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Common solvent linked to liver cancer risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Scandinavian workers exposed to a common industrial cleaning fluid showed higher risk for developing cancers of the liver, kidneys and cervix in a large new study. Trichloroethylene, or TCE, is a chemical solvent that has alre
Strength tests many not predict football injuries
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Strength tests given to incoming National Football League (NFL) players don't help predict which of them will come down with a hamstring injury, according to a new study. Researchers tracked rookies during the 2006 through 201
33rd hepatitis C case confirmed in NH outbreak
CONCORD, N.H. -- New Hampshire health officials say the hepatitis C outbreak associated with a former hospital technician has spread beyond his patients to a person who is believed to have had sexual contact with one of them. David Kwiatkowski is accused
Sebelius: Pa. girl on waiting list for adult lung
WASHINGTON -- The organ transplant network has placed a dying 10-year-old girl on the adult waiting list for a donated lung, complying with a judge's unusual order. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday that Sarah Murnaghan
New healthcare model cut even more costs in year two: insurer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The nation's largest experiment in delivering medical care in an innovative way has reduced costs and improved the quality of care even more in its second year than in its first, according to the insurance company behind it. The nonp
Berries blamed for California man's Hepatitis A
ENCINITAS, Calif. -- Geoff Soza was celebrating his 30th wedding anniversary in Yellowstone National Park when the 64-year-old man learned the hard way that his seemingly healthy breakfast habit of mixing thawed berries with Greek yogurt had exposed him
Alliance Pharma buys rights to Novartis' obstetric drug Syntometrine
(Reuters) - Specialty pharmaceutical company Alliance Pharma Plc said it bought all existing rights to obstetric drug Syntometrine from Novartis AG for $11.5 million. Alliance Pharma, which acquires, markets and distributes pharmaceutical products, alrea
Endo Health to slash 15 percent jobs, looks to sell some assets
(Reuters) - Endo Health Solutions Inc said it plans to cut about 15 percent of its workforce and explore strategic alternatives for some assets as the company looks to cut costs ahead of generic competition for two of its biggest drugs. The company's chi
Pennsylvania girl eligible for adult organ donation after ruling
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 10-year old girl with cystic fibrosis who had been kept off an adult organ transplant list due to an age-restriction rule will now be eligible for an adult lung transplant, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled on Wednesday. The fa
Judge rules in favor of Pa. girl who needs lung
PHILADELPHIA -- A federal judge in Philadelphia has made a dying 10-year-old eligible to seek donor lungs from an adult transplant list. U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson says he is granting the temporary request because of the severity of Sarah Murnag
Group therapy helps rape victims in poor countries
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Group therapy works better than individual support for women in low-income countries who have been victims of sexual violence, according to the results of a new study done in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The method
Few access Internet help for colonoscopy prep
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite reminders, people scheduled for a colonoscopy didn't access an Internet video designed to educate them about proper preparation for the screening, in a new study. "We were really surprised. It wasn't just that...
Mexico finds breast-feeding woes as rate drops
MEXICO CITY -- Despite the well-known advantages to breast milk and vigorous campaigns around the world championing breast as best, Mexican mothers say the bottle is better. In a dramatic decline over the past six years, today only one in seven mothers i
Elderly more likely to wait in French ERs: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People age 75 and older are more likely than younger patients to wait longer than they should in emergency rooms, according to a new study from France. The study's lead author cautioned, however, that the finding doesn't mean
Some morning-after over-counter pill sales allowed
NEW YORK -- A New York appeals court is allowing some emergency contraception pills to be sold without a prescription or age restrictions while the government argues the issue in court. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan issued a brief or
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