Swiss drugmaker Roche says to shutter Rio de Janeiro plant
(Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Roche will close its manufacturing plant in the Brazilian city...
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Month: March 2019
Night shift work linked to a higher risk of miscarriage
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women who work at least two night shifts in one week may have a heightened risk of miscarriage the following week, a new study suggests. “Women working night shifts are...
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U.S. expands abortion ‘gag rule,’ cuts funding to regional bloc: Pompeo
By Makini Brice and Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on...
Read MoreToddlers gain more from printed books than from e-books
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – When grown-ups are reading to toddlers, they have more meaningful conversations when the stories are in traditional printed books than when stories are in e-books, researchers found....
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Google glass helps kids with autism read facial expressions
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Children with autism may have an easier time reading...
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Purdue Pharma agrees to $270 million settlement in Oklahoma opioid case
By Nate Raymond and Mike Spector (Reuters) – OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and members of...
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Mozambique prepares for cholera after cyclone wreaks havoc
By Emma Rumney BEIRA, Mozambique (Reuters) – Rescue teams in Mozambique moved hundreds of...
Read MoreMore transgender youth seeking care in U.S. military health system
By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – The number of transgender children and adolescents receiving care in the U.S. military health system rose substantially from 2010 to 2017, a new study shows. During that time, the number...
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Federal judge ends North Carolina ban on abortions after 20 weeks
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal court struck down North Carolina’s decades-old ban on...
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Congo Ebola epidemic exceeds 1,000 cases: health ministry
DAKAR (Reuters) – Congo’s Ebola epidemic has now exceeded 1,000 cases, the Health...
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Trump wants to work with Democrats on drug prices, infrastructure: aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is willing to work with congressional...
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Conference Highlights: ENDO 2019
New research was presented at ENDO 2019, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, from March...
Read MoreAldeyra’s eye drug meets main goal in late-stage study, shares surge
(Reuters) – Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc said on Tuesday its drug reproxalap to treat a form of allergic reaction to the eye met the main goal in a late-stage trial, sending shares up more than 60 percent. The study tested two...
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Patient CKD App Ratings Do Not Correlate With Those of Nephrologists
No correlation seen for consumer ratings on the app stores with patient ratings of app quality
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Statins Cut Risk for Major Vascular Events in Older Patients
Effects seen even among patients older than 75 years, though with less direct evidence of benefit
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Blindfolding Leader Improves Pediatric Resuscitation Training
After five simulations, improvement in leadership skills was twice as high in blindfold group as in control group
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Mild Congenital Heart Defects Tied to CVD Events
Lower-complexity ACHD associated with increased CVD risk regardless of conventional risk factors
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Radiomic Features May Predict Response to Chemo in NSCLC
Peritumoral, intratumoral radiomic features on baseline CT scans may predict chemo response
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New Approach Performs Well for Measuring CKD Quality of Life
Novel composite score is also reliable single-score summary of Kidney Disease Quality of Life-36
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Smoking Seems Not to Be Linked to Increased Dementia Risk
No increased risk for dementia observed when adjusting for risk of death without dementia
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