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All rights reservedThu, 14 Feb 2013 00:20:13 -05005http://news.yahoo.com/health/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/morning-pill-1-9-younger-women-051936695.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GEXjmWSXL0lWna12a8QCtA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dccd88966f8a7505290f6a7067006cfc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated image made available by Teva Women&#039;s Health shows the packaging for their Plan B One-Step (levonorgestrel) tablet, one of the brands known as the &quot;morning-after pill.&quot; About 1 in 9 younger women who&#039;ve had sex have taken the morning-after pill, according to the first government report to focus on use of emergency contraception since it was approved in 1998. At least five versions of the morning-after pills are sold in the United States. The results of the study were released Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Teva Women&#039;s Health)" align="left" title="This undated image made available by Teva Women&#039;s Health shows the packaging for their Plan B One-Step (levonorgestrel) tablet, one of the brands known as the &quot;morning-after pill.&quot; About 1 in 9 younger women who&#039;ve had sex have taken the morning-after pill, according to the first government report to focus on use of emergency contraception since it was approved in 1998. At least five versions of the morning-after pills are sold in the United States. The results of the study were released Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Teva Women&#039;s Health)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? About 1 in 9 younger women have used the morning-after pill after sex, according to the first government report to focus on emergency contraception since its approval 15 years ago.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/morning-pill-1-9-younger-women-051936695.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 00:20:13 -0500Associated Pressmorning-pill-1-9-younger-women-051936695<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/morning-pill-1-9-younger-women-051936695.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GEXjmWSXL0lWna12a8QCtA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dccd88966f8a7505290f6a7067006cfc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated image made available by Teva Women&#039;s Health shows the packaging for their Plan B One-Step (levonorgestrel) tablet, one of the brands known as the &quot;morning-after pill.&quot; About 1 in 9 younger women who&#039;ve had sex have taken the morning-after pill, according to the first government report to focus on use of emergency contraception since it was approved in 1998. At least five versions of the morning-after pills are sold in the United States. The results of the study were released Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Teva Women&#039;s Health)" align="left" title="This undated image made available by Teva Women&#039;s Health shows the packaging for their Plan B One-Step (levonorgestrel) tablet, one of the brands known as the &quot;morning-after pill.&quot; About 1 in 9 younger women who&#039;ve had sex have taken the morning-after pill, according to the first government report to focus on use of emergency contraception since it was approved in 1998. At least five versions of the morning-after pills are sold in the United States. The results of the study were released Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Teva Women&#039;s Health)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? About 1 in 9 younger women have used the morning-after pill after sex, according to the first government report to focus on emergency contraception since its approval 15 years ago.</p><br clear="all"/>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Scientists wondering why some children and not others survived one of China's worst food safety scandals have uncovered a suspect: germs that live in the gut.http://news.yahoo.com/clues-why-most-survived-china-melamine-scandal-202821965.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 15:28:21 -0500Associated Pressclues-why-most-survived-china-melamine-scandal-202821965WASHINGTON (AP) ? Fighting the problem of fake drugs will require creating a national drug-tracking system, the Institute of Medicine said Wednesday.http://news.yahoo.com/report-tracking-system-needed-fight-fake-drugs-145011922.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 17:27:54 -0500Associated Pressreport-tracking-system-needed-fight-fake-drugs-145011922(Reuters) - Inventors based in the United States led the world in nanotechnology patent applications and grants in 2012, according to a new study by law firm McDermott Will & Emory. Nanotechnology involves manipulating matter that's measured at the tiny "nanometer" length level. The diameter of a human hair is between 40,000 and 60,000 nanometers, said Valerie Moore, a patent agent and one of the authors of the study. Nanotechnology patents come into play in everything from aerospace to medicine to energy, the study noted. ...http://news.yahoo.com/u-based-inventors-lead-world-nanotechnology-patents-study-152753028.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 10:27:53 -0500Reutersu-based-inventors-lead-world-nanotechnology-patents-study-152753028<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/merck-says-pay-688-million-settle-enhance-lawsuits-131532192--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gpJwdrccxzRBZp8un6EjGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-14T152541Z_1_CBRE91D12KT00_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 has agreed to pay $688 million to settle two U.S. lawsuits by shareholders who said they lost money because it concealed the poor results of a clinical trial involving the anti-cholesterol drug Vytorin. The federal lawsuits led by several pension funds alleged that Merck and Schering-Plough Corp knew more than a year in advance that the trial known as Enhance was a failure, but withheld that information from investors. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/merck-says-pay-688-million-settle-enhance-lawsuits-131532192--finance.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 10:25:41 -0500Reutersmerck-says-pay-688-million-settle-enhance-lawsuits-131532192--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/merck-says-pay-688-million-settle-enhance-lawsuits-131532192--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gpJwdrccxzRBZp8un6EjGA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-14T152541Z_1_CBRE91D12KT00_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 has agreed to pay $688 million to settle two U.S. lawsuits by shareholders who said they lost money because it concealed the poor results of a clinical trial involving the anti-cholesterol drug Vytorin. The federal lawsuits led by several pension funds alleged that Merck and Schering-Plough Corp knew more than a year in advance that the trial known as Enhance was a failure, but withheld that information from investors. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-horse-drug-may-entered-human-food-chain-111525925--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rD3twA3pJxqE.bzntyb.Lg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fa1a975f527c6505290f6a706700fb30.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Political artist Kaya Mar poses for photographs with his horsemeat scandal painting which depicts French President, Francois Hollande, and British Prime Minister, David Cameron, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. British authorities on Tuesday raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processing company suspected of selling horsemeat labeled as beef for kebabs and burgers, shutting them down temporarily and seizing all the meat found. Millions of burgers and frozen meals have been recalled around Europe and many accusations have been made, but so far it&#039;s not clear how horsemeat got introduced into so many beef products. French authorities have already pointed to an elaborate supply chain that involved Romanian butchers and Dutch and Cypriot traders that resulted in horsemeat disguised as beef being sold in meals like lasagne and moussaka to consumers around the continent. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)" align="left" title="Political artist Kaya Mar poses for photographs with his horsemeat scandal painting which depicts French President, Francois Hollande, and British Prime Minister, David Cameron, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. British authorities on Tuesday raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processing company suspected of selling horsemeat labeled as beef for kebabs and burgers, shutting them down temporarily and seizing all the meat found. Millions of burgers and frozen meals have been recalled around Europe and many accusations have been made, but so far it&#039;s not clear how horsemeat got introduced into so many beef products. French authorities have already pointed to an elaborate supply chain that involved Romanian butchers and Dutch and Cypriot traders that resulted in horsemeat disguised as beef being sold in meals like lasagne and moussaka to consumers around the continent. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Six horse carcasses that tested positive for an equine painkiller may have entered the human food chain in France, Britain&#039;s food regulator announced Thursday ? and the agency&#039;s chief said horsemeat tainted with the medicine may have been sold to consumers &quot;for some time.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/uk-horse-drug-may-entered-human-food-chain-111525925--finance.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 10:09:19 -0500Associated Pressuk-horse-drug-may-entered-human-food-chain-111525925--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-horse-drug-may-entered-human-food-chain-111525925--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rD3twA3pJxqE.bzntyb.Lg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fa1a975f527c6505290f6a706700fb30.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Political artist Kaya Mar poses for photographs with his horsemeat scandal painting which depicts French President, Francois Hollande, and British Prime Minister, David Cameron, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. British authorities on Tuesday raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processing company suspected of selling horsemeat labeled as beef for kebabs and burgers, shutting them down temporarily and seizing all the meat found. Millions of burgers and frozen meals have been recalled around Europe and many accusations have been made, but so far it&#039;s not clear how horsemeat got introduced into so many beef products. French authorities have already pointed to an elaborate supply chain that involved Romanian butchers and Dutch and Cypriot traders that resulted in horsemeat disguised as beef being sold in meals like lasagne and moussaka to consumers around the continent. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)" align="left" title="Political artist Kaya Mar poses for photographs with his horsemeat scandal painting which depicts French President, Francois Hollande, and British Prime Minister, David Cameron, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. British authorities on Tuesday raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processing company suspected of selling horsemeat labeled as beef for kebabs and burgers, shutting them down temporarily and seizing all the meat found. Millions of burgers and frozen meals have been recalled around Europe and many accusations have been made, but so far it&#039;s not clear how horsemeat got introduced into so many beef products. French authorities have already pointed to an elaborate supply chain that involved Romanian butchers and Dutch and Cypriot traders that resulted in horsemeat disguised as beef being sold in meals like lasagne and moussaka to consumers around the continent. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Six horse carcasses that tested positive for an equine painkiller may have entered the human food chain in France, Britain&#039;s food regulator announced Thursday ? and the agency&#039;s chief said horsemeat tainted with the medicine may have been sold to consumers &quot;for some time.&quot;</p><br clear="all"/>Today could be the healthiest Valentine?s Day on record, with more Americans than ever reaching for dark chocolate over milk chocolate, experts say. Heightened public awareness about the health benefits of dark chocolate has turned what used to be seen as a guilty indulgence into...http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/02/14/dark-chocolate-trend-making-valentines-day-healthier/Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:49:53 -0500ABC News (RSS)blogs/health/2013/02/14/dark-chocolate-trend-making-valentines-day-healthier/Alec Baldwin gets a second chance at fatherhood; Steve Martin will be 88 when his first child turns 21.http://abcnews.go.com/Health/alec-baldwin-wife-pregnant-fatherhood-time/story?id=18494143Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:37:30 -0500ABC News (RSS)Health/alec-baldwin-wife-pregnant-fatherhood-time/story* Pistorius charged with murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp * Previous incidents reported at the house * South African cable TV channel pulls Olympian's ads * World of athletics shocked JOHANNESBURG, Feb 14 (Reuters) - South African "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, was charged on Thursday with shooting dead his girlfriend at his upscale home in Pretoria. ...http://news.yahoo.com/3-africa-blade-runner-arrested-girlfriend-shot-dead-090617633--spt.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 09:37:26 -0500Reuters3-africa-blade-runner-arrested-girlfriend-shot-dead-090617633--sptPeople have sought aphrodisiacs to boost their sex lives throughout history, but that doesn't mean they all worked.http://abcnews.go.com/Health/science-lore-aphrodisiacs/story?id=18494745Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:34:16 -0500ABC News (RSS)Health/science-lore-aphrodisiacs/story(Reuters) - U.S. drug wholesaler Cardinal Health Inc said it plans to acquire AssuraMed, a privately held direct-to-home medical supply distributor, for about $2.07 billion. The acquisition will be financed with $1.3 billion in new senior unsecured notes and cash, and is expected to close by early April. Cardinal Health said the deal would add 2 cents to 3 cents per share to adjusted fiscal 2013 earnings if the deal closes in early April. It would add at least 18 cents per share to adjusted earnings in fiscal 2014. ...http://news.yahoo.com/cardinal-health-buy-medical-supplier-assuramed-2-07-125117585--finance.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 08:13:57 -0500Reuterscardinal-health-buy-medical-supplier-assuramed-2-07-125117585--financeIt?s an illusion that dates back to Roman magicians, but the ?cups and balls? trick continues to awe: three overturned cups, three balls and a magician that seems to make the balls move from under the cups to over them, pass from one cup to another, or miraculously change into other objects.http://news.yahoo.com/neuromagic-penn-teller-helping-brain-science-vice-versa-130047429.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 08:00:47 -0500Time.comneuromagic-penn-teller-helping-brain-science-vice-versa-130047429<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/british-horsemeat-sent-france-contained-bute-uk-fsa-124324849--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6T_waXL0kEqN7OmargrIvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-14T124324Z_1_CBRE91D0ZCJ00_RTROPTP_2_HORSEMEAT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A laboratory worker of the Official Food Control Authority of Canton Bern extracts the meat of beef lasagne for a DNA test in the laboratory in Bern" align="left" title="A laboratory worker of the Official Food Control Authority of Canton Bern extracts the meat of beef lasagne for a DNA test in the laboratory in Bern" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s Food Standards Agency (FSA) said six horses slaughtered in the UK that tested positive for the drug phenylbutazone were exported to France and may have entered the human food chain. Phenylbutazone, commonly known as bute, is an anti-inflammatory painkiller for sporting horses but banned for animals intended for eventual human consumption as it is potentially harmful. Britain&#039;s food regulator said on Thursday it was gathering information on the six carcasses sent to France and will work with the French authorities to trace them. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/british-horsemeat-sent-france-contained-bute-uk-fsa-124324849--finance.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 07:43:24 -0500Reutersbritish-horsemeat-sent-france-contained-bute-uk-fsa-124324849--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/british-horsemeat-sent-france-contained-bute-uk-fsa-124324849--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6T_waXL0kEqN7OmargrIvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-14T124324Z_1_CBRE91D0ZCJ00_RTROPTP_2_HORSEMEAT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A laboratory worker of the Official Food Control Authority of Canton Bern extracts the meat of beef lasagne for a DNA test in the laboratory in Bern" align="left" title="A laboratory worker of the Official Food Control Authority of Canton Bern extracts the meat of beef lasagne for a DNA test in the laboratory in Bern" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain&#039;s Food Standards Agency (FSA) said six horses slaughtered in the UK that tested positive for the drug phenylbutazone were exported to France and may have entered the human food chain. Phenylbutazone, commonly known as bute, is an anti-inflammatory painkiller for sporting horses but banned for animals intended for eventual human consumption as it is potentially harmful. Britain&#039;s food regulator said on Thursday it was gathering information on the six carcasses sent to France and will work with the French authorities to trace them. ...</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (Reuters) - Food Standards Agency (FSA) said six horses slaughtered in the UK that tested positive for the drug phenylbutazone were exported to France and may have entered the human food chain. Phenylbutazone, commonly known as bute, is an anti-inflammatory painkiller for sporting horses but banned for animals intended for eventual human consumption as it is potentially harmful. Britain's food regulator said on Thursday it was gathering information on the six carcasses sent to France and will work with the French authorities to trace them. ...http://news.yahoo.com/british-horsemeat-sent-france-contained-bute-fsa-124258677--finance.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 07:42:58 -0500Reutersbritish-horsemeat-sent-france-contained-bute-fsa-124258677--financeIt?s hard to imagine someone getting to adulthood without experiencing the pain of a broken heart.? It?s all part of living life and forming relationships. I remember the girl in high school who said, ?I don?t think so? when I called to ask her to...http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/02/14/yes-you-can-die-from-a-broken-heart/Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:00:24 -0500ABC News (RSS)blogs/health/2013/02/14/yes-you-can-die-from-a-broken-heart/<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sweaty-valentine-115100827.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J8HZURbcrVjUY.4MkTqB3w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/elbowpatch16.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="My Sweaty Valentine" align="left" title="My Sweaty Valentine" border="0" /></a>My Sweaty Valentine</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/sweaty-valentine-115100827.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 06:51:00 -0500Scientific Americansweaty-valentine-115100827<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sweaty-valentine-115100827.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J8HZURbcrVjUY.4MkTqB3w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/elbowpatch16.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="My Sweaty Valentine" align="left" title="My Sweaty Valentine" border="0" /></a>My Sweaty Valentine</p><br clear="all"/>High-school students whose friends get higher marks tend to raise their own grade point averages over time. Karen Hopkin reports.http://news.yahoo.com/hanging-smarties-ups-gpa-110008336.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 06:00:08 -0500Scientific Americanhanging-smarties-ups-gpa-110008336Closeness in a relationship doesn?t necessarily follow the more-is-better approach.http://news.yahoo.com/closeness-relationship-overrated-104549850.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 05:45:49 -0500Time.comcloseness-relationship-overrated-104549850<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/horsemeat-scandal-set-spur-tougher-eu-food-tests-102708280.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9Woz2VAe_m3Ye6CWAkx6Qw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-14T102708Z_4_CBRE91C1HET00_RTROPTP_2_HORSEMEAT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="500g size boxes of Coop Qualite &amp; Prix Lasagne Verdi Bolognese are seen after purchase from a Coop supermarket in Zurich" align="left" title="500g size boxes of Coop Qualite &amp; Prix Lasagne Verdi Bolognese are seen after purchase from a Coop supermarket in Zurich" border="0" /></a>BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has proposed increased DNA testing of meat products to assess the scale of a scandal involving horsemeat sold as beef that has shocked the public and raised concern over the continent&#039;s food supply chains. &quot;The tests will be on DNA in meat products in all member states,&quot; European Union Health Commissioner Tonio Borg told reporters after a ministerial meeting in Brussels to discuss the affair. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/horsemeat-scandal-set-spur-tougher-eu-food-tests-102708280.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 05:27:08 -0500Reutershorsemeat-scandal-set-spur-tougher-eu-food-tests-102708280<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/horsemeat-scandal-set-spur-tougher-eu-food-tests-102708280.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9Woz2VAe_m3Ye6CWAkx6Qw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-14T102708Z_4_CBRE91C1HET00_RTROPTP_2_HORSEMEAT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="500g size boxes of Coop Qualite &amp; Prix Lasagne Verdi Bolognese are seen after purchase from a Coop supermarket in Zurich" align="left" title="500g size boxes of Coop Qualite &amp; Prix Lasagne Verdi Bolognese are seen after purchase from a Coop supermarket in Zurich" border="0" /></a>BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has proposed increased DNA testing of meat products to assess the scale of a scandal involving horsemeat sold as beef that has shocked the public and raised concern over the continent&#039;s food supply chains. &quot;The tests will be on DNA in meat products in all member states,&quot; European Union Health Commissioner Tonio Borg told reporters after a ministerial meeting in Brussels to discuss the affair. ...</p><br clear="all"/>VEVEY, Switzerland (Reuters) - Nestle SA said a growing scandal in Europe about the use of horsemeat in products labeled as beef hurts the whole industry even though the world's biggest food company is not directly affected. "It has affected us because the whole industry is in question again," Chief Executive Paul Bulcke told a news conference after Nestle published 2012 results. "This is bad for so many people working hard to give good food. ...http://news.yahoo.com/nestle-says-horsemeat-scandal-bad-whole-industry-102708884--sector.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 05:27:08 -0500Reutersnestle-says-horsemeat-scandal-bad-whole-industry-102708884--sectorZURICH (Reuters) - Europe's biggest biotech expects it new heart and lung drug Opsumit to be on sale in the United States this year if it receives approval from regulators in October. "The assumption is that we will be on the market with macitentan (Opsumit) in the U.S. this year," Chief Financial Officer Andrew Oakley told Reuters in an interview. Actelion is banking on Opsumit, also known as macitentan, to reduce its dependency on its main product Tracleer, which goes off patent in 2015 and is also facing competition in the U.S. from Gilead's Letairis. U.S. ...http://news.yahoo.com/actelion-sees-opsumit-u-market-072426310--finance.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 02:24:26 -0500Reutersactelion-sees-opsumit-u-market-072426310--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/texas-senator-ted-cruz-blazing-trail-washington-060210411.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BfZh4gk9VrcSsS5PO5ZLVw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-14T060210Z_1_CBRE91D0GRR00_RTROPTP_2_USA-GUNS-CONGRESS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Senator Ted Cruz holds a plastic hand grip in front of a picture of a hunting rifle during Senate hearing in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. Senator Ted Cruz holds a plastic hand grip in front of a picture of a hunting rifle during Senate hearing in Washington" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For new U.S. senators, the drill typically goes something like this: Keep quiet once you arrive in Washington, learn how things work and then begin asserting yourself. That is not exactly the path Ted Cruz is taking. He has been in office for barely six weeks, but already the senator from Texas, a favorite of the conservative Tea Party movement, has shown a provocative, in-your-face style that has won him criticism and praise. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/texas-senator-ted-cruz-blazing-trail-washington-060210411.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 01:02:10 -0500Reuterstexas-senator-ted-cruz-blazing-trail-washington-060210411<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/texas-senator-ted-cruz-blazing-trail-washington-060210411.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BfZh4gk9VrcSsS5PO5ZLVw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-14T060210Z_1_CBRE91D0GRR00_RTROPTP_2_USA-GUNS-CONGRESS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Senator Ted Cruz holds a plastic hand grip in front of a picture of a hunting rifle during Senate hearing in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. Senator Ted Cruz holds a plastic hand grip in front of a picture of a hunting rifle during Senate hearing in Washington" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For new U.S. senators, the drill typically goes something like this: Keep quiet once you arrive in Washington, learn how things work and then begin asserting yourself. That is not exactly the path Ted Cruz is taking. He has been in office for barely six weeks, but already the senator from Texas, a favorite of the conservative Tea Party movement, has shown a provocative, in-your-face style that has won him criticism and praise. ...</p><br clear="all"/>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More U.S. women are taking the "morning-after" pill, but generally just once, according to the government's first report on how the emergency contraception drug has been used since regulators eased access to it in 2006. About 11 percent of sexually active women, or 5.8 million, used the pill between 2006 and 2010, compared to about 4 percent in 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its report released on Thursday. ...http://news.yahoo.com/more-u-women-using-morning-pill-report-051039458--finance.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 00:10:39 -0500Reutersmore-u-women-using-morning-pill-report-051039458--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mother-says-kidnapper-cared-cooked-son-alabama-bunker-045748342.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/e1WJmTE2wEeUmYULiigHJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-14T150747Z_1_CBRE91D161W00_RTROPTP_2_USA-ALABAMA-SHOOTING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout photo of Dr. Phil McGraw with Jennifer Kirkland and six-year old Ethan Gilman during an exclusive interview" align="left" title="Handout photo of Dr. Phil McGraw with Jennifer Kirkland and six-year old Ethan Gilman during an exclusive interview" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - The mother of the Alabama boy who was kidnapped from his school bus and held in an underground bunker for six days said on Wednesday she had not been allowed to speak with him during his captivity and worried that he would think she had abandoned him. Jennifer Kirkland said in an interview on &quot;The Dr. Phil Show&quot; that she had found some comfort in knowing that her son Ethan&#039;s abductor had cooked him chicken meals and asked law enforcement to fetch a red toy car he said the boy missed. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mother-says-kidnapper-cared-cooked-son-alabama-bunker-045748342.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 23:57:48 -0500Reutersmother-says-kidnapper-cared-cooked-son-alabama-bunker-045748342<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mother-says-kidnapper-cared-cooked-son-alabama-bunker-045748342.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/e1WJmTE2wEeUmYULiigHJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-14T150747Z_1_CBRE91D161W00_RTROPTP_2_USA-ALABAMA-SHOOTING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout photo of Dr. Phil McGraw with Jennifer Kirkland and six-year old Ethan Gilman during an exclusive interview" align="left" title="Handout photo of Dr. Phil McGraw with Jennifer Kirkland and six-year old Ethan Gilman during an exclusive interview" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - The mother of the Alabama boy who was kidnapped from his school bus and held in an underground bunker for six days said on Wednesday she had not been allowed to speak with him during his captivity and worried that he would think she had abandoned him. Jennifer Kirkland said in an interview on &quot;The Dr. Phil Show&quot; that she had found some comfort in knowing that her son Ethan&#039;s abductor had cooked him chicken meals and asked law enforcement to fetch a red toy car he said the boy missed. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/york-mayor-seeks-ban-styrofoam-013408053.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oANaV9xxGP2j.v.MAE3r9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-14T013608Z_2_CBRE91D04D500_RTROPTP_2_USA-NYC-BUDGET.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveils a proposed budget in the Blue Room of New York&#039;s City Hall" align="left" title="New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveils a proposed budget in the Blue Room of New York&#039;s City Hall" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will propose a ban on Styrofoam, the substance commonly used for take-out food containers that is almost impossible to recycle. The mayor who has already targeted fat, sugar and salt in the city will turn to extruded polystyrene foam, saying it clogs up landfills, does not biodegrade and might harm human health. Bloomberg will raise the proposal in his final State of the City speech on Thursday. The city provided reporters an advance text of the speech on Wednesday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/york-mayor-seeks-ban-styrofoam-013408053.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 20:36:08 -0500Reutersyork-mayor-seeks-ban-styrofoam-013408053<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/york-mayor-seeks-ban-styrofoam-013408053.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oANaV9xxGP2j.v.MAE3r9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-14T013608Z_2_CBRE91D04D500_RTROPTP_2_USA-NYC-BUDGET.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveils a proposed budget in the Blue Room of New York&#039;s City Hall" align="left" title="New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveils a proposed budget in the Blue Room of New York&#039;s City Hall" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will propose a ban on Styrofoam, the substance commonly used for take-out food containers that is almost impossible to recycle. The mayor who has already targeted fat, sugar and salt in the city will turn to extruded polystyrene foam, saying it clogs up landfills, does not biodegrade and might harm human health. Bloomberg will raise the proposal in his final State of the City speech on Thursday. The city provided reporters an advance text of the speech on Wednesday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A lawyer for Barry Bonds told an appellate court on Wednesday that it should strike down the home run king's felony obstruction of justice conviction tied to a probe of steroids in sports. "There's not a shred of evidence that Mr. Bonds was ever given anything to inject himself with or that he ever injected anything," the player's attorney, appellate specialist Dennis Riordan, told the court. At least one of three judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel appeared skeptical Bonds committed a crime. ...http://news.yahoo.com/barry-bonds-lawyer-seeks-overturn-conviction-011349264--mlb.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 20:13:49 -0500Reutersbarry-bonds-lawyer-seeks-overturn-conviction-011349264--mlbLONDON (Reuters) - Discoveries so far of horsemeat in products sold as beef are likely to be the "tip of the iceberg", a British parliamentary report into the scandal said on Thursday. "The scale of contamination emerging in the meat supply chain is breathtaking," said Anne McIntosh, a legislator who chairs the cross-party Food and Rural Affairs Committee, which published the report. "More revelations will doubtless come to light in the UK and across the European Union. ...http://news.yahoo.com/uk-lawmakers-horsemeat-discoveries-tip-iceberg-005019664.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 19:50:19 -0500Reutersuk-lawmakers-horsemeat-discoveries-tip-iceberg-005019664(Reuters) - Weight Watchers International Inc forecast full-year earnings below Wall Street expectations as attendance at its diet meetings remained low so far this year, sending its shares down more than 15 percent after the bell. The weight management company expects mid- to high-teen declines in attendance in the first quarter. The company said its marketing strategy has not been effective in an increasingly competitive environment with its diet meetings business losing steam in North America and the United Kingdom. "Consumers saw their paychecks shrinking by mid-January. ...http://news.yahoo.com/thinning-attendance-pressures-weight-watchers-forecast-004708986--sector.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 19:47:08 -0500Reutersthinning-attendance-pressures-weight-watchers-forecast-004708986--sector<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chavez-undergoing-delicate-cancer-treatment-venezuelas-vice-president-000321220.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1_EfSc0jfyAhG2iJUmgR3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-14T000321Z_1_CBRE91C1RAR00_RTROPTP_2_VENEZUELA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello stand next to a painting of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as they attend the commemoration of the 21st anniversary of Chavez&#039;s attempted cuop d&#039;etat in Caracas" align="left" title="Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello stand next to a painting of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as they attend the commemoration of the 21st anniversary of Chavez&#039;s attempted cuop d&#039;etat in Caracas" border="0" /></a>CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is undergoing &quot;complex&quot; alternative treatments more than two months after having cancer surgery in Cuba, his vice president said on Wednesday. The 58-year-old socialist leader has not been seen in public since he went to Havana for the operation on December 11, his fourth surgery for cancer in 18 months. Vice President Nicolas Maduro did not give details of the alternative treatments the president was receiving. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chavez-undergoing-delicate-cancer-treatment-venezuelas-vice-president-000321220.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 19:03:21 -0500Reuterschavez-undergoing-delicate-cancer-treatment-venezuelas-vice-president-000321220<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chavez-undergoing-delicate-cancer-treatment-venezuelas-vice-president-000321220.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1_EfSc0jfyAhG2iJUmgR3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-14T000321Z_1_CBRE91C1RAR00_RTROPTP_2_VENEZUELA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello stand next to a painting of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as they attend the commemoration of the 21st anniversary of Chavez&#039;s attempted cuop d&#039;etat in Caracas" align="left" title="Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello stand next to a painting of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as they attend the commemoration of the 21st anniversary of Chavez&#039;s attempted cuop d&#039;etat in Caracas" border="0" /></a>CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is undergoing &quot;complex&quot; alternative treatments more than two months after having cancer surgery in Cuba, his vice president said on Wednesday. The 58-year-old socialist leader has not been seen in public since he went to Havana for the operation on December 11, his fourth surgery for cancer in 18 months. Vice President Nicolas Maduro did not give details of the alternative treatments the president was receiving. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-medicare-rebate-plan-could-hurt-drug-companies-233001066--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/76rTgefU7VTc0jOQ9TTEyw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-13T233001Z_1_CBRE91C1TAF00_RTROPTP_2_OBAMA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Obama waves to reporters as he returns from a daytrip in North Carolina, to the White House in Washington" align="left" title="Obama waves to reporters as he returns from a daytrip in North Carolina, to the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - President Barack Obama&#039;s decision to spotlight drug rebates as a way to save money on Medicare is likely to be opposed by the pharmaceutical industry, which could potentially lose billions of dollars in profits. In his annual State of the Union speech on Tuesday, Obama said he would &quot;reduce taxpayer subsidies to prescription drug companies&quot; to rein in the rising cost of Medicare, the $600 billion healthcare program for the elderly and disabled. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/obama-medicare-rebate-plan-could-hurt-drug-companies-233001066--finance.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 18:30:01 -0500Reutersobama-medicare-rebate-plan-could-hurt-drug-companies-233001066--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-medicare-rebate-plan-could-hurt-drug-companies-233001066--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/76rTgefU7VTc0jOQ9TTEyw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-13T233001Z_1_CBRE91C1TAF00_RTROPTP_2_OBAMA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Obama waves to reporters as he returns from a daytrip in North Carolina, to the White House in Washington" align="left" title="Obama waves to reporters as he returns from a daytrip in North Carolina, to the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - President Barack Obama&#039;s decision to spotlight drug rebates as a way to save money on Medicare is likely to be opposed by the pharmaceutical industry, which could potentially lose billions of dollars in profits. In his annual State of the Union speech on Tuesday, Obama said he would &quot;reduce taxpayer subsidies to prescription drug companies&quot; to rein in the rising cost of Medicare, the $600 billion healthcare program for the elderly and disabled. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Mass. teenager who lost skin after adverse reaction to Motrin awarded $50M, parents get $13Mhttp://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/mass-girl-parents-awarded-63m-motrin-lawsuit-18493705Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:26:32 -0500ABC News (RSS)Health/wireStory/mass-girl-parents-awarded-63m-motrin-lawsuit-18493705A Scout Master for a boy scout troop in the Parker, Colo., area has been arrested for sexual exploitation of a child, the Parker Police Department announced on Wednesday. The announcement came as a Douglas County High School teacher was reportedly arrested for sexual exploitation of a child and days after a Douglas County sheriff's deputy was arrested following an investigation into inappropriate text messages with a juvenile. Here are the details.http://news.yahoo.com/colorado-boy-scout-master-arrested-child-porn-225400903.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 17:54:00 -0500Yahoo! Contributor Networkcolorado-boy-scout-master-arrested-child-porn-225400903Report calls for national drug-tracking system to counter growing threat of fake medicationshttp://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/report-tracking-system-needed-fight-fake-drugs-18489204Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:27:31 -0500ABC News (RSS)Health/wireStory/report-tracking-system-needed-fight-fake-drugs-18489204http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/02/13/walk-dont-run-to-a-healthier-you/Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:14:53 -0500ABC News (RSS)blogs/health/2013/02/13/walk-dont-run-to-a-healthier-you/Overly salted food activates the taste cells that sense sourness and bitterness, sending unpleasant signals to the brain. Sophie Bushwick reports.http://news.yahoo.com/too-much-salt-gets-bitter-sour-involved-220008208.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 17:00:08 -0500Scientific Americantoo-much-salt-gets-bitter-sour-involved-220008208Can Early Deep-Brain Stimulation Surgery Help More Parkinson's Patients?http://news.yahoo.com/early-deep-brain-stimulation-surgery-help-more-parkinsons-220000980.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 17:00:00 -0500Scientific Americanearly-deep-brain-stimulation-surgery-help-more-parkinsons-220000980NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There's no good evidence to say what types of treatment might help ward off anxiety and stress disorders in kids and teens exposed to traumatic events, according to a new analysis. Researchers said that a few psychological interventions, including talk therapy and school-based programs, "appear promising" for helping young people cope with the kind of trauma stemming from accidents, mass shootings and natural disasters. ...http://news.yahoo.com/evidence-lacking-help-kids-trauma-215826164.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 16:58:26 -0500Reutersevidence-lacking-help-kids-trauma-215826164NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The amount of vitamin D in some supplements may be either much lower or much higher than what's written on the label, according to a new analysis. Researchers found that off-the-shelf pills from 12 different manufacturers had between 52 percent and 135 percent of their advertised vitamin D content. And among vitamins mixed by compounding pharmacies, the variation in doses was even greater - from 23 percent to 146 percent of the labeled amount. "I'm not at all surprised that they're very variable," said Dr. ...http://news.yahoo.com/vitamin-d-supplement-labels-may-inaccurate-213912380.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 16:39:12 -0500Reutersvitamin-d-supplement-labels-may-inaccurate-213912380

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