Germany: Babies can be registered as neither sex

BERLIN (AP) — A new law has gone into effect allowing German parents to register their newborn babies as neither male nor female if they were born with traits of both sexes.



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FDA approves leukemia drug from Roche

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug from Roche to help treat patients with a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow.



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Paramedics report lack of critical care training

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Paramedics often have to transport patients in critical condition from one medical facility to another. The finding that paramedics work beyond their job descriptions was not a surprise to lead author William Raynovich. "By definition, critical care patients require the highest level of intensive skill and are at the greatest risk of death or chronic disability," Raynovich, of Creighton University EMS Education in Omaha, Nebraska, said. The physiologic condition of critical patients deteriorates rapidly and correct assessments and interventions must be quickly performed." The new study should spark a discussion about paramedic training, Raynovich told Reuters Health.



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FDA approves Roche leukemia drug Gazyva

(Reuters) - U.S. regulators said on Friday they approved a new treatment from Roche Holding AG for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who have not previously been treated for the blood and bone marrow disease. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the new drug, Gazyva (obinutuzumab), works by helping certain immune system cells to attack cancer cells, and is meant to be used with a standard treatment for the disease called chlorambucil. It is the first drug having a "breakthrough therapy" designation to win FDA approval, the agency said.

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Hundreds of cannabis workers fall ill in Albanian village

By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) - Doctors in Albania say hundreds of people have fallen ill from harvesting cannabis in a lawless region that for years has been out of bounds to police, Albanian media reported on Friday. "In the last two months about seven to eight people arrive in the emergency ward each day and many more have come earlier with disorders from hashish," Gjirokaster doctor Hysni Lluka told Top Channel television. Some 2,000 people, including poor Roma who have set up a camp near Lazarat, have been working for months in the cannabis fields, where producers pay eight euros per 10 kilos of processed drug. The illegal practice has flourished in Lazarat over two decades of turbulent transition in Albania since the end of hardline communist rule.



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Parents File Suit to Allow Son to Take Marijuana Extract

Zander Welton,5, Used to Have Seizures Daily

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New faces of health overhaul: Still all smiles

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — It didn't take long for the friendly-looking young woman whose face was splashed across HealthCare.gov to spiral from smiling stock photo to laughingstock. As it scrambles to correct problems with the website, the Obama administration is now asking people who have successfully purchased health insurance to let their pictures be used instead.

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