Reuters - Health

U.S. resumes funding controversial stem cell research

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said it was resuming work on controversial human embryonic stem cell research on Friday after an appeals court ruled in its favor.
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:32:28 +0000

Risks of old, new diet drugs face U.S. scrutiny

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The risks of a potential new diet pill and a 13-year-old weight-loss medicine face U.S. scrutiny next week as medical experts consider if the drugs' benefits outweigh possible side effects.
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:26:56 +0000

USDA knew of problems at farm behind egg recall: report

BANGALORE (Reuters) - U.S. Department of Agriculture experts knew about sanitary problems at one of the two Iowa farms at the center of a massive nationwide egg recall, but did not notify health authorities, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:07:37 +0000

FDA cracks down on 5 makers of e-cigarettes

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent warnings to five makers of electronic cigarettes for marketing them illegally as stop-smoking aids and said on Thursday it intends to regulate the products as drugs.
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:28:42 +0000

Breastfeeding for a month cuts mom's diabetes risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mothers who don't breastfeed their newborns for at least one month are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes at some point in their lives than women who do, a Pennsylvania study finds.
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:29:52 +0000

Study backs prostate screening for high risk men

LONDON (Reuters) - Men who have a certain genetic variations that put them at higher risk of prostate cancer may benefit from regular screening for the disease, a study by British scientists found Friday.
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:27:56 +0000

UK's NICE wants more data on schizophrenia drug

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's healthcare cost watchdog said it was unable to recommend use of Bristol-Myers Squibb's schizophrenia drug Abilify in children aged 15 to 17 and has asked for more information on its effectiveness.
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:26:02 +0000

FDA cracks down on 5 makers of e-cigarettes

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent warnings to five makers of electronic cigarettes for marketing them illegally as stop-smoking aids and said on Thursday it intends to regulate the products as drugs.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:40:32 +0000

UK's NICE wants more data on BMS schizophrenia drug

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's healthcare cost watchdog said it was unable to recommend use of Bristol-Myers Squibb's schizophrenia drug Abilify in children aged 15 to 17 and has asked for more information on its effectiveness.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:04:38 +0000

J&J widens access as cancer drug helps survival

NEW YORK (Reuters) - All patients in a study of a Johnson & Johnson drug for advanced prostate cancer will be offered the medicine after an independent monitoring committee found it demonstrated an improvement in patient survival.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:10:34 +0000

USDA knew of problems at egg recall farm: report

BANGALORE (Reuters) - U.S. Department of Agriculture experts knew about sanitary problems at one of the two Iowa farms at the center of a massive nationwide egg recall, but did not notify health authorities, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:25:31 +0000

Health reforms cause bump in spending: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reforms will slightly accelerate the rise in healthcare spending, according to a survey released on Thursday, handing Republicans more ammunition as they attack the Obama administration's legislative victory.
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:39:51 +0000

U.S. appeals court puts on hold stem cell funding ban

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court granted on Thursday an Obama administration request to temporarily lift a judge's ban on federal funding of research involving human embryonic stem cells.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:26:58 +0000

Magnetic fields won't up kids' brain cancer risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MFs)--emitted by anything from power lines to appliances or improperly grounded wiring--is not likely to increase children's risk of developing brain tumors, the authors of a new analysis conclude.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:29:57 +0000

New warnings added to agents used in MRI tests

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New warnings of a potentially fatal skin disease will be added to labels for imaging drugs sold by Bayer, Covidien and GE Healthcare cautioning against their use by patients with kidney disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:29:33 +0000

U.S. health reforms cause bump in spending: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. reforms will slightly accelerate the rise in healthcare spending, according to a survey released on Thursday, handing Republicans more ammunition as they attack the Obama administration's legislative victory.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:21:28 +0000

Do kids, men need folic acid from a pill?

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - With the advent of folic-acid supplementation of certain foods, few Canadians are now getting too little of the B vitamin, a new study estimates -- in findings that question the need for children and men to get additional folic acid from vitamins.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:21:00 +0000

HIV spread "out of control" among French gay men

LONDON (Reuters) - Transmission of the AIDS virus seems to be "out of control" among gay men in France despite an overall fall in the number of new HIV cases in the country, according to a study published on Thursday.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:02:46 +0000

More doctors no panacea for U.S. healthcare: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare patients with more doctors to choose from do not necessarily get more or better care, researchers reported on Thursday in an analysis demonstrating how complicated U.S. healthcare reform will be.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:43:20 +0000

Health reforms trigger spending shift

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. reforms are poised to dramatically shift the nation's healthcare spending, not only curbing Medicare costs but also pumping more money toward the private sector as roughly 32 million people gain coverage.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:42:27 +0000