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With no firm science, sleep standards are slipping
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids never got enough shuteye, even back in grandpa's day. That's according to a century's worth of expert advice and sleep studies, which a team of researchers has now distilled into a brief report in the journal Pediatrics. "There is a common belief that children are not getting enough sleep and that children's total sleep time has been declining," Lisa Anne Matricciani of the University of South Australia in Adelaide and colleagues write. ... More »
Olympus forecasts $412 million annual loss unscathed
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp, which is trying to recover from an accounting scandal that battered its balance sheet, forecast a 32 billion yen ($412 million) full-year net loss on Monday, dragged down in large part by its ailing camera business. The loss estimate for the financial year ending March 31, compared with a 3.87 billion yen net profit in the previous year, highlights the urgent need for the camera and medical-equipment maker to shore up its finances in the wake of the $1.7 billion fraud. ... More »
Botox developer rues missing out on billions
Botox developer Alan Scott says he rues the day he handed over rights to the best-selling wrinkle-smoothing drug to a US company for just $4.5 million, saying he might have become a billionaire. More »
Insight: India's sour food safety record
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bhim can't understand what he's done wrong. Before dawn every day he joins hundreds of wholesale traders at Delhi's Azadpur Mandi, a sprawling, chaotic market where trucks blare Bollywood music, porters haul huge brown sacks of fruit and vegetables and hawkers ply tea and cigarettes. His own trade is in rosy red apples, laced with calcium carbide. Bhim says he's been adding chemicals to his apples for years to artificially ripen them after a long journey from the Himalayan foothills, despite being told that it causes cancer. ... More »
US Catholic bishops reject contraception compromise
US Roman Catholic bishops have voiced opposition to President Barack Obama's plan to require insurers to provide free birth control -- despite earlier indications they might accept the compromise. More »
Baby 'unharmed if pregnant mum has chemotherapy'
Women who are given chemotherapy during pregnancy do not run a risk of harming their baby, doctors reported in The Lancet Oncology on Friday. More »
Japanese emperor to undergo heart bypass surgery
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Emperor Akihito will undergo heart bypass surgery this week after a detailed examination found a heart problem had worsened, the Imperial Household Agency was quoted as saying on Sunday. Kyodo news agency, quoting the Im... More »
White House sticking to contraception plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will not make any more changes to the rule announced last week requiring health insurance plans to provide women with coverage for contraception, although U.S. Roman Catholic bishops have said it viola... More »
Insight: Soapy milk, toxic apples: India's sour food safety
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bhim can't understand what he's done wrong. Before dawn every day he joins hundreds of wholesale traders at Delhi's Azadpur Mandi, a sprawling, chaotic market where trucks blare Bollywood music, porters haul huge ... More »
Overeating May Double Risk of Memory Loss: Study
SUNDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Older people who eat too much are at risk for memory impairment, a new study contends. More »
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