Month: September 2013
Man’s Stroke Spurs ‘Pathological Generosity’
Guatemalan bus plunges off cliff, killing at least 35
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – At least 35 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday when a bus went off a cliff in rural Guatemala, tumbling some 200 meters (660 feet) into a river at the bottom of a ravine, officials said. Rescue workers said that the bus, which plunged off of a paved highway roughly 60 km (37 miles) northwest of Guatemala City, was completely destroyed and that 40 people had been taken to nearby hospitals to be treated for injuries. …
Uruguayan found alive after four months lost in the Andes: Argentine media
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A 58-year-old Uruguayan man who disappeared four months ago in the remote Andes Mountains was found alive on Sunday, after he spent a brutal winter eating rats and raisins to survive, local media reported. Raul Fernando Gomez Circunegui in May set out to cross the mountains from Chile to Argentina on foot because his motorcycle broke down. He then reportedly lost his way during a snowstorm. …
Robohand uses 3D printing to replace lost digits
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Bill Gates, 5 scientists win Lasker medical prizes
U.S. anti-smoking ads tied to 1.6 million quit attempts
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A 2012 national TV ad campaign that featured real people living with diseases and injuries caused by smoking was tied to 1.6 million smokers making quit attempts and over 100,000 kicking the habit, according to new research from U.S. health officials. The campaign, known as “Tips From Former Smokers,” ran between March and June across the nation and reached about four of every five smokers. In addition to TV ads, the campaign featured radio, billboard and digital ads, including Spanish versions. …
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German regulator sees no new risks from Bayer’s Xarelto
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The number of reported side effects linked to Bayer’s stroke prevention pill Xarelto is below worrisome levels, a German drugs regulator said, responding to a media report highlighting risks from taking the blood thinning drug. “There is no new risk situation,” a spokesman for Germany’s Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) said on Monday. German magazine Der Spiegel reported over the weekend that Bayer faced a growing number of reports of bleeding in patients taking Xarelto, citing BfArM figures. Bayer shares had declined 1. …