Noticias de Hoy

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd has recalled its generic version of Pfizer Inc’s cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor in the United States after certain batches were found to contain glass particles. Ranbaxy’s U. S. subsidiary, Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc, said the recall affects certain lots of 10-, 20- and 40-milligram doses of the drug, known generically as atorvastatin calcium. The 80-milligram dosage is not affected. The company is conducting an investigation which it expects will take two weeks. . . .

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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – United Health Group Inc should pay minority shareholders in Brazilian health-insurance group Amil Participacoes SA between 25. 84 reais and 27. 07 reais ($12. 42 and $13. 01) a share for their stock as part of a takeover announced in October, Amil said in a statement on Friday. The price was determined by the Brazilian unit of Goldman Sachs Group Inc which was hired to set a value for Amil shares, the statement said. U. S. -based United Health agreed to pay $4. 9 billion for Amil in its largest-ever foreign acquisition that was unveiled on October 8. . . .

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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian food inspectors on Friday said they have suspended operations at a meat-processing plant in Edmonton, Alberta, for failing to properly track its deliveries after detecting the Listeria bacteria on an employee. The incident comes just a month after a major health scare in Canada over tainted beef at another meat plant in the province. Capital Packers Inc detected the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes — which can cause fever, nausea and even meningitis in infected people — on a worker’s sleeve and on Monday notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). . . .

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A patient from Qatar has been confirmed with a new virus related to SARS, while health officials are investigating whether it may have spread between humans after close contact in Saudi Arabia.

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Chemical “Soup” Clouds Connection between Toxins and Poor Health

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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, India’s top drugmaker by sales, said it has recalled its cholesterol-lowering drug atorvastatin in the United States, a generic version of Lipitor that largely drove the company’s sales in the first of half the year. The recall will temporarily disrupt supplies of atorvastatin in the U. S. market while it conducts an investigation, Ranbaxy, controlled by Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo Co, said in a statement. Shares of the company fell more than 2 percent following the announcement. . . .

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New comments from top Republican lawmaker John Boehner slamming health care reforms illustrate how hard it will be for Washington to reach a deficit reduction deal when talks resume next week, analysts said on Thursday. President Barack Obama and the U. S. Congress will begin negotiating next week on a plan that could avert tax hikes and spending cuts set to begin in January that economists worry could push the U. S. economy over the "fiscal cliff" and into recession. . . .

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They came from the remotest parts of Indonesia, taking crowded overnight ferries and riding for hours in cars or buses ? all in the hope that a simple, and free, surgical procedure would restore their eyesight.

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Older teens and adults with attention deficit disorder are much less likely to commit a crime while on ADHD medication, a provocative study from Sweden found.

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Mammograms have done surprisingly little to catch deadly breast cancers before they spread, a big U. S. study finds. At the same time, more than a million women have been treated for cancers that never would have threatened their lives, researchers estimate.

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