By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) – An Alzheimer’s vaccine developed by a privately held Slovakian biotech firm showed early signs of efficacy in a mid-stage trial, a rare step forward in the fight against the...
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By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – Eli Lilly and Co’s LOXO-292, a experimental cancer...
Read MoreBy Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) – Dead pigs found in some backyard farms in the Philippines tested positive for African swine fever, the country’s agriculture chief said on Monday, the first outbreak of the...
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PARIS (Reuters) – Heatwaves in June and July caused about 1,500 more deaths than usual in...
Read MoreBy Deena Beasley (Reuters) – An experimental Amgen Inc drug that targets a specific genetic mutation reduced tumor size in around half of advanced lung cancer patients given the highest dose in a small, early-stage trial,...
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua has urged the country’s main hog...
Read MoreBy Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – The owner of a telemarketing company implicated in the largest component of a $1.2 billion Medicare fraud involving the supply of medically unnecessary orthotic braces pleaded guilty to...
Read MoreBy Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Certain psychiatric conditions may prompt some women to choose to have their ovaries removed even when there is no medical justification for it, a new study suggests. “Some women...
Read MoreBy Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Researchers say women who frequently remove most or all of their pubic hair are no more likely to contract chlamydia or gonorrhea than women who don’t practice “extreme...
Read More(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ofev capsules for a rare lung disorder. The drug is first FDA-approved treatment for this condition, the...
Read MoreBy Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – At leading U.S. medical schools, education of future doctors about racism, promotion of diversity, and service of patients of color are in need of improvement, survey results suggest....
Read MoreTORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s main pharmaceutical industry lobby group, along with 16 of its member companies, filed a lawsuit on Friday to block new regulations meant to lower patented drug prices, the second legal...
Read MoreBy Tamara Mathias (Reuters Health) – While most older adults say they are confident they’re ready to handle emergencies like natural disasters or power outages, many are not as prepared as they could be for these...
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By Julie Steenhuysen and Ludwig Burger (Reuters) – In the halls of MD Anderson Cancer...
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk will offer cheaper insulin to U.S. diabetics, the Danish...
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Novartis has secured the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s...
Read MoreHANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has culled about 4.7 million pigs to contain an outbreak of African swine fever that has spread to all 63 provinces in the Southeast Asian country, an official said on Friday. The disease first...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Even overweight and obese people who take certain psychiatric drugs associated with weight gain may be able to shed excess pounds by focusing on healthy eating and exercise habits, a...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Children who have a parent in prison may be more than twice as likely as other kids to have depression, attention problems and conduct disorders by the time they reach adolescence, a...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Older Americans who get home healthcare through traditional Medicare plans may have access to better quality services than their counterparts who enroll in private plans known as...
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