By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Teachers and doctors in England and Wales must report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) to the police or risk losing their jobs under a new regulation that comes into force on Saturday. FGM involves the total or partial removal of the clitoris and external genitalia. An estimated 137,000 women and girls in England and Wales are living with the effects of
By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Teachers and doctors in England and Wales must report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) to the police or risk losing their jobs under a new regulation that comes into force on Saturday. FGM involves the total or partial removal of the clitoris and external genitalia. An estimated 137,000 women and girls in England and Wales are living with the effects of
Hundreds of U.S. hospitals will pay a total of more than $250 million stemming from allegations that they implanted cardiac devices in Medicare patients in violation of coverage requirements, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. The 457 hospitals are from 43 states, the Justice Department said. The settlement involves a type of device that detects and treats extremely fast, life-threatening heart rhythms, called fibrillations, by delivering a shock to
Hundreds of U.S. hospitals will pay a total of more than $250 million stemming from allegations that they implanted cardiac devices in Medicare patients in violation of coverage requirements, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. The 457 hospitals are from 43 states, the Justice Department said. The settlement involves a type of device that detects and treats extremely fast, life-threatening heart rhythms, called fibrillations, by delivering a shock to
Some factors related to a woman’s reproductive health — such as the age at which she had her first period or the age at which she gave birth to her first child — may be related to her risk of dying early, a new study suggests.In the study, the researchers asked about 323,0000 women from 10 European countries about their diets, lifestyles…
Some factors related to a woman’s reproductive health — such as the age at which she had her first period or the age at which she gave birth to her first child — may be related to her risk of dying early, a new study suggests.In the study, the researchers asked about 323,0000 women from 10 European countries about their diets, lifestyles…
ANKARA/GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations sent hundreds of boxes of “moldy” high-energy biscuits that were past their ‘sell-by’ date to besieged people in Syria this month, causing widespread food poisoning, according to a humanitarian watchdog on Friday. The U.N., which has gone to great lengths to get aid and supplies to 4.6 million Syrians living in hard-to-reach areas, helped trucks loaded with humanitarian aid reach the towns of Madaya
(Reuters) – Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc’s largest shareholder, Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc, has urged the company to consider paying down debt. The investment firm, in a letter to shareholders on Wednesday, also came to Valeant’s defense, saying allegations against it are false. (http://bit.ly/1SbKI51) Valeant’s stock has taken a beating since short-seller Citron Research said last week that the company was using its drug distributor, Philidor, to inflate revenue numbers.
(Reuters) – Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc’s largest shareholder, Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc, has urged the company to consider paying down debt. The investment firm, in a letter to shareholders on Wednesday, also came to Valeant’s defense, saying allegations against it are false. (http://bit.ly/1SbKI51) Valeant’s stock has taken a beating since short-seller Citron Research said last week that the company was using its drug distributor, Philidor, to inflate revenue numbers.
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Millions of people who take statins to lower cholesterol may not get maximum protection from flu vaccines, two new studies suggest. Both studies looked at the effectiveness of flu vaccines in people who were or were not using statins. Taken together, the results connect statins to a dampened immune response to flu vaccines and greater odds of respiratory infections during flu season.