By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – The shortage of general surgeons in the U.S. is projected to get worse as the number of these doctors entering the workforce each year fails to keep pace with population growth, a U.S....
Read MoreBy Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – Moderate consumption of sodium may not affect the risk for cardiovascular problems in people without heart disease, a 21-country study suggests. Researchers tracked nearly 96,000 adults...
Read MoreBy Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – A doctor has become the first probable Ebola case in one of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s most violence-ridden and inaccessible zones, a scenario “we have...
Read MoreATHENS (Reuters) – Eleven people have died and 107 infected by the mosquito-borne West Nile virus in Greece so far this summer, authorities said, the highest number of reported cases since 2012. Outbreaks of the West Nile...
Read MoreBy Josephine Mason and Hallie Gu BEIJING (Reuters) – China is culling over 1,300 pigs as authorities rush to control a fourth outbreak of African swine fever and try to trace the origins of the virus that first struck the...
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By Josephine Mason BEIJING (Reuters) – China is battling to control the rapid spread of...
Read More(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a first of its kind drug from Shire Plc to treat patients aged 12 and older suffering from a rare hereditary disease that causes swelling. The drug,...
Read More(Reuters) – New York State health officials said on Thursday they were investigating reports of multiple illnesses potentially associated with a McDonald’s Corp restaurant in Jamestown, NY. The state health...
Read MoreBy Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Among men getting a prostate biopsy, those with a history of consuming seven or more drinks a week are more likely than nondrinkers to be diagnosed with an aggressive tumor, a small...
Read MoreBy Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Since the 1990s, annual numbers of U.S. coal miners with new, confirmed cases of an advanced form of so-called black lung disease known as progressive massive fibrosis have been steadily...
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Kala Pharmaceuticals...
Read MoreBy Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Although doctors and nutrition experts have recommended “eating a variety of foods” for decades, there’s a lack of agreement on what exactly that means and whether it...
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that all 17 companies...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Heart attack survivors who participate in cardiac rehabilitation programs may survive longer and be less likely to have repeat hospitalizations than they would without follow-up care, a...
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The number of U.S. lawsuits brought against Bayer’s...
Read More(Adds dropped word to headline, removes extraneous sentence in graf 3, in this Aug. 21 story) By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock (Reuters Health) – Millions of subtle variations in genes contribute to individual risk for common...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Older adults who eat a balanced diet with lots of fruits and vegetables may be less likely to develop frailty than their peers who fail to get enough vitamins from their food, a Spanish...
Read MoreLONDON (Reuters) – A person in northern England has been diagnosed with the potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and is being treated at hospital in Liverpool, Public Health England said on Thursday....
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By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – The British government called on Thursday for drugmakers...
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By Deena Beasley LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A new front in the battle over the cost of...
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