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Mouse embryonic stem cells stained with a flourescent green marker. Advocates of expanded federally funded stem cell research say the science holds enormous potential for new cures and treatments for a host of diseases, including diabetes, Parkinson's and spinal-cord injury. (National Science Foundation/Handout/Reuters)

Bush to cast his first veto on stem-cell bill

Wed Jul 19, 3:01 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush plans to cast the first veto of his presidency, possibly as early as Wednesday, to stop legislation that would expand federally funded embryonic stem cell research.

  • A Marriott hotel in Atlanta is seen in an undated file photo. Marriott International Inc. on Wednesday said it will make all of its hotels in the United States and Canada entirely non-smoking, beginning in September. (PRNewsFoto/Marriott International, Inc./Reuters)
    Marriott to make all US, Canada hotels non-smoking 2 hours, 2 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marriott International Inc. on Wednesday said it will make all of its hotels in the United States and Canada entirely non-smoking, beginning in September.

  • The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announce the approval of Atripla, the first one-pill, once-a-day product to treat HIV/AIDS patients during a news conference in Washington, July 12, 2006. Knowledge of available treatment options and the significance of drug resistance has declined in patients infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to results of a survey presented Tuesday. REUTERS/Jim Young
    HIV patients often unaware of drug resistance: journal Wed Jul 19, 1:05 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Knowledge of available treatment options and the significance of drug resistance has declined in patients infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to results of a survey presented Tuesday.

  • Diet supplements don't benefit cancer patients: journal Wed Jul 19, 1:06 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Diet changes or nutritional supplements, such as vitamins, antioxidants, retinol or garlic, do not alter the course of disease in patients with cancer or precancerous conditions, according to the findings of one of two studies published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

  • Private hospital rooms to be norm 10 minutes ago

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Any new rooms added to the nation's 6,000 hospitals will likely need to be private ones to comply with new guidelines for most U.S. states, industry experts said on Tuesday.

  • Impotence could be sign of heart disease: study Tue Jul 18, 7:02 PM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Men suffering from impotence should be screened for cardiovascular disease because it could be an early sign of the illness, Italian researchers said on Wednesday.

  • Immune therapy may help Alzheimer's patients Wed Jul 19, 1:10 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Infusing human antibodies into people with Alzheimer's disease appears to slow disease progression and may even improve the patients' condition a little, researchers reported on Tuesday.

  • Autistic boys lack certain brain cells: study Tue Jul 18, 5:03 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Men and boys with autism have fewer neurons in the amygdala, a part of the brain involved in emotion and memory, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

  • Weight loss precedes Alzheimer's diagnosis in women Tue Jul 18, 11:55 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women destined to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease often show a reduction in body weight many years before symptom onset, new research shows. However, men who develop this neurologic disorder do not show any weight changes.

  • New implantable contraceptive for women gets go-ahead Tue Jul 18, 4:52 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new matchstick-sized contraceptive that doctors insert in a woman's upper arm for as long as three years won U.S. clearance on Tuesday, six years after an earlier birth-control implant came off the market.

  • Fruit sellers wait for customers at the Ben Thanh market in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh city July 12, 2006. By studying the diets of 52 normal-weight adults and 52 overweight or obese adults, researchers found that normal-weight adults ate more fiber and fruit each day than their overweight and obese counterparts. (Kham/Reuters)
    Fruit and fiber the key to weight management: study Tue Jul 18, 1:23 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - "These findings suggest that the composition of a diet, especially low dietary fiber and fruit intake, play a role in the (development) of obesity," concludes the study team in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

  • A Marriott hotel in Atlanta is seen in an undated file photo. Hotel chain Marriott International Inc. will announce on Wednesday that it is banning smoking in all rooms of its 2,300-plus hotels in the United States and Canada, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Wednesday. REUTERS/PRNewsFoto/Marriott International, Inc.
    Marriott to ban smoking in all US, Canada rooms: report Wed Jul 19, 1:31 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hotel chain Marriott International Inc. will announce on Wednesday that it is banning smoking in all rooms of its 2,300-plus hotels in the United States and Canada, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Wednesday.

  • The G8 leaders, invited leaders and heads of international organizations pose for a group photo, after the final session of the G8 summit in St. Petersburg July 17, 2006. Pictured are (front L-R) UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev, Chinese President Hu Jintao, French President Jacques Chirac, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President George W. Bush, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, and (rear L-R) WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy, IAEA Director-General Mohamed Elbaradei, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, South African President Thabo Mbeki, Mexican President Vicente Fox, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, IIEA Exective Director Claude Mandil and WHO Acting Director-General Anders Nordstrom. Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi is not in the picture. World leaders missed a major opportunity to boost basic health in poor countries this week when G8 leaders failed to adopt a lead vaccine for a novel advance purchase scheme, drug companies said on Tuesday. (Katsumi Kasahara/JAPAN POOL/Reuters)
    Drug industry laments G8 failure on vaccine plan Tue Jul 18, 10:50 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - World leaders missed a major opportunity to boost basic health in poor countries this week when G8 leaders failed to adopt a lead vaccine for a novel advance purchase scheme, drug companies said on Tuesday.

  • Unsafe sex common among female drug users with HIV Tue Jul 18, 3:20 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many women in the United States who are injection drug users and are also infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, do not routinely use condoms with their uninfected regular partners or with casual sex partners, according to researchers in the U.S. and South Africa

  • Migraine accompanied by 'aura' linked to heart risk Tue Jul 18, 4:04 PM ET

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who experience vision of heart disease compared to people who do not get the debilitating headaches, a study said on Tuesday.

  • An overweight Brazilian woman walks on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, December 16, 2004. The heavier a woman is at the age of 18, the greater is her risk of dying prematurely, according to a large study published Monday. (Sergio Moraes SM/SV/Reuters)
    Heavy teens have higher risk of early death Tue Jul 18, 8:06 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The heavier a woman is at the age of 18, the greater is her risk of dying prematurely, according to a large study published Monday.

  • Antibody therapy may help Alzheimer's patients Tue Jul 18, 3:08 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Infusing human antibodies into people with Alzheimer's disease appears to help stop the disease from getting worse and may even help the patients improve a little, researchers reported on Tuesday.

  • Novartis Chief Executive Daniel Vasella presents the 2005 annual results during a news conference in Basel, January 19, 2006. Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis on Monday reported a 4 percent rise in net income to $1.713 billion, missing expectations as heavy charges from its acquisition of U.S. biotech firm Chiron weighed. (Sebastian Derungs/Reuters)
    Novartis to build advanced flu vaccines plant in US Tue Jul 18, 3:03 PM ET

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Novartis AG on Tuesday said it will invest $600 million to build the first plant in the United States to develop flu vaccines using advanced, cell-culture techniques.

  • Children learn swimming skills at a swimming pool of Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu province June 19, 2006. Rising cases of asthma in European children could be partly due to indoor swimming pools, Belgian scientists said on Tuesday. CHINA OUT (STRINGER/Reuters)
    Study links asthma with indoor swimming pools Tue Jul 18, 8:22 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Rising cases of asthma in European children could be partly due to indoor swimming pools, Belgian scientists said on Tuesday.

  • President Bush talks with first lady Laura Bush as they deplane from Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, July 17, 2006. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)
    Senate to pass stem cell bill, Bush set to veto Tue Jul 18, 1:12 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative anti-abortion senators were split on Tuesday ahead of a vote on a stem cell research bill that appears destined to draw the first veto of George W. Bush's presidency.