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Amag investigates anemia drug after report of death in Switzerland
(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. …
Posted on 22 May 2013 | 12:43 am
Tornado Warning: Despite Oklahoma Alert, U.S. Weather Forecasting Service Needs Major Upgrades
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.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 11:22 pm
Appeals court strikes down Arizona ban on abortions at 20 weeks
By 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. …
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 10:52 pm
Tornado-Proofing Cities in the Age of Extreme Weather
Right 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.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 10:06 pm
Amag says anemia drug caused fatal reaction in Switzerland
(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. …
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 10:04 pm
Texas House passes measure to prevent Medicaid expansion
By 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. …
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 9:52 pm
Botox Gives a Jump on Wrinkles
Frown 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.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 9:31 pm
Shooting the Wheeze: Whooping Cough Vaccine Falls Short of Previous Shot s Protection
Shooting the Wheeze: Whooping Cough Vaccine Falls Short of Previous Shot s Protection
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 9:30 pm
More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows
A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts:
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 9:15 pm
China’s bird flu outbreak cost $6.5 billion
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. …
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 9:14 pm
Health – Physical, mental and sexual health coverage
Get the latest health news and wellbeing advice from the Telegraph, including family health, diet and fitness.
Pregnant women should up iodine intake to increase child’s IQ
Women who are pregnant or planning to have children should ensure they consume the right amount of iodine or risk their child having a low IQ, according to researchers.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 10:30 pm
A £2m pension pot: NHS chief Sir David Nicholson’s reward for failure
The NHS is still failing patients, its outgoing head has admitted, as he announced his retirement on a day that leading health figures issued grave warnings about the safety of accident and emergency units.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
£74m of Tamiflu thrown away by NHS
Supplies of anti-flu drug had to be thrown away because “shocking incompetence” meant it was unclear if it had been kept refrigerated.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 7:45 pm
Locum GP ‘put baby at risk’ in a month of 13-hour shifts
A German out-of-hours GP put the life of unborn baby at risk by failing to spot complications as he worked “dangerous” 13 hour shifts for a month straight, a tribunal heard.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 7:12 pm
Doctor put unborn baby at risk as he worked ‘dangerous’ long shifts, tribunal hears
A German out-of-hours GP put the life of unborn baby at risk by failing to spot complications as he worked “dangerous” 13 hour shifts for a month straight, a tribunal heard.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 7:12 pm
A healthy outcome
Telegraph View: Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, must be brave, bold and radical in appointing Sir David Nicholson’s successor at the NHS
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 6:44 pm
Mothers from China, Philippines and Australia give birth to fewer girls but ‘no evidence’ of sex-selective abortion
Immigrant mothers from China, the Philippines and Australia give birth to fewer female babies than is considered normal but there is “insufficient” evidence of sex-selective abortion in Britain, a Government study has found.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 6:19 pm
Labour: Jeremy Hunt ‘dangerous complacency’ over spiralling A&E problems
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has accused the government of “dangerous complacency” over the growing problems in Accident and Emergency departments.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 4:56 pm
Sketch: The unheralded genius of Jeremy Hunt
Michael Deacon watches Jeremy Hunt answer – in his own inimitable way – an Urgent Question about the A&E crisis.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 4:27 pm
Iain Banks defends his science fiction novels in update to fans
Novelist Iain Banks has posted an update to his fans, saying he has revived his love of fast cars and is considering chemotherapy following his cancer diagnosis.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 3:44 pm
BBC News – Health
Iodine deficiency ‘may lower IQs’
Mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy could be dimming the intellect of some babies born in the UK, say researchers who studied 1,000 families.
Posted on 22 May 2013 | 12:23 am
NHS help in repairing genital mutilation
NHS clinics help women damaged by female genital mutilation
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 4:28 pm
VIDEO: Hunt blames A&E crisis on Labour
The health secretary has blamed increased pressure on A&E services on Labour’s “disastrous changes” to the GP contract in 2004.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 3:32 pm
AUDIO: Methadone ‘an emotional painkiller’
Its estimated that the cost to society of treating drug addicts with methadone in England alone is £3.6 billion a year
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 3:29 pm
Deadly virus kills Tunisian man
A man has died of the novel coronavirus (NCoV) in Tunisia, in what is believed to be the first such case in Africa.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 2:43 pm
NHS boss set to retire next year
The head of the NHS in England Sir David Nicholson is stepping down from the post next year.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 2:29 pm
VIDEO: Mother: ‘I made informed decision’
In light of a new report into cot deaths, a mother has defended her choice to let her baby sleep in her bed.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 2:29 pm
Flu drug bill ‘shocking waste’
The government squandered taxpayers’ money on a drug to treat flu, a public spending watchdog says.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 2:16 pm
Bed-sharing ‘raises cot death risk’
Sharing a bed with your newborn baby increases the risk of sudden death syndrome – commonly known as cot death – fivefold, research suggests.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 11:47 am
Premature babies have ‘brain arrest’
Premature birth may interrupt vital brain development processes, medical scans reveal.
Posted on 21 May 2013 | 11:07 am
