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Disability expected to rise as more premature babies survive
By Kate Kelland LONDON | Tue Dec 4, 2012 6:38pm EST LONDON (Reuters) – Little progress has been made in improving the long-term health of extremely premature babies, and with… Read more
Chelsea’s hypotension drug fails to prove efficacy past week one
Tue Dec 4, 2012 6:17pm EST (Reuters) – Chelsea Therapeutics Inc said its experimental hypotension drug met the main goal of a study by significantly reducing dizziness in patients at… Read more
Baxter to buy Sweden’s Gambro for $4 billion
By Debra Sherman and Caroline Humer Tue Dec 4, 2012 6:16pm EST (Reuters) – Baxter International Inc said on Tuesday it would buy privately held Swedish kidney dialysis product company… Read more
Basic hygiene at risk in debt-stricken Greek hospitals
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON | Tue Dec 4, 2012 5:14pm EST LONDON (Reuters) – Greek hospitals are in such dire straits that staff are failing to… Read more
Most internists don’t plan to stay in primary care
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK | Tue Dec 4, 2012 4:11pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Less than a quarter of new doctors finishing an internal medicine training program… Read more
Fewer poor cancer patients referred for drug trials
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK | Tue Dec 4, 2012 3:11pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among people with advanced cancer, poorer patients are less likely to be referred… Read more
Police seek young leukemia patient taken from Arizona hospital
PHOENIX | Tue Dec 4, 2012 2:59pm EST PHOENIX (Reuters) – Police are looking for an 11-year-old leukemia patient spirited out of a Phoenix hospital by her mother and are… Read more
Teen fighting down in many countries, not U.S
By Kerry Grens NEW YORK | Tue Dec 4, 2012 1:48pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Fistfights among kids have become less common over the last decade in 19… Read more
After parent’s cancer death, one in five kids self-injure
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK | Tue Dec 4, 2012 1:09pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – One in five teens who lost one of their parents to cancer… Read more
80% of prescription drug sales in Costa Rica controlled by one company
A study by the Universidad de Costa Rica notes that one company controls the distribution of 80% of drugs sold, with price differences of up to 1,000%. An article in… Read more
California judge partly blocks gay conversion therapy ban
By Mary Slosson SACRAMENTO | Tue Dec 4, 2012 2:35am EST SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked California from enforcing a landmark law that bars therapy… Read more
U.S. court voids drug rep’s conviction, cites free speech
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK | Mon Dec 3, 2012 9:34pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – A divided federal appeals court on Monday threw out the conviction of a sales… Read more
Teens may buy less tobacco when displays are hidden: study
Mon Dec 3, 2012 7:43pm EST (Reuters) – Teens may be less likely to buy cigarettes at convenience stores if they aren’t sold in plain sight behind the counter, according… Read more
Drug industry treading water on R&D productivity
By Ben Hirschler LONDON | Mon Dec 3, 2012 7:08pm EST LONDON (Reuters) – Drug companies are becoming more efficient in hunting for new treatments, though this has yet to… Read more
Scientists find gene link to teenage binge drinking
LONDON | Mon Dec 3, 2012 5:28pm EST LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have unpicked the brain processes involved in teenage alcohol abuse and say their findings help explain why some… Read more
Dial back esophageal cancer screening: internists
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK | Mon Dec 3, 2012 5:00pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A group of U.S. internal medicine doctors today recommended limiting esophageal cancer screening… Read more
FDA, medical device industry form research partnership
Mon Dec 3, 2012 4:43pm EST (Reuters) – The Food and Drug Administration said it has formed a partnership with the medical device industry aimed at speeding the development and… Read more
Merck becomes bigger Alzheimer’s player, with new trial
By Ransdell Pierson and Debra Sherman Mon Dec 3, 2012 3:35pm EST (Reuters) – Merck & Co Inc has moved to the forefront of Alzheimer’s disease research by starting a… Read more
Study finds pattern in brain injuries linked to contact sports
By Scott Malone BOSTON | Mon Dec 3, 2012 1:58pm EST BOSTON (Reuters) – Years of hits to the head in football or other contact sports lead to a distinct… Read more
Teens may buy less tobacco when displays are hidden
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK | Mon Dec 3, 2012 8:17am EST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study conducted using a virtual reality game suggests teens may be… Read more
