EU food safety body tells states to keep eye out for insecticide after scare
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s food safety watchdog urged member states on...
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South Africa gold producers, gold miners reach silicosis settlement
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African gold producers reached a class action settlement on Thursday with law firms representing thousands of miners who contracted the fatal lung diseases silicosis and tuberculosis, the...
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World food price index little changed in April versus March: U.N. FAO
ROME (Reuters) – World food prices edged marginally higher in April from March, with the...
Read More‘DES daughters’ with rare cancer continue to face higher death rates
By Gene Emery (Reuters Health) – Women who were exposed to the synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES) in utero, and who subsequently developed a rare type of vaginal and cervical cancer, continue to face a higher rate...
Read MoreMore sauna visits tied to lower risk of stroke
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Middle-aged adults who escape to a sauna every chance they get to relax may have new reason to take this time to unwind – a Finnish study suggests a regular sauna habit is...
Read MoreEven brief particle pollution spikes tied to respiratory infections
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People may be more likely to develop acute lower respiratory infections after even brief increases in air pollution, and babies and toddlers are especially vulnerable, a U.S. study...
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CDC reports one death from E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce
(Reuters) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday one person from...
Read MoreSeatbelts may protect against severe liver injury in car crashes
By Mary Gillis (Reuters Health) – Wearing a seatbelt may not prevent liver injuries in a car crash, but it could lessen their severity and make a major difference in the accident’s consequences and costs, researchers...
Read MoreMigraine drug delay would compound Teva’s troubles
By Steven Scheer and Tova Cohen TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is counting on its new migraine treatment to haul it out of the doldrums. But a possible delay in U.S. approval and looming pricing battle...
Read MoreAccounting concerns wipe $6 billion off Samsung BioLogics market value
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean biotech drug manufacturer Samsung BioLogics Co Ltd <207940.KS> lost almost $6 billion in market value on Wednesday in its biggest intra-day share drop, after the...
Read MoreU.S. doctors’ group calls for equal pay, opportunities for female physicians
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Physicians’ employers should commit to gender equity in pay, leadership development, career opportunities, and parental and family leave policies, a leading U.S. doctors group...
Read MorePhysical fitness linked to language skills in older adults
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Older adults who exercise regularly may have an easier time finding words to express themselves than their peers who aren’t as physically fit, a small study suggests. Researchers...
Read MoreTake-home Narcan kits lifesaving in opioid overdoses
By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – Distributing take-home overdose prevention kits substantially reduced the number of deaths from opioid overdoses in a Canadian province, researchers say. “The province of British...
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Exclusive: India rejects U.S. request on price caps on medical devices source
By Aditya Kalra and Neha Dasgupta NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has told the United States it...
Read MoreAnxiety in middle age linked to dementia later
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People with moderate to severe anxiety in middle age may be more likely to develop dementia as they get older, a recent study suggests. Researchers examined data from four previously...
Read MoreHealthy, smoke-free lifestyle tied to at least an extra decade of life
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Adults who follow a healthy lifestyle in middle age may extend their lifespan by more than a decade and have a lower risk of dying from cancer or heart disease, a U.S. study suggests....
Read MoreU.S. appellate judges seem divided on gene editing patents decision
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – U.S. appeals court judges appear divided over whether to allow a research center affiliated with MIT and Harvard to keep patents potentially worth billions of dollars on a groundbreaking gene...
Read MoreFewer African-Americans admitted to ICU for heart failure receive cardiologist care
By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – African-Americans admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for heart failure are less likely than white patients to receive care by a cardiologist. “It is important to realize...
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FDA clears Pluristem radiation treatment for emergency use
By Tova Cohen HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – Pluristem Therapeutics Inc, a developer of...
Read MoreZimbabwe says will issue cannabis licences to growers
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabweans can now apply for licences to grow cannabis for medical and research purposes, the government has said in a legal notice, making the southern African nation the second country in Africa to...
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