Noticias de Hoy

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ? A hospital says a Turkish woman who became the first person to successfully receive a donor womb is six weeks into a “healthy” pregnancy.

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NEW YORK (AP) ? They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist.

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NEW YORK (AP) ? They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist.

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By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although hospitals and birthing centers are the safest places to have a baby, pediatricians said today that women who choose to give birth at home should be supported and that setting made as safe as possible, as well. Planned home birthing, they said, may be an option for healthy moms-to-be who are due to have a single, on-time baby. A certified nurse-midwife, midwife or doctor should be present and a previous agreement made with a nearby hospital in case transfer is needed, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement. . . .

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By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – Austerity is having a devastating effect on health in Europe and North America, driving suicide, depression and infectious diseases and reducing access to medicines and care, researchers said on Monday. Detailing a decade of research, Oxford University political economist David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu, an assistant professor of medicine and an epidemiologist at Stanford University, said their findings show austerity is seriously bad for health. . . .

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By Lamine Chikhi and Hamid Ould Ahmed ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was transferred to France for medical tests on Saturday night after suffering a minor stroke that Algeria’s official news agency said had caused no permanent damage. Bouteflika, who has ruled over the North African oil and gas producer for more than a decade, had a "transient ischemic attack" or mini-stroke on Saturday. . . .

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ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s state of health "is progressing well", his doctor was quoted as saying on Sunday, a day after he was transferred to France for medical tests. Bouteflika, 76, was taken to Paris Val-de-Grace hospital on Saturday night after what the North African state’s official news agency APS described as a "transient ischemic attack", or minor stroke. "The transient ischemic attack did not last long and the affection is reversible . . . ," APS quoted his doctor Rachid Bougherbal as saying. . . .

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By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was transferred to France for medical tests on Saturday night after suffering a minor stroke, Algeria’s official news agency said. Bouteflika, who has ruled over the North African oil and gas producer for more than a decade, had an "transient ischemic attack" or mini-stroke on Saturday but his condition was not serious, the APS agency said, quoting the prime minister. . . .

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(Reuters) – A proposed merger of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc and Actavis Inc was put on hold after the two drugmakers failed to agree on terms of a deal that would have created a healthcare giant with a combined market value of $35 billion, a person familiar with the situation told Reuters on Saturday. Actavis spokesman David Belian and Valeant spokeswoman Laurie Little both declined to comment. Canada’s Valeant was seeking to buy smaller U. S. . . .

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By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was hospitalized after a minor stroke on Saturday, according to the state press agency report that quoted the prime minister as saying his condition was "not serious". The health of 76-year-old Bouteflika is a central factor in the stability of an oil-exporting country of 37 million people that is emerging from a long conflict against Islamist insurgents. The APS new agency said Bouteflika had an "ischemic transitory attack", or mini-stroke, at 12:30 p. m. (0730 EST). . . .

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