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By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – About one in four U.S. oncologists rarely or never discusses the price of genomic testing with their cancer patients, even though cost is important for informed decision-making, survey...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – During deep sleep, the brain may be tidying up the detritus that accumulates during a hard day of thinking, a recent study suggests. Researchers have found that during slow-wave sleep in...

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will trial in France a new approach to responding to animal disease outbreaks that is less disruptive to trade, and which could be extended across the European Union, European commissioner Phil...

PARIS (Reuters) – African swine fever (ASF) will cut pork output in China, the world’s largest producer, by at least 20% in 2019, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday, doubling the decline it had...

(Reuters) – China’s Bio-Thera Solutions Ltd has won a regulatory approval for its version of AbbVie Inc’s blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis treatment Humira, paving the way for the first such biosimilar to enter...

ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss-listed drugmaker ObsEva said on Thursday it is abandoning the current program for its drug prospect nolasiban after the agent aimed at boosting pregnancy following in-vitro fertilization (IVF)...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – A small pilot study finds that vaping CBD products might lead to a positive urine test for marijuana, researchers report. The study tested people after use of cannabidiol (CBD) samples,...

By Gene Emery (Reuters Health) – Doctors who transplanted a complete penis and scrota onto the body of a soldier wounded by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan reported Wednesday that the man has regained...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Only about one in 10 discharged hospital patients given access to their electronic medical records go online to take a look, a U.S. study suggests. Widespread efforts to adopt electronic...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Any amount of regular running is associated with a lower risk of dying prematurely, particularly from cancer or heart disease, compared to not running at all, a research review suggests....