Health
UPDATE 1-U.S. actor Quaid backs drugmaker liability suits
WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. actor Dennis Quaid urged the U.S. Congress on Wednesday to preserve patients' rights to sue drugmakers for injuries, recounting how his newborn twins nearly died from an accidental drug overdose. Full Article
Research links common chemicals to obesity
GENEVA (Reuters) - Exposure in the womb to common chemicals used to make everything from plastic bottles to pizza box liners may program a person to become obese later in life, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. Full Article
FDA defends safety of baby bottle chemical
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday said it sees no reason to tell consumers to stop using products such as baby bottles made with a controversial chemical found in many plastic items. Full Article
Dollar strains Novo profits
Nov. 15 - The CFO of the world's biggest maker of insulin Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO) says the weak dollar is having a "very very significant strain" on the Denmark-based company. Play Video
Seventeen-year-old, mother of 7
Pamela Villarruel, 17, bore all seven children in just three pregnancies, having her first boy in 2005 when she was 14 and the other six girls in two deliveries of triplets in the following two years.
