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UK approves three-person babies The UK has now become the first country to approve laws to allow the creation of babies from three people. The modified version of IVF has passed its final legislative obstacle after being approved by the House of Lords.
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NSAIDS may boost bleeding risk after heart attack (Reuters Health) - For people taking drugs to prevent blood clots after a heart attack, adding pain relievers like ibuprofen may lead to bleeding, stroke or another heart attack, according to a new study.
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'Give HIV drugs to healthy gay men' Healthy gay men should be offered daily HIV drugs to prevent infections, say UK Medical Research Council and Public Health England scientists.
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WHO calls for more measles vaccination in Europe as large outbreaks persist LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization in Europe called on Wednesday for measles vaccination campaigns to be stepped up across the region after recording 22,000 cases of the highly infectious disease since the start of 2014.
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Rule reversal allows schools to bill Medicaid for services (Reuters Health) - Due to an unexpected federal policy reversal sought by advocates for nearly 10 years, schools could start billing Medicaid for health services such as asthma screenings, vaccinations and care for chronic diseases provided to some ...
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Botched newspaper exposé of HPV vaccine's 'dark side' reveals dark side of ... The Toronto Star's front-page feature on the "dark side" of a widely-used HPV vaccine had all the makings of a blockbuster: a grim, gripping headline, vivid accounts from teenagers who died or were debilitated, a wrenching image of a woman holding a ...
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Exposing infants to peanuts causes big reduction in peanut allergy, study shows Peanut allergy, an occasionally life-threatening condition that has prompted changes in food consumption rules everywhere from pre-schools to airlines, can be sharply reduced by feeding peanut protein to children at risk for the condition beginning when ...
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Heart Attacks: Women at Greater Risk for Fatal Ones, Study Finds An important alert about heart disease from a new study finds that too many women fail to recognize the symptoms until it's too late.
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IUDs, hormonal implants becoming more popular among American women ... A medical worker explains a family planning method using the intrauterine device (IUD). (REUTERS/Erik de Castro). Following a decline in popularity during the 1980s to early 2000s, use of long-acting, reversible birth control increased fivefold over the past ...
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For contraception, US women increasingly turn to IUDs and implants IUDs and implants are safe, reliable, long-acting and reversible forms of birth control. Now there's a new attribute to add to this list: increasingly popular.
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Justices: Dentists can't decide who whitens your teeth Dentists can make your teeth sparkling white, but they can't decide who else can, the Supreme Court said. Loading… Post to Facebook.
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UPDATE 1-Preventative treatment dramatically reduces HIV risk in gay men (Adds details of second PrEP study, UNAIDS comments). By Kate Kelland. LONDON Feb 24 (Reuters) - Gay men at high risk of HIV who took a daily dose of a Gilead AIDS drug as a preventative measure cut their risk of infection by 86 percent, according to ...
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Study That Paid Patients to Take HIV Drugs Fails SEATTLE - A major study testing whether Americans would take their H.I.V. drugs every day if they were paid to do so has essentially failed, the scientists running it announced Tuesday at an AIDS conference here.
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REFILE-WHO calls for more measles vaccination in Europe as large outbreaks ... LONDON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization in Europe called on Wednesday for measles vaccination campaigns to be stepped up across the region after recording 22,000 cases of the highly infectious disease since the start of 2014.
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Preventative treatment dramatically reduces HIV risk in gay men LONDON (Reuters) - Gay men at high risk of HIV who took a daily dose of a Gilead AIDS drug as a preventative measure cut their risk of infection by 86 percent, according to results of a British trial released on Tuesday.
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Kosher cannabis could be available in New York NR Scott Harms/Getty Images/iStockphoto Medical marijuana is already kosher, but pot brownies could be joining its ranks. Pot can be kosher with rabbis.
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'Early peanut intake could prevent allergy' Turning what was once conventional wisdom on its head, a new study suggests that many, if not most peanut allergies, can be prevented by feeding young children food containing peanuts beginning in infancy, rather than avoiding such foods.
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Rare birth: Baby born completely encased in amniotic sac (CNN) We all know that every baby is special, but Silas Philips pulled off a rare feat right out of the womb. Days before he's scheduled to leave the hospital, he's already gone viral on social media because he was born 'en caul.
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Wesleyan overdoses highlight risks of party drug "Molly" Four students remain hospitalized on Tuesday after an apparent overdose of the drug known as Molly, or MDMA, at a party at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, over the weekend.
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WHO calls for more measles vaccination in Europe as large outbreaks persist The World Health Organization in Europe called on Wednesday for measles vaccination campaigns to be stepped up across the region after recording 22,000 cases of the highly infectious disease since the start of 2014.
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The biggest culprits of foodborne illness It's happened to just about everybody at one time or another -- the awful gastrointestinal symptoms of food poisoning. One out of six Americans suffer a bout of it each year, and one of the most common causes is foodborne bacteria.
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UK doctors urge use of Roche's Avastin as cheap eye drug LONDON (Reuters) - British doctors called on Tuesday for Roche's cancer drug Avastin to be made routinely available as a cheap alternative for treating people with a debilitating eye disorder.
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Egg donor: 'I didn't give away my child. It was just a blob' The UK has become the first country in the world to legalise 'three parent-babies'. Peers in the House of Lords have voted in favour of an amendment that permits a controversial IVF technique.
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Blind man describes joy at seeing wife for first time in decade thanks to 'bionic eye' A blind man from Minnesota has described his joy at seeing his wife for the first time in a decade after doctors fitted him with a "bionic eye" implant.
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Report identifies most common sources of food-borne illnesses An estimated 9 million people are sickened and 1,000 killed by food-borne illnesses in the U.S. each year, but until now officials were unable to pinpoint which foods were most likely to blame.
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Unvaccinated toddler dies of measles in Germany A doctor's assistant prepares a measles vaccination in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday. An Lukas Schulze/AP A doctor's assistant prepares a measles vaccination in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday.
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Patients, in New Study, Are Able to Use Thoughts to Control Bionic Hands Three Austrian men who completely lost the use of their hands because of devastating nerve damage have been fitted with robotic hands that they can control with their thoughts.
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Three men first to get reconstructed bionic hands after amputation Milorad Marinkovic demonstrates writing with his bionic hand as he poses for a photograph at his home in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015.
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Texas hospital successfully separates conjoined baby girls in 'marathon' procedure Despite sharing several organ systems, 10-month-old conjoined twins Knatalye Hope and Adeline Faith Mata were successfully separated in a world-first marathon procedure that was carried out at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston on February 17th.
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Toddler dies of measles in Berlin, first death in outbreak BERLIN - An 18-month-old boy has died of measles in Berlin, the first known death in an outbreak of the disease that has seen more than 570 cases in the German capital since October.
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Britain becomes first to allow babies with 3 genetic parents Britain has became the first country in the world to allow babies to be created with the DNA of three parents. The House of Lords voted Tuesday to approve the use of a groundbreaking and controversial in-vitro fertilization technique known as three-parent IVF.
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IUDs and hormonal implants have become 'five times as popular' over past decade A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report finds a shift in preferences for birth control among American women, who are increasingly opting for long-lasting reversible contraceptives.
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Minn. man gets 'bionic eye,' sees wife after 10 years Allen Zderad and his wife, Carmen, as he looked at her after receiving a YouTube/Mayo Clinic Allen Zderad and his wife, Carmen, as he looked at her after receiving a bionic eye from the Mayo Clinic.
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3 Austrians get bionic hands after amputation Milorad Marinkovic shows his bionic arm as he poses for a photograph at his home in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. Three Austrians have replaced injured hands with bionic ones that they can control using nerves and muscles transplanted into ...
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US government report outlines foods most prone to pathogens This colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicts a colony of rod-shaped Salmonella sp. bacteria (CDC). More than 80 percent of cases of a certain E. coli illness were linked to beef and vegetables grown in rows, according to a U.S.
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Analysis: An HIV 'game changer'? There is excited talk today that we have reached a "game changing" moment in controlling the HIV epidemic. This is not a cure or vaccine, but a highly effective way of preventing transmission of the virus.
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Measles vaccinations urged in Europe amid outbreaks Measles vaccinations need to be immediately stepped up in all age groups, the World Health Organization's European office urged Wednesday after the region recorded 22,000 cases since the start of 2014.
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Genes play role in peanut allergy: study (Paris-AFP) - Suspicions that genes play a part in peanut allergy were confirmed in a study Tuesday that said environmental factors may contribute to the problem.
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Majority of Americans Favor Vaccinations, Poll Says The Reuters/Ipsos survey comes amid a measles outbreak in the U.S. that recently reached 154 cases and the death of a toddler in Berlin, who was not vaccinated for the highly contagious virus.
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Women's Health Study: Signs, Symptoms of Heart Attack Researchers at Yale School of Public Health found many women delay treatment for heart attacks because they don't recognize the symptoms.
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'Risk of bleeding' if recent heart attack patients take NSAID painkillers Even short-term treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen increases the risk of bleeding in patients taking anti-clotting drugs after a heart attack, a study published in JAMA suggests.
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'Bionic' eye allows man to see wife for first time in a decade A blind man is now able to see objects and people again, including his wife and family, for the first time in a decade. How? With the help of a bionic eye implant.
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Feeding Babies Peanut Products May Thwart Peanut Allergies Reversing years of medical advice, a new study says babies at risk of developing peanut allergy should actually be fed peanuts. (Traditionally, parents have been told to keep peanut products far away from such youngsters.
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Are you a food addict? Two new studies explore how some of us may be "addicted" to our favorite foods. Among the most addictive items, unsurprisingly, are chocolate, cookies and chips.
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Blind man sees wife for the first time in a decade - here's how A blind man taking part in a clinical trial at the Mayo Clinic in the U.S. had his wish come true when he ''saw'' his wife for the first time in more than 10 years.
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Healthy Utah means improving access to care A central aim of the health law was to improve access to routine care, the theory being that it's better to pay up front to keep the uninsured healthy than to pay to treat them in the emergency room.
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New HIV drug given to healthy gay men 'cut infection by 86%' A trial has shown that rates of HIV infection can be cut dramatically by treating actively gay men with an anti-viral drug when they are healthy.
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Certain Painkillers Ill-Advised After Heart Attack: Study TUESDAY, Feb. 24, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Common painkillers such as ibuprofen and Celebrex may raise the risk for heart attack, stroke and/or serious bleeding among heart attack survivors taking prescription blood thinners, a new study says.
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UK becomes first country to legalise three-parent babies The UK has become the first country in the world to legalise the creation of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) babies using DNA from three people after peers overwhelmingly backed the proposals.
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12 Students At $61198 College Overdose On Molly A dozen people at a fancypants private liberal arts college in New England ended up in the hospital due to drug overdoses over the weekend.
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