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By Arno Schuetze FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Dutch private equity group Waterland is launching the sale of Median Kliniken, Germany’s largest private-sector chain of post-acute care clinics, in a deal potentially worth...

LONDON (Reuters) – International medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Monday accused specialist HIV drugmaker ViiV Healthcare of delaying access for children with the AIDS virus to a critical medicine called...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Generic medicines for many common health problems like high blood pressure and diabetes may cost Medicare patients less when they pay cash instead of using their health insurance, a U.S....

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Fathers of young children may be almost as likely as new mothers to experience symptoms of depression, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined results from depression screenings done...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Children’s foods that are promoted as gluten-free tend to be lacking in nutritional value and loaded with sugar just like other packaged kids’ products on grocery store...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – U.S. doctors must realize that many cancer patients battle “financial toxicity” along with their disease, researchers say. The costs associated with treatment, even for those...

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police are investigating vaccine maker Changsheng Bio-technology Co Ltd after the firm was found to have faked documents related to a rabies vaccine, the official Xinhua news agency reported on...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Cigarette use decreased among young women – including pregnant women – during the past decade in the U.S., according to a new study. But, researchers found, use of marijuana...