Author: Reuters

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – For women with early-stage breast cancer, many surgeons would advise extensive removal of the lymph nodes under the armpits even though recent evidence shows this doesn’t improve...

LONDON (Reuters) – AstraZeneca has joined other drugmakers in freezing prices in the United States for the rest of 2018, following criticism by U.S. President Donald Trump over the cost of medicine. Chief Executive Pascal...

ZURICH (Reuters) – Roche on Thursday lifted its veil of secrecy over a patent that has reaped billions of dollars over the years but is due to expire on Dec. 18, depriving the Swiss drugmaker of a key source of income. The...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Women who work 45 hours or more each week could be more likely to develop diabetes, a Canadian study suggests. Researchers tracked 7,065 workers aged 35 and older in Ontario, Canada,...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Chronic pain patients who take opioids may be less satisfied with their sex life and more likely to experience a lack of desire than people who don’t rely on these prescription...

By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – Women who were abused as children may be more likely to develop endometriosis in adulthood, separate studies suggest. The authors of a European report in the journal Human Reproduction...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – The Mediterranean diet might do more than help ward off heart disease, it may also help improve psoriasis, a new study suggests. “Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease...