Automatic texting helps ease stress of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients
By Gene Emery (Reuters Health) – A system of automated twice-daily texts and the ability to...
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U.S. black lung fund will need taxpayer bailout if coal tax falls: GAO
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal fund to help U.S. coal miners disabled...
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U.S. black lung fund will need taxpayer bailout if coal tax falls: GAO
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal fund to help U.S. coal miners disabled...
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FDA reports five more deaths related to intragastric balloons
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday notified healthcare providers...
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U.S. high court throws out immigrant teen abortion ruling
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower...
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U.S. high court throws out immigrant teen abortion ruling
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower...
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Medical workers in Congo city finish vaccinating contacts of Ebola patients
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Medical workers in Democratic Republic of Congo have given all the...
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Medical workers in Congo city finish vaccinating contacts of Ebola patients
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Medical workers in Democratic Republic of Congo have given all the...
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China tobacco regulator argues for indoor space for smokers
By Christian Shepherd BEIJING (Reuters) – The regulator of China’s tobacco industry,...
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China tobacco regulator argues for indoor space for smokers
By Christian Shepherd BEIJING (Reuters) – The regulator of China’s tobacco industry,...
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Mixed results for Bristol/Nektar combination in cancer trial
Chicago (Reuters) – Mixed results over the weekend from closely watched studies combining...
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FDA wants to shorten new drug monopolies to cut costs
By Julie Steenhuysen and Deena Beasley CHICAGO (Reuters) – In an effort to increase...
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Many women with early-stage breast cancer can skip chemotherapy: study
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Some 70 percent of women with early-stage breast...
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Many women with early-stage breast cancer can skip chemotherapy: study
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Some 70 percent of women with early-stage breast...
Read MorePhysically demanding jobs may shorten men’s lives
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Despite much evidence that getting lots of physical activity bodes well for long-term health, when it’s physical labor on the job, the opposite might be true. Researchers found...
Read MoreHealthcare price transparency in U.S. not improved in recent years
By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Although government measures and healthcare industry initiatives have tried to make prices more accessible to U.S. patients recently, researchers say there has been little improvement....
Read MoreSpine surgery may not be needed to ease back pain from osteoporosis
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Patients with acute pain from osteoporosis damage to the spine don’t experience any more relief from surgery to inject cement into cracked or broken vertebrae than they would with...
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Utah sues opioid maker Purdue Pharma after settlement talks stall
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Utah’s attorney general on Thursday sued OxyContin maker...
Read MoreDACA program tied to health of U.S.-citizen kids
By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – The U.S. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, has spillover benefits for the health of the young children of DACA-eligible mothers, a recent study suggests....
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Nipah virus death toll rises to 15, two new cases found in India’s Kerala
By D. Jose and Subrat Patnaik KOCHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Two new cases of the deadly...
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