Noticias de Hoy

CHICAGO (AP) ? Hip replacements are slightly more likely to fail in women than in men, according to one of the largest studies of its kind in U. S. patients. The risk of the implants failing is low, but women were 29 percent more likely than men to need a repeat surgery within the first three years.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Educating pediatricians about scoliosis seems to cut down on the number of children who are unnecessarily sent to specialists for curves of the spine, according to a new study. Researchers found the number of referrals to orthopedic surgeons in one group of pediatricians fell by over 20 percent in the two years after the program was started, compared to the two years before. “If you’re training a certain group of people to treat scoliosis, I think that’s good,” said Dr. . . .

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CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a surprise return from Cuba on Monday more than two months after surgery for cancer that has jeopardized his 14-year rule of the South American OPEC member. The 58-year-old socialist leader’s homecoming in the middle of the night implies some medical improvement – at least enough to handle a flight of several hours – and will inspire supporters’ hopes he could return to active rule. Yet there was no new information on his state, nor images of his arrival, and aides say his condition remains "complex. . . .

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(Reuters) – Women getting fertility treatments can be reassured that in vitro fertilization (IVF) does not increase their risk of breast and gynecological cancers, according to a U. S. study of Israeli women. “The findings were fairly reassuring. Nothing was significantly elevated,” said lead author Louise Brinton, chief of the Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch at the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Maryland. . . .

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SEATTLE (AP) ? Teaching parents to switch channels from violent shows to educational TV can improve preschoolers’ behavior, even without getting them to watch less, a study found.

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – It could have been the tweet of the century. But Pope Benedict decided not to announce his resignation on Twitter, which he joined last year in a foray into social media that has reaped uncertain spiritual returns and could be curtailed by his successor. Obviously keen to avoid any leak of his resignation – which would have been a risk as his tweets are typed up by an aide – the pope announced it in person, in Latin, to a restricted group of cardinals. The video was then given to the world’s media. . . .

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(Adds New York Times report, police no comment) JOHANNESBURG, Feb 16 (Reuters) – South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, known as the “Blade Runner”, was planning a future with the girlfriend he is accused of shooting dead this week, his uncle said on Saturday. Pistorius, 26, one of the world’s most recognisable athletes, was charged on Friday with murdering swimsuit model and law graduate Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of the previous day. He broke down during a 40-minute bail hearing at a Pretoria court but was not asked to enter a plea. . . .

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(Corrects first name of uncle) JOHANNESBURG, Feb 16 (Reuters) – South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, known as the “Blade Runner”, was planning a future with the girlfriend he is accused of shooting dead this week, his uncle said on Saturday. Pistorius, 26, one of the world’s most recognisable athletes, was charged on Friday with murdering swimsuit model and law graduate Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of the previous day. He broke down during a 40-minute bail hearing at a Pretoria court but was not asked to enter a plea. . . .

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s state-owned Pemex oil monopoly evacuated a unit of its Cadereyta hospital in the eastern state of Nuevo Leon after a short circuit in ceiling wiring produced smoke, the company said on Saturday night, adding there were no injuries. The incident “was controlled without major damage,” Pemex said in a tweet. In a statement shortly afterward, the company said the short circuit occurred just before 7 p. m. local time and firefighters evacuated 10 patients and 36 hospital workers. . . .

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The implant, named the Argus II, works to wirelessly transmit images to the brain through a video camera and transmitter on a pair of glasses.

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