Year: 2014

CHICAGO (AP) — At age 80, retired Chicago physician and educator Dan Winship is getting a bittersweet last chance to teach about medicine — only this time he's the subject. In the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, Winship is giving a young medical student a close-up look at a devastating illness affecting millions of patients worldwide.

Linda and Lou Pelletier of West Hartford, Conn., have argued that their 15-year-old daughter suffers from the physical effects of mitochondrial disease and has not been medically treated since Boston Children’s Hospital diagnosed her with somatoform disorder in February 2013.

People fleeing conflicts in Central African Republic and South Sudan are growing increasingly sick and hungry with children particularly at risk, United Nations aid agencies said on Tuesday. Among the latest deaths were 15 malnourished children who "died before they could be saved" at the weekend, having crossed from Central African Republic into Cameroon, said Melissa Fleming, spokeswoman for the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR. "I think 'tip of the iceberg' is a very appropriate way of putting it," UNICEF spokesman Patrick McCormick told a news briefing in Geneva, referring to the 15 children. Violence in Central African Republic and neighboring South Sudan has displaced about 1.8 million people across the region.

Yoga can help ease pain, fatigue and depression, and might even boost survival.

(The identity of the correspondent has been withheld for security reasons) DAMASCUS (Reuters) – It was cold and dark in the psychiatrist's office in downtown Damascus. But Syria's civil war means many can no longer reach the capital across frontlines. When pro-democracy protests started three years ago, Syrians had access to government-subsidized health care. Like other Arab countries, Syria had a long tradition of community involvement in the individual's wellbeing.

By Caroline Copley BASEL (Reuters) – Outgoing Lufthansa boss Christoph Franz vowed to keep Roche on its current course after shareholders overwhelmingly elected him as chairman of the Swiss drugmaker. The 53-year-old is taking over as non-executive chairman of the world's largest drugmaker by market capitalization from Franz Humer who is stepping down after 16 years as CEO and chairman. This company is on track and therefore continuity (…) is the order of the day," Franz said on Tuesday, after 99.8 percent of shareholders approved his election. Franz, who implemented a tough cost-cutting programme at the German airline that was met with ire from trade unions, is inheriting a company at the top of its game.