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Special Report: When it comes to e-cigs, Big Tobacco is concerned for your health LONDON (Reuters) - The health warning on a MarkTen electronic cigarette package is 116 words long. That's much longer than the warnings on traditional cigarette packs in the United States.
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Exclusive: Biogen shortens name, expands ambitions in Alzheimer's, ALS NEW YORK (Reuters) - Biogen Idec Inc has seen its market value quadruple in three years to more than $100 billion on the back of its successful multiple sclerosis drugs.
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Slow Ebola response cost thousands of lives: MSF DAKAR, Mar 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The slow international response to the West Africa Ebola outbreak created an avoidable tragedy that cost thousands of lives, a leading medical charity said on the one year anniversary of the first confirmed ...
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Daughters of Charity Health System attracts more potential buyers SAN JOSE -- Less than two weeks after Prime Healthcare Services abandoned its $843 million bid for the nearly bankrupt Daughters of Charity Health System, several potential buyers are expressing interest in one or all six of the hospitals, according to the ...
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Special Report - When it comes to e-cigs, Big Tobacco is concerned for your health 1 of 3. An employee 'Vapologist' (R) stands behind the bar as he puffs on an e-cigarette with customers at the Henley Vaporium in New York City in this December 18, 2013 file photo.
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How does Obamacare help low-income diabetes patients? First, it finds them. People in the more than two dozen states that expanded Medicaid under the health-care law are far more likely to be newly diagnosed with diabetes than those in states that did not expand Medicaid, according to a study being published Monday.
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One Year Later, Ebola Outbreak Offers Lessons for Next Epidemic One year has passed since the declaration of what became the largest Ebola outbreak in history, with more than 10,000 deaths. The virus escaped control as countries and global agencies failed to acknowledge and contend with the magnitude of its spread.
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E-cigarettes: Helping smokers quit, or fueling a new addiction? Vital Signs is a monthly program bringing viewers health stories from around the world. (CNN) It's a portable piece of technology providing seemingly bottomless access to a drug craved by more than 1 billion people worldwide -- nicotine.
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Kentucky Cop Helps Woman in Weight-Loss Fight Finish 10K Race A woman who lost more than 200 pounds and then was photographed being helped to the finish line of a 10K race said the Louisville, Kentucky, policeman who helped her was an answer to a prayer.
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Diabetes study shows benefits of expanded Medicaid under Obamacare Low-income patients with diabetes are getting better access to medical care in states that have expanded Medicaid coverage through the Affordable Care Act, suggests a new study that provides one of the first indications of the sweeping law's health effects.
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Soaring antibiotic use in animals fuels "super bug" fears ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Developing countries are pumping livestock full of antibiotics at such a startling rate that they are dramatically increasing the risk of creating drug-resistant "super bugs", scientists warned on Monday.
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Slow International Response to Ebola Epidemic Cost Thousands of Lives: MSF Paris-based Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has slammed the international community's slow response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, saying it cost thousands of lives that could otherwise have been saved.
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Proposal for mental health sites opposed by some advocates Minnesota advocates for the mentally ill say money should be put toward community mental health programs. hide. Sen. Barb Goodwin, DFL-Columbia Heights (left) wants Minnesota to spend $5.5 million to establish three 16-bed "jail diversion hubs" for ...
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UPDATE 2-Pfizer, Lilly to resume study testing pain drug (Adds details on FDA decision that allows resumed testing). By Ransdell Pierson. March 23 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co will resume late-stage studies of their drug tanezumab for chronic pain after the U.S.
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Deadly mosquito-borne diseases could threaten UK within decades, experts warn LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases including dengue fever and West Nile virus could become widespread across Britain within decades due to climate change, health experts said on Monday.
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Soaring antibiotic use in animals fuels superbug fears Developing countries are pumping livestock full of antibiotics at such a startling rate that they are dramatically increasing the risk of creating drug-resistant "super bugs", scientists warned on Monday.
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Obamacare haters get shamed: Why new research proves them wrong on ... Ever since the Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that states could not be coerced into accepting the Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid, conservative Republicans in (a diminishing number) of states have made it a point of pride to dig in their heels and ...
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Vitamin D Supplements Might Slow Prostate Cancer MONDAY, March 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D supplements may slow or prevent low-grade prostate cancer from progressing, a small new study suggests.
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Pfizer, Lilly to resume late-stage study testing pain drug (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co said they planned to resume a late-stage study testing their pain drug tanezumab after the U.S.
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Vitamin D supplements may slow prostate cancer Vitamin D supplements may slow or prevent low-grade prostate cancer from progressing, a small new study suggests. "Vitamin D decreases inflammation in tissues, and inflammation is a driver of cancer," explained Bruce Hollis, the study's lead researcher ...
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Ebola outbreak 'over by August', UN suggests The Ebola outbreak in West Africa will be over by August, the head of the UN Ebola mission has told the BBC. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed admitted the UN had made mistakes in handling the crisis early on, sometimes acting "arrogantly".
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Heart Attack That Strikes Young Women May Run In The Family By Sharon Begley NEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) - Although oncologists increasingly distinguish breast, lung, and other cancers by their molecular drivers, cardiologists have lagged behind in efforts to do something similar for heart disease.
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A year ago, an Ebola outbreak was declared. It could be 'gone by the summer ... On March 23, 2014, the World Health Organization announced publicly that there was an Ebola outbreak in Guinea. There were 49 cases and 29 deaths from the disease then.
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UPDATE 1-Pfizer, Lilly to resume study testing pain drug (Adds detail, background, on pain drug). March 23 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co will resume a late-stage study testing their pain drug tanezumab after the U.S.
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Brain tumour boy Ashya King free of cancer, parents say The parents of five-year-old Ashya King, who were detained after taking him abroad for brain tumour treatment, say their son is now free of cancer.
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Guinea and Sierra Leone tried to cover up Ebola crisis, says Medecins Sans ... Médecins Sans Frontières has accused the governments of Guinea and Sierra Leone and a leading US biotech firm of obstructing its early efforts to bring the Ebola outbreak under control.
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World's most popular weed-killer labeled 'probable carcinogen' A National Police airplane sprays glyphosate in Colombia's southern jungle near San Jose del Guaviare in 1998. A National Police airplane sprays glyphosate in Colombia's southern jungle near San Jose del Guaviare in 1998.
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Is Obamacare working? Medicaid expansion states like N.J. see surge in ... Put aside for a moment the debate about the Affordable Care Act's politics, budget implications, attempts at repeal or court challenges.
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Gilead's Hepatitis Drugs Tripped By Old Heart Drug Late last week Gilead Sciences issued a warning about a rare but potentially fatal interaction between its stellar new hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir and amiodarone, a potent but tricky antiarrhythmic agent.
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Louisville police officer helps 'inspirational woman' finish 10k (CNN) There were 10,000 runners and walkers at the Rodes City 10K on Saturday. Asia Ford was among the last. But a photo of her finish has caused a sensation online, thanks to a police officer who kept her going when she was about to give up.
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Santa Barbara County resident monitored for possible Ebola infection A Santa Barbara County resident possibly contracted the Ebola virus overseas and was being transported Sunday night to a Los Angeles-area hospital for close monitoring, public health officials said.
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MEI Pharma's cancer drug misses main goals in mid-stage study (Reuters) - MEI Pharma says its cancer drug failed to meet the main goal in a mid-stage study. The drug, pracinostat, in combination with chemotherapy drug azacitidine showed no difference in complete remission in previously untreated patients with ...
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When it comes to e-cigs, Big Tobacco concerned for public health, report says That's much longer than the warnings on traditional cigarette packs in the United States. Nicotine, the e-cigarette warning says, is "addictive and habit-forming, and it is very toxic by inhalation, in contact with the skin, or if swallowed.
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Viral Photographs Capture The Moment A Police Officer Helped A Struggling ... When it comes to her health, Asia Ford has come a long way in the last two years. Once weighing more than 470 pounds, exercise has helped the Kentucky woman shed more than 200 pounds.
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US police officer helps struggling woman finish 10k race This is the heartwarming moment a Louisville, Kentucky police officer helped Asia Ford finish a 10km (six mile) race - the Rodes City Run.
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Cop Steps in to Help Woman Finish 10K: 'What a Compassionate City Looks Like' It's an image that shows struggle, determination and perseverance, but more importantly, as Louisville, Kentucky, Mayor Greg Fischer put it, it shows "what a compassionate city looks like.
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Pollutants Created by Climate Change Are Making Airborne Allergens More Potent If you think your seasonal sneezing, wheezing and sniffling is getting worse, you aren't simply imagining it. Currently, some 50 million or so Americans suffer from nasal allergies, but the number is going up, and researchers from the Max Planck Institute for ...
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Tobacco industry 'using well-resourced tactics' to prevent global tobacco control The American Cancer Society and the World Lung Foundation last week unveiled the fifth edition of The Tobacco Atlas. The report details the effects of tobacco use on health worldwide and claims the tobacco industry is using a "well-resourced array of tactics" ...
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The Antibiotics Problem in Meat A new study suggests that a consumer demand for chicken and pork in place like India, Russia, China, and Brazil will help drive a large increase in overuse of the drugs by 2030.
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Eisai Jumps Most on Record on Successful Alzheimer's Drug Data Eisai Co. has an option to co-develop and co-promote BIIB037 with Biogen Idec Inc. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg. Recommended.
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Ashya King's father says UK boy cancer-free after Prague treatment that led to ... The U.K. couple detained after a manhunt when they took their son out of the country to seek specialized treatment for a brain tumour says the boy is free of cancer.
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MEI's second go at cancer R&D flunks a Phase II MDS trial MEI Pharma's ($MEIP) lead candidate failed to meet its primary goal in a Phase II study on myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare bone marrow disorder that often develops after cancer treatment, sending the biotech trawling for a positive spin on the data.
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'Alert Day' Raises Awareness Of Type 2 Diabetes DENVER (CBS4) Diabetes is reaching near epidemic levels in the United States. 30 million people across the nation have diabetes and about 8 million of them don't know it.
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Proposal to keep mentally ill out of Minnesota jails opposed by some advocates Advocates for the mentally ill say money should be put toward community mental health programs. hide. Sen. Barb Goodwin, DFL-Columbia Heights (left) wants Minnesota to spend $5.5 million to establish three 16-bed "jail diversion hubs" for mentally ill ...
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Woman Finishes 10K With A Little Help From A Police Officer Asia Ford may have finished the Rodes City Run 10K race in Louisville in last place, but you would be hard-pressed to find anyone who wouldn't call her the day's biggest winner.
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New Alzheimer's Drug Aducanumab Shows Promising, Fast Results Researchers conducted an early-stage trial involving 166 patients and found that the drug, aducanumab, successfully reversed buildup of beta amyloid in the brain and reduced cognitive decline.
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Officer assists woman at 10K end, goes viral Asia Ford's third-to-last finish in Saturday's Rodes City Run is getting more attention than anyone ahead of her because of help she had from Louisville Metro Police Lt.
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Daughters of Charity Health Method attracts much more potential purchasers SAN JOSE >> Significantly less than two weeks right after Prime Healthcare Solutions abandoned its $843 million bid for the nearly bankrupt Daughters of Charity Overall health Program, numerous potential purchasers are expressing interest in one or all.
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Allergy Season: What You Can Do Now To Fight Back Don't wait until you're miserable to start taking anti-allergy medication, says doctor. Loading… Post to Facebook. Allergy Season: What You Can Do Now To Fight Back Don't wait until you're miserable to start taking anti-allergy medication, says doctor.
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Short Naps Improve Memory Performance Napping (Photo : Reuters) New research suggests that brief sleep can significantly improve retention of learned material in memory.
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