Month: June 2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 10-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis who had been kept off an adult organ transplant list due to an age restriction will now be eligible for an adult lung transplant, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled on Wednesday. The family of Sarah Murnaghan, a patient at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, sued to prevent the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from enforcing a policy that prevents children under age 12 from getting adult lung transplants regardless of how ill they are. U.S. …

(Reuters) – British actor Stephen Fry attempted suicide last year, he said during a podcast interview on Wednesday in which he talked openly about his ongoing battle with mental illness. Fry, 55, told comedian Richard Herring in the interview in front of a live audience that he was "a victim of my own moods" and that he was required to take medication "so that I don't get either too hyper or too depressed to the point of suicide." "I'd go as far as to tell you I attempted it last year. …

By Tim Molloy NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Suzanne Whang, the comedian and former host of HGN’s “House Hunters,” has penned an open letter to her breast cancer. It’s an apology – which should be the first sign that the actress has battled the disease with a sense of humor. Though best known for guiding homebuyers to their dream domeciles on HGN’s “House Hunters,” she also has a surprisingly ribald stand-up act. “Dear Tit Cancer,” she says in the salutation of her letter, posted at the site AnOpenApology. (As you may have guessed, many of the apologies posted on the site are ironic. …

Stress may not necessarily make you reach for that candy bar, as much as it influences you to fall back on your ingrained habits–which may be to go for the candy. Cynthia Graber reports.

Ruling Makes Sarah Murnaghan, 10, Eligible for Adult Lungs

By Zeba Siddiqui and Vrinda Manocha (Reuters) – Endo Health Solutions Inc said it plans to cut about 15 percent of its workforce and explore strategic alternatives for some assets as the company looks to cut costs ahead of generic competition for two of its biggest drugs. The company’s chief revenue driver, the Lidoderm pain-relieving patch, will face competition from September after Actavis Inc launches a generic. Endo’s petition to block copies of its widely-abused prescription pain drug Opana ER was turned down by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month. …