By Sanjeev Miglani and Tommy Wilkes NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least 85 people were killed when a cooking gas cylinder blew up in a crowded restaurant in central India on Saturday, triggering a second blast of mining detonators stored illegally nearby, police said. The explosions tore through the restaurant as labourers sat down for breakfast during the morning rush hour in the town of Petlawad, about 800 km (500
“What? You quit a New York City advertising career? And one that was on Madison Avenue — the Madison Avenue — of all places?” Indeed I did. I chose to leave my first job after college; I wasn’t let go as a roomful of higher-ups spoke of necessary cut-backs, nor was a fired in a drama-infused meeting where I pleaded for reconsideration. I…
A leading critic of Gabon’s President Ali Bongo on Saturday refused a post offered as part of a cabinet reshuffle, undermining the president’s attempt to create a united government ahead of elections due next year. The reshuffle, announced in a presidential decree on Friday, expanded the cabinet to 41 members from a previous 34 and is seen as an attempt to silence critics who say the Bongo family has too
A battle is brewing in Washington as the capital city prepares to regulate personal fitness trainers in a move that could ripple through the country’s booming $24 billion gym industry and its fight against flab. The District of Columbia, whose residents are generally fitter than the rest of the country, is set to adopt the United States’ first regulations on trainers, following a law passed by the city council last
ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week.This week, we launched two major projects on Healthy Living that we’re extremely proud of. After a summer of reporting, editor Anna Almendrala released her three-part series on Ebola’s legacy in America, including maps, graphs and narratives from nurses on the hospital front lines.The week also…
China will push patients to seek medical treatment locally in a bid to overhaul a over-burdened healthcare system where wide gaps between urban and rural care often mean people travel hundreds of miles to seek help in cities. The country is aiming that by 2017 all patients with serious illnesses will receive treatment within their own county, the State Council said in a statement laying out various ways to improve
Minnesota Timberwolves head coach and president Flip Saunders will take a leave of absence from the NBA club while he remains in hospital from complications related to his cancer treatments, the team said on Friday. The 60-year-old Saunders, who announced last month that he is being treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, was admitted to a local area hospital where he remains while undergoing further testing and treatment. “First and foremost, my
British lawmakers on Friday rejected a “right to die” bill that would have allowed terminally ill adults to end their lives with medical supervision. It marks another blow to a long campaign to introduce such legislation in Britain, which has attracted support from figures as diverse as the late fantasy author Terry Pratchett and billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson. Prime Minister David Cameron is against any move to legalize assisted dying.
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – In a pilot study, the Harvest for Healthy Kids programs helped preschoolers in Head Start centers be willing to try and to like foods like butternut squash, turnips and asparagus. “We know that children develop their food preferences based on early experiences with foods, so it is important to introduce healthy foods in early years,” said lead author Betty T. Izumi of Portland State
(Reuters) – Amgen Inc said on Friday it had asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve a monthly single-dosing option for its recently approved cholesterol drug, Repatha. The FDA approved Repatha – one of two expensive treatments in a new class of injectable “bad cholesterol”-lowering drugs called PCSK9 inhibitors – in late August. Repatha is approved for patients with hereditary forms of high cholesterol – heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia