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Sports seem OK for many with heart-zapping device
WASHINGTON -- Doctors tell people with a heart-zapping device in their chests to give up intense sports like basketball and soccer in favor of golf or bowling. But lots of patients ignore that advice - and now new research is challenging it. Specialists
Swine virus confirmed in Iowa, Indiana hog herds
(Reuters) - Farms in two of the nation's leading pork producing states have tested positive for the potentially fatal porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), U.S. pork industry veterinarian official said Monday. Three farms in Iowa and one Indiana operat
Does prostate cancer treatment help older, sick men?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older men with other illnesses may not live long enough to benefit from aggressive prostate cancer treatments, such as prostate removal or radiation, and they'd have to live with their side effects, says a new study....
Pricey radiation no better post prostatectomy: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who get an older and less costly form of radiation after their cancerous prostates are removed fare just as well as men who get a new and expensive type of radiation, according to a new study. "What we demonstrate...
Health sites too complex, full of cliches: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The importance of health literacy hit home for Lisa Gualtieri when a Cambodian refugee diagnosed with cancer asked her to act as a patient advocate. She played the role of a "salty tongue," a Cambodian expression...
Feds: NYU researchers took bribes from Chinese co.
NEW YORK -- Three researchers at a New York University Medical Center lab provided results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses, federal prosecutors said Monday. Yudong Zhu and Xing Yang we
Bayer says lung drug shows promise in prolonged trial
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer said extended use of its experimental riociguat pill to treat a life-threatening form of high blood pressure in the lungs was shown to be safe and effective in a prolonged trial. In the extension of a late-stage trial, the dru
8 reasons doctors call summer 'trauma season' and how kids can keep safe
School is not yet out, the warm weather has barely begun and already we've started hearing about tragedies like the case of the mother whose 1-year-old died in the car when she went to work at Guzick Elementary in Pleasant Grove. Sadly, the story is all
8 reasons doctors call summer 'trauma season' and how you can keep kids safe
School is not yet out, the warm weather has barely begun and already we've started hearing about tragedies like the case of the mother whose 1-year-old died in the car when she went to work at Guzick Elementary in Pleasant Grove. Sadly, the story is all
Court: woman can seek lawyer fees in vaccine case
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court says a woman can seek lawyers' fees from the government even though her lawsuit over damage she said was caused by a vaccine was ruled untimely. The high court on Monday ruled for Melissa Cloer, who wanted lawyers' fees fo
UK tries out new model for gene testing in cancer patients
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain launched a research program on Monday that should eventually allow all cancer patients to have access to the kind of genetic analysis that led Hollywood star Angelina Jolie to decide to undergo a double mastectomy. The project,
AstraZeneca closes in on site for new home in Cambridge
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca is closing in on a site for its new $500 million home in Cambridge, with a biomedical park just south of the English city the most likely site, property industry sources said. Moving research and global headquarters to Camb
U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Medtronic patent case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a patent dispute concerning Medtronic Inc over medical devices it manufactures that give the heart electrical jolts when it fails to pump blood properly. Medtronic wants the Supreme C
Peregrine Pharma agrees with FDA on lung cancer trial design
(Reuters) - Peregrine Pharmaceuticals said it reached an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the design of a late-stage trial for its experimental lung cancer drug. The late-stage trial will compare a combination of chemotherapy and t
FDA staff says Merck's sleep drug effective, questions dosage
(Reuters) - Merck & Co's experimental insomnia drug suvorexant appears generally effective, according to reviewers at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but they questioned the company's proposed dosing levels. The reviewers posted their...
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