| Medicare will keep covering Roche's Avastin Thu,30 Jun 2011 04:31 PM PDT Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare will continue paying for Roche Holding's drug Avastin for breast cancer, regardless of what health regulators decide about the medicine's future, a spokesman said on Thursday.Full Story1 |
| Medicare to cover Dendreon's prostate drug Thu,30 Jun 2011 03:12 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Medicare and Medicaid federal health insurance programs will fully cover Provenge, Dendreon Corp's expensive treatment for advanced prostate cancer, U.S. regulators said, sending company shares 3 percent higher. Full Story1 |
| Roche undeterred after FDA's Avastin rebuff Thu,30 Jun 2011 02:31 PM PDT Reuters -  ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG had nothing to lose by giving Avastin another roll of the dice, and by doing so showed the world it still believes the drug should be used in breast cancer.Full Story1 |
| Nearsightedness linked to serious eye disease Thu,30 Jun 2011 02:27 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who are nearsighted may be nearly twice as likely to also develop glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness, according to a new study that summarizes earlier research. Full Story1 |
| Skin lesion risk seen at moderate arsenic levels Thu,30 Jun 2011 02:26 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High arsenic exposure is known to be a risk factor for skin cancer, but a new study suggests that even more-moderate exposure through drinking water may boost the risk of pre-cancerous skin growths. Full Story1 |
| Life after prostate surgery worse than men expect Thu,30 Jun 2011 02:23 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly half of men who undergo surgery to treat prostate cancer find themselves with greater incontinence problems and less sexual function than they had anticipated, according to a new poll. Full Story1 |
| Cured meats not linked to pancreatic cancer Thu,30 Jun 2011 02:19 PM PDT Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There are no clear signs that eating cured meats like ham, bacon or hot dogs could increase the odds of getting pancreatic cancer, according to a new study.Full Story1 |
| Europe's E. coli outbreaks linked to Egyptian seeds Thu,30 Jun 2011 01:16 PM PDT Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Imported fenugreek seeds from Egypt may be the source of highly toxic E. coli outbreaks in Germany and France that have killed at least 48 people, according to initial investigations by European scientists.Full Story1 |
| U.N. peacekeepers likely caused Haiti cholera Thu,30 Jun 2011 12:08 PM PDT Reuters -  ATLANTA (Reuters) - Evidence strongly suggests U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal were the source of a cholera epidemic in Haiti that has killed more than 5,500 people, according to a new report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Full Story1 |
| Swine flu vaccine safe in pregnancy: study Thu,30 Jun 2011 11:21 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The swine flu shot appears to be safe for pregnant women, according to a new government report that tallies health problems occurring after the vaccinations. Full Story1 |
| Even the Queen faces funding squeeze in austerity Britain Thu,30 Jun 2011 10:24 AM PDT Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth became the latest Briton to face a funding squeeze on Thursday when the government proposed changes to how it pays for royal trips and engagements.Full Story1 |
| Analysis: Life saving lung cancer test to set off cost debate Thu,30 Jun 2011 09:19 AM PDT Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A landmark study showing that routine lung screening of heavy smokers and former smokers using low dose CT scans could save thousands of lives is sure to set off a fierce debate about the cost of such testing on an overburdened healthcare system.Full Story1 |
| One patient's plea for FDA approval of Avastin Thu,30 Jun 2011 05:22 AM PDT Reuters - SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - She made her doctor repeat it several times: There's nothing there. There's nothing there. There's no evidence of cancer. Full Story1 |
| Thailand fights cancer-causing parasitic worms Thu,30 Jun 2011 03:48 AM PDT Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Health authorities in northeast Thailand plan to screen people for fluke worms to detect early signs of bile duct cancer, a deadly disease linked to eating uncooked freshwater fish. Full Story1 |
| Factbox: World's neglected tropical diseases Thu,30 Jun 2011 03:48 AM PDT Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - A northeastern Thailand province is preparing to test its population for a parasitic worm to detect early signs of bile duct cancer, which is caused by eating raw seafood. Full Story1 |
| Medicare proposes change in anemia drug usage Fri,1 Jul 2011 09:41 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Medicare federal health insurance program has proposed removing its requirement that kidney dialysis providers keep patient hemoglobin levels above a set minimum, which could lead to lower use of Epogen, the anemia drug sold by Amgen. Full Story1 | Top |
| Evidence "increasingly against" phone cancer risk Fri,1 Jul 2011 04:02 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Despite a recent move to classify mobile phones as possibly carcinogenic, the scientific evidence increasingly points away from a link between their use and brain tumors, according to a new study on Saturday. Full Story1 |
| FDA chides Novartis on meningitis vaccine promotion Fri,1 Jul 2011 01:24 PM PDT Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Novartis AG falsely implied that its Menveo meningitis vaccine was approved in a manner consistent with guidelines from an influential U.S. advisory group, health regulators said in a letter to the Swiss drugmaker.Full Story1 |
| Menu labels don't influence students' food choices Fri,1 Jul 2011 12:51 PM PDT Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Menu labels on cafeteria food -- highlighting the good and the bad of various meal options -- make no difference in college students' meal choices, a new study concludes.Full Story1 |
| Special infant formula may not prevent allergies Fri,1 Jul 2011 12:50 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite pediatric guidelines endorsing "allergy-friendly" whey-based infant formulas, a new study finds the products don't ward off allergies in babies at high risk for sensitivities. Full Story1 |
| Safety group sets kids' drawstring safety rules Fri,1 Jul 2011 12:32 PM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Friday set a new federal safety rule, saying drawstrings in certain children's clothing are now considered substantial product hazards. Full Story1 |
| Russia says abortion ads must carry health warning Fri,1 Jul 2011 12:23 PM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers, worried about a falling birth rate, passed a law on Friday that abortion advertisements must carry a health warning. Full Story1 |
| More people struggling with bladder control: study Fri,1 Jul 2011 10:37 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An increasing number of people say they are dealing with incontinence, according to a new survey of nearly 20,000 U.S. adults. Full Story1 |
| Fertility treatment less successful in obese women Fri,1 Jul 2011 09:52 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) may be half as likely as their normal-weight counterparts to have a baby, a study at one U.S. medical center suggests. Full Story1 |
| Arsenic linked to kidney cancer Fri,1 Jul 2011 08:34 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with moderately elevated levels of arsenic in their urine may have an increased risk of kidney cancer -- particularly if they have high blood pressure and kidney disease, a new study suggests. Full Story1 |
| Lundbeck acts to stop misuse of drug in executions Fri,1 Jul 2011 08:33 AM PDT Reuters - COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish pharmaceutical group Lundbeck on Friday said it was changing the distribution of its epilepsy drug Nembutal to avoid the drug being used in executions in U.S. prisons. Full Story1 |
| Copper kills 97 percent of hospital ICU bacteria: study Fri,1 Jul 2011 07:51 AM PDT Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Antimicrobial copper surfaces in intensive care units (ICU) kill 97 percent of bacteria that can cause hospital-acquired infections, according to preliminary results of a multisite clinical trial in the United States.Full Story1 |
| Who should get screened for lung cancer? Fri,1 Jul 2011 07:47 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using chest scans to screen for lung cancer in people who've never smoked and have no symptoms might help catch cancers early and decrease the disease's death toll, suggests a new study from Japan. Full Story1 |
| Medicare will keep covering Roche's Avastin Thu,30 Jun 2011 04:31 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare will continue paying for Roche Holding's drug Avastin for breast cancer, regardless of what health regulators decide about the medicine's future, a spokesman said on Thursday.Full Story1 |
| Medicare to cover Dendreon's prostate drug Thu,30 Jun 2011 03:12 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Medicare and Medicaid federal health insurance programs will fully cover Provenge, Dendreon Corp's expensive treatment for advanced prostate cancer, U.S. regulators said, sending company shares 3 percent higher. Full Story1 |
