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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel of outside experts concluded that OraSure Technologies Inc’s over-the-counter, in-home HIV test is reasonably safe and effective for determining whether someone has the AIDS virus.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy may have a tougher time controlling their asthma than other kids do, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children who remain at home after an abuse investigation are often still facing risk factors for maltreatment a few years later, a new study finds.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study suggests children born with a range of birth defects are at an increased risk of developing certain childhood cancers, especially during their first year of life.
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(Reuters) – More than half of the children who took part in a study on exposure to cigarette smoke tested positive for such exposure, despite only a handful of their parents admitting to lighting up, according to a U.S. study.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy may have a tougher time controlling their asthma than other kids do, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study suggests that women who have liposuction to trim their tummies may gain some fat deeper within the abdomen — a type of fat that’s particularly unhealthy.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study suggests that women who have liposuction to trim their tummies may gain some fat deeper within the abdomen — a type of fat that’s particularly unhealthy.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Half of drug labels don’t have information on the medication’s safety and proper dosing in kids, according to a new study from researchers at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A health group is asking the U.S. government to yank a Gatorade ad that it says deceptively implies that basketball great Michael Jordan prevailed over the flu during a memorable 1997 game because he fueled with Gatorade.
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LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists who scanned the brains of men convicted of murder, rape and violent assaults have found the strongest evidence yet that psychopaths have structural abnormalities in their brains.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Doctors should screen all of their female patients for signs of partner violence, whether face-to-face or through a waiting room questionnaire, a new report suggests.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An outbreak of a rare strain of salmonella poisoning linked to dog food has infected at least 14 people in nine states, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention said.
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(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc’s big-selling Lyrica drug failed to help HIV patients and diabetics relieve forms of nerve pain, according to separate clinical trial results released by the drugmaker on Friday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Acupuncture and hypnosis are touted as drug-free ways to help smokers kick the habit, and there is some evidence that they work, according to a new research review.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Amish children raised on rural farms in northern Indiana suffer from asthma and allergies less often even than Swiss farm kids, a group known to be relatively free from allergies, according to a new study.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A review of past research concludes that people taking Pfizer’s smoking-cessation drug Chantix do not have a higher risk of heart attacks and other serious heart problems as was reported by a study last year.
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LONDON (Reuters) – Artificial hip and knee maker Smith & Nephew said the early fruits of a restructuring program and a strong performance in knee implants delivered a better-than-expected 5 percent rise in first-quarter trading profit.
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(Reuters) – Indian drugmaker Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval for selling ibandronate sodium tablets used to treat osteoporosis, the regulator’s website showed on Thursday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite the label of being “infertile,” some couples who have tried fertility treatments are later able to have a baby naturally, according to a new study from France.