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Feeling stressed out tied to heart disease risk
Thu,27 Sep 2012 11:27 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who report feeling high levels of stress in their daily lives are more likely to develop heart disease than those who don't experience as much stress, according to a new review of earlier studies. While the finding isn't surprising, the review gives a clearer picture of the relevant research to date. "Everybody knows that stress is bad for your heart... but the evidence has been scattered out over the years," said Donald Edmundson, a professor at Columbia University Medical Center and one of the authors of the study. ... Full Story | Top |
Americans urged to get vaccinated as flu season nears
Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:51 AM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials urged more Americans on Thursday to get vaccinated against influenza for the upcoming flu season, adding there was plenty of vaccine on hand. So far more than 85 million doses of the vaccine had been distributed as of September 14 and a total of about 135 million doses will be available, the non-profit National Foundation for Infectious Diseases said. The flu season can begin as early as October and last as late as May, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ... Full Story | Top |
Insight: Fear and suspicion in Pakistan hamper global polio fight
Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:45 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON/PESHAWAR (Reuters) - When Bill Gates hears about children like Fahad Usman, a two-year-old Pakistani boy crippled by polio before he learned to walk, the billionaire philanthropist sounds frustrated and fired up. Fear and suspicion have prevented thousands of children like Fahad from being protected against the infectious and incurable disease. Now more than ever, it's time that stopped, Gates says. ...
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Spike in heart failures follows Japan's 2011 quake
Thu,27 Sep 2012 09:46 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Following the massive earthquake and tsunami of March, 2011, which devastated parts of eastern Japan, the number of heart failure cases spiked in Miyagi Prefecture and remained elevated for six weeks, according to a new study. The number of people diagnosed with cardiac arrest and other heart problems also jumped immediately following the earthquake, but tapered back to earlier levels within three weeks. Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
Bayer wins early U.S. approval for colon cancer drug
Thu,27 Sep 2012 09:40 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new drug for advanced colon cancer developed by Bayer AG a month ahead of the agency's expected action date for a decision. The drug, to be sold under the brand name Stivarga, was approved to treat colon cancer that has progressed after prior treatment or that has spread to other parts of the body, the agency said. "Someone has clearly lit a fire under the FDA," Sanford Bernstein analyst Geoffrey Porges said of the speedy approval. ... Full Story | Top |
Up to 700,000 Syrians may flee by year-end: UNHCR
Thu,27 Sep 2012 06:55 AM PDT
Reuters -  GENEVA (Reuters) - Up to 700,000 Syrian refugees may flee abroad by the end of the year, the U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday, almost four times its previous forecast for the exodus from the deepening crisis. About 294,000 refugees fleeing 18 months of conflict in Syria have already crossed into four neighboring countries - Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey - or await registration there, it said. "This is a significant outflow taking place, 100,000 people in August, 60,000 in September and at the moment 2,000 or 3,000 per day or night," Panos Moumtzis, regional refugee coordinator for the ...
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Factbox: New virus can cause fever, cough, breathing problems
Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:40 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a global alert about the emergence of a new virus that was previously unknown in humans and can cause a potentially fatal acute respiratory infection. Here is an at-a-glance guide to the virus: The virus belongs to a family called coronaviruses and has so far been confirmed in only two cases globally. Both occurred between July and September 2012. The first case was in a 60-year-old man in Saudi Arabia and proved fatal. The second is in a 49-year-old Qatari man who recently visited Saudi Arabia. ... Full Story | Top |
Achillion hepatitis C drug shows promise in early trial
Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:39 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc said an early-stage trial of its experimental hepatitis C treatment showed that a single dose of the drug significantly reduced the severity of the infection. The early-stage trial tested the drug in doses ranging from 25 mg to 1,000 mg in patients with genotype 1a. The drug, called ACH-3102, was well tolerated at all doses in which it was tested. Based on the trial data, Achillion initiated a pilot mid-stage trial evaluating the drug in combination with ribavirin - a standard-of-care - for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C patients with genotype ... Full Story | Top |
India panel recommends price control for 348 essential drugs: minister
Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:18 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian panel of ministers has recommended price regulation for 348 "essential drugs", up from 74 earlier, a federal minister said, a move that is likely to hit prices of costly brands sold by domestic as well as multi-national drugmakers. The panel has finalised the proposal and it will be forwarded to the cabinet within a week, telecommunications minister Kapil Sibal told reporters on Thursday. According to the initial draft, medicines worth 290 billion rupees ($5.42 billion), excluding the retailers' cut, would come under price control. ... Full Story | Top |
Factbox: Check out your hospital before you check in
Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:04 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Even the hospital industry agrees that too little information about hospitals' quality of care and patient outcomes is made public for people to make an informed choice about where to go. Until there is greater "medical transparency," patients can get at least some information from several sources: The Joint Commission, a private non-profit that accredits hospitals, produces a free report that lists "top performing" hospitals as judged by the quality of care they provide for heart attacks, stroke, and five other conditions: http://www.jointcommission. ... Full Story | Top |
Looking for a good doctor? Good luck
Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:03 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Dr. Marty Makary was a medical student, staffers at the Boston hospital where he was training had a nickname for one of its most popular surgeons: Dr. Hodad. "Hodad" is an acronym for "hands of death and destruction": Despite his Ivy League credentials and board certification, the surgeon had an unfortunate tendency to botch operations so badly that patients often suffered life-threatening complications. ...
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Biogen's hemophilia drug meets late-stage trial goal
Wed,26 Sep 2012 11:51 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Biogen Idec Inc said on Wednesday its experimental treatment for patients with hemophilia B, a rare inherited blood disorder that impairs coagulation, met the main goal of controlling bleeding in a late-stage trial. A single injection of the long-lasting clotting factor, being developed in partnership with Swedish Orphan Biovitrum, controlled bleeding in 90.4 percent of all episodes. Biogen, which makes the multiple sclerosis drugs Avonex and Tysabri, said it plans to submit an approval application for the hemophilia drug to the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Novartis says psoriasis drug trial results positive
Wed,26 Sep 2012 11:39 PM PDT
Reuters -  ZURICH (Reuters) - A mid-stage trial of a new treatment from Novartis helped alleviate the symptoms for people suffering from plaque psoriasis, the Swiss firm said on Thursday. Approximately 2 percent of people suffer from plaque psoriasis, which can affect the hands, feet and nails and causes itching, scaling and pain, Novartis said. "AIN457 was nearly three times more effective than a placebo at reducing moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis on the hands and/or feet when given every week during the first month of treatment," it said. ...
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Several ill in Canada after eating possibly contaminated steaks
Wed,26 Sep 2012 10:16 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Several people became ill after eating steaks that may contain E. coli bacteria sold at a store in Edmonton, Alberta, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Wednesday. The announcement follows a series of beef product recalls that have raised concerns about meat processing standards in Canada. The CFIA warned the public not to eat Kirkland brand beef steaks sold between September 4 and 7 at the Costco Wholesale Corp store on 50th Street in Edmonton. The agency has not identified the supplier of the potentially contaminated beef, said CFIA spokesman Tim O'Connor. ... Full Story | Top |
More Republican leaders get behind Akin in Missouri Senate race
Wed,26 Sep 2012 06:29 PM PDT
Reuters -  KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - More Republican leaders came to the side of Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin on Wednesday, a day after the deadline passed for him to withdraw from the race after controversial comments he made last month about rape. The National Republican Senatorial Committee, which had cut off financial support to Akin, said on Wednesday it backs his campaign to defeat incumbent Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill in the November 6 election. Former Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum also endorsed Akin on Wednesday. ...
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