| LATEST NEWS | | Obesity epidemic risks heart disease "tsunami" | | CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) - More than half a billion people, or one in 10 adults worldwide, are obese -- more than double the number in 1980 -- as the obesity epidemic spills over from wealthy into poorer nations, researchers said on Thursday. | Full Article | | | Simple life changes could stop millions of cancers | | February 04, 2011 03:20 AM ET | | LONDON (Reuters) - About a third of all common cancers in the United States, China and Britain could be prevented each year if people ate healthier food, drank less alcohol and exercised more, health experts said on Friday. | Full Article | | Group says video shows Planned Parenthood wrongdoing | | February 03, 2011 10:19 PM ET | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An anti-abortion group that has repeatedly taken on Planned Parenthood released a videotape on Thursday that it says shows employees at a Virginia clinic offering to help a man posing as a pimp get secret abortions for underage girls. | Full Article | | Pay gap widening between male, female doctors | | February 03, 2011 11:14 AM ET | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Newly trained female doctors in the United States make nearly $17,000 less than their male counterparts, even though women increasingly are choosing careers in higher-paying medical specialties, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. | Full Article | | Cribs recalled because break easily, pose death risk: CPSC | | February 03, 2011 06:17 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumers should immediately stop using Generation 2 Worldwide "SafetyCraft" brand full-size and portable drop-side cribs because their plastic hardware breaks easily, posing a death risk to infants, the government said on Thursday. | Full Article | |  | | US TOP NEWS | | Egyptians rally for Mubarak to go now | | February 04, 2011 09:45 AM ET | | CAIRO (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians marched peacefully in Cairo on Friday to demand an immediate end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, but there was no word of his generals, or his U.S. allies, squeezing him out just yet. | Full Article | | Payrolls up meager 36,000, but jobless rate falls | | February 04, 2011 09:17 AM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employment rose by a meager 36,000 jobs in January, far less than expected, as severe snow storms slammed large parts of the nation, but the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since April 2009. | Full Article | | EU summit to debate stronger euro zone bailout fund | | February 04, 2011 08:27 AM ET | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will discuss strengthening the euro zone's 440 billion euro bailout fund at a summit on Friday and try to agree how best to insulate the region from the year-long debt crisis. | Full Article | | Aetna sees 2011 ahead of Street | | February 04, 2011 08:14 AM ET | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health insurer Aetna Inc forecast 2011 earnings well ahead of Wall Street's target on Friday and dramatically increased its dividend payout, sending shares up more than 8 percent. | Full Article | | | | BUSINESS NEWS | | | | | RELATED VIDEO | | |  |  | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. |  | | Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. |  | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. | | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | | | ODDLY ENOUGH | | | |
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