Oklahoma takes on drugmakers J&J, Teva in landmark opioid trial
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Gail Box vividly remembers the day in May 2011 when she first...
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Japan court says forced sterilizations unconstitutional, refuses compensation: media
TOKYO (Reuters) – The forced sterilization of two women decades ago as teenagers was unconstitutional, a Japanese court said on Tuesday, but rejected their demands for compensation, in the first of about 20 such cases...
Read MoreNewron delays schizophrenia drug trial after FDA raises concerns
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss-listed drugmaker Newron must delay a trial of its prospective schizophrenia medicine evenamide after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration raised concerns about central nervous system (CNS) events...
Read MoreBritish Columbia to be first Canadian province to switch patients to biosimilars
By Allison Martell and Allison Lampert TORONTO/MONTREAL (Reuters) – The Canadian province of British Columbia said on Monday that its public drug plan will switch as many as 20,400 patients from three branded biologic...
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Lopez Obrador says will shop abroad if necessary to fix medicine shortages
By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowed on...
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Teva Pharm to pay Oklahoma $85 million to settle opioid claims
BOSTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Sunday it had agreed...
Read MoreCirrhosis, cancer risks higher with fatty liver – especially in diabetics
By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – Fatty liver disease that’s not related to alcohol use is linked with an increased risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer, especially in people with diabetes, according to a large study...
Read MoreScientists zoom in on bug behind Strep throat and scarlet fever
By Kate Kelland LONDON, (Reuters) – Scientists studying a bacterium that causes scarlet fever, severe sore throat and a form of heart disease say they are closer to developing a vaccine that could one day prevent hundred...
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U.S. measles outbreak grows with 60 new measles cases across 26 states
(Reuters) – The United States recorded 60 new measles cases last week, taking confirmed...
Read MoreEnergy drink consumption rising in the U.S.
By Manas Mishra (Reuters Health) – Americans are consuming more energy drinks, with a notable increase among young adults, survey data show. Energy drinks are non-alcoholic beverages with high levels of caffeine or other...
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Vietnam swine fever cull surges, 1.7 million pigs dead
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam culled a further 500,000 pigs over the past two weeks to tackle an...
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Support for abortion rights grows as some U.S. states curb access: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans have become more supportive of abortion...
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Groups sue over Alabama abortion law; judge blocks Mississippi ban
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Planned...
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Mexico budget cuts hit patient care and delay kids’ surgeries, doctors warn
By Anthony Esposito and Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s hospitals are...
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Novartis $2 million gene therapy for rare disorder is world’s most expensive drug
By John Miller and Caroline Humer ZURICH/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Novartis on...
Read MoreDoctor, medical funder charged in New York in transvaginal mesh fraud
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) – A doctor and a surgical funding consultant were arrested on Friday on charges that they defrauded women into having unnecessary surgeries to remove transvaginal mesh implants in...
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U.S. judge blocks Mississippi ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban
By Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday blocked a Mississippi law that...
Read MoreWomen in cardiac arrest less likely than men to get help from bystanders
By Saumya Joseph (Reuters Health) – Women who suffer cardiac arrest outside of a hospital are less likely to receive help from bystanders and have less chance of survival than men, a recent Dutch study showed. The results...
Read MoreSeniors who feel their life has purpose may live longer
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Seniors who feel their life has purpose may be less likely to die from heart, circulatory and digestive diseases and more likely to live longer, new data suggest. In a study that...
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Novartis’ breast cancer treatment wins FDA approval
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday that it had approved...
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