medicaid, and he reiterated his opposition at an April press conference at which he called expansion "foolish. ...http://news.yahoo.com/texas-house-passes-measure-prevent-medicaid-expansion-215213030.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 17:52:13 -0400Reuterstexas-house-passes-measure-prevent-medicaid-expansion-215213030Frown lines, forehead creases and crow's-feet, oh my! If the rise in Botox procedures is any indication, the fountain of youth might be found in a syringe, even for 20-somethings whose signs of aging are invisible to the naked eye. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/Health/botox-20-somethings-jump-wrinkles/story?id=19221932Tue, 21 May 2013 17:31:14 -0400ABC News (RSS)Health/botox-20-somethings-jump-wrinkles/storyShooting the Wheeze: Whooping Cough Vaccine Falls Short of Previous Shot s Protectionhttp://news.yahoo.com/shooting-wheeze-whooping-cough-vaccine-falls-short-previous-213000708.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 17:30:00 -0400Scientific Americanshooting-wheeze-whooping-cough-vaccine-falls-short-previous-213000708<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-tornadoes-global-warming-nobody-knows-143945990.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EsoxE9ts9fyqGzUzvE5DYg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b8f52b3307d27e11320f6a706700f796.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An American flag blows in the wind at sunrise atop the rubble of a destroyed home a day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)" align="left" title="An American flag blows in the wind at sunrise atop the rubble of a destroyed home a day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)" border="0" /></a>A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts:</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/more-tornadoes-global-warming-nobody-knows-143945990.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 17:15:27 -0400Associated Pressmore-tornadoes-global-warming-nobody-knows-143945990<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-tornadoes-global-warming-nobody-knows-143945990.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EsoxE9ts9fyqGzUzvE5DYg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b8f52b3307d27e11320f6a706700f796.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An American flag blows in the wind at sunrise atop the rubble of a destroyed home a day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)" align="left" title="An American flag blows in the wind at sunrise atop the rubble of a destroyed home a day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)" border="0" /></a>A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts:</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/h7n9-bird-flu-outbreak-costs-more-6-5-175625330.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5Z.3_.xthKzRUyW2IqFQ5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-21T211409Z_2_CBRE94K1M3O00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-BIRDFLU.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A janitor sprays disinfectant at empty chicken cages in a traditional market in New Taipei city" align="left" title="A janitor sprays disinfectant at empty chicken cages in a traditional market in New Taipei city" border="0" /></a>By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The H7N9 virus appears to have been brought under control in China largely due to restrictions at bird markets, but caused some $6.5 billion in losses to the economy, U.N. experts said on Tuesday. Health authorities worldwide must be on the lookout to detect the virus, the experts said, which could still develop the ability to spread easily among humans and cause a deadly influenza pandemic. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/h7n9-bird-flu-outbreak-costs-more-6-5-175625330.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 17:14:09 -0400Reutersh7n9-bird-flu-outbreak-costs-more-6-5-175625330<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/h7n9-bird-flu-outbreak-costs-more-6-5-175625330.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5Z.3_.xthKzRUyW2IqFQ5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-21T211409Z_2_CBRE94K1M3O00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-BIRDFLU.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A janitor sprays disinfectant at empty chicken cages in a traditional market in New Taipei city" align="left" title="A janitor sprays disinfectant at empty chicken cages in a traditional market in New Taipei city" border="0" /></a>By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The H7N9 virus appears to have been brought under control in China largely due to restrictions at bird markets, but caused some $6.5 billion in losses to the economy, U.N. experts said on Tuesday. Health authorities worldwide must be on the lookout to detect the virus, the experts said, which could still develop the ability to spread easily among humans and cause a deadly influenza pandemic. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dissecting-controversy-early-psychological-response-disasters-trauma-211300801.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K0BZSVnA6r8WFkoLCx2lFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/Cartoon-Statistically-Funny-Meta-analyst-gangs.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Dissecting the controversy about early psychological response to disasters and trauma" align="left" title="Dissecting the controversy about early psychological response to disasters and trauma" border="0" /></a>Dissecting the controversy about early psychological response to disasters and trauma</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dissecting-controversy-early-psychological-response-disasters-trauma-211300801.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 17:13:00 -0400Scientific Americandissecting-controversy-early-psychological-response-disasters-trauma-211300801<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dissecting-controversy-early-psychological-response-disasters-trauma-211300801.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K0BZSVnA6r8WFkoLCx2lFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/Cartoon-Statistically-Funny-Meta-analyst-gangs.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Dissecting the controversy about early psychological response to disasters and trauma" align="left" title="Dissecting the controversy about early psychological response to disasters and trauma" border="0" /></a>Dissecting the controversy about early psychological response to disasters and trauma</p><br clear="all"/>By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young adult drivers who usually get less than six hours of sleep per night are more likely to crash than those who sleep in, according to a new study from Australia. "Anything we can do to reduce the risk of becoming involved in a car crash is worth doing - sleep is a big one," said Alexandra Martiniuk, the study's lead author from the George Institute for Global Health and the University of Sydney. In the U.S. about 20 percent of all motor vehicle crashes are caused by tired drivers, the researchers said in JAMA Pediatrics. ...http://news.yahoo.com/drowsy-young-drivers-increased-crash-risk-204413545.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 16:44:13 -0400Reutersdrowsy-young-drivers-increased-crash-risk-204413545By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - A new type of asthma drug meant to attack the underlying causes of the respiratory disease slashed episodes by 87 percent in a mid-stage trial, making it a potential game changer for patients with moderate to severe disease, researchers said on Tuesday. "Overall, these are the most exciting data we've seen in asthma in 20 years," said Dr. Sally Wenzel, lead investigator for the 104-patient study of dupilumab, an injectable treatment being developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and French drugmaker Sanofi. ...http://news.yahoo.com/regeneron-sanofi-asthma-drug-seen-potential-game-changer-121647273.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 16:37:46 -0400Reutersregeneron-sanofi-asthma-drug-seen-potential-game-changer-121647273Survivor of the 2011 Joplin, Mo., tornado relives the loss of two grandchildren, 6 and 10, who were ripped from their mother's arms while the family huddled for safety in a bathtub. She tells those separated from their children in Moore, Okl., to turn to counseling and God. ? ? ? ?http://abcnews.go.com/Health/joplin-tornado-survivor-offers-advice-parents/story?id=19226139Tue, 21 May 2013 15:36:35 -0400ABC News (RSS)Health/joplin-tornado-survivor-offers-advice-parents/storyBy Kerry Grens NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People will choose larger portions of food if they are labeled as being "healthier," even if they have the same number of calories, according to a new study. "People think (healthier food) is lower in calories," said Pierre Chandon, a marketing professor at the INSEAD Social Science Research Center in France, and they "tend to consume more of it." That misconception can lead to people eating larger portion sizes of so-called healthy foods, and therefore more calories. ...http://news.yahoo.com/people-choose-larger-portions-healthy-foods-191336444.htmlTue, 21 May 2013 15:13:36 -0400Reuterspeople-choose-larger-portions-healthy-foods-191336444

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