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Philippines needs a reproductive health policy: U.N.
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines, where an average of 11 women a day die giving birth, could lower its high maternal death rate by having a reproductive health policy, a visiting United Nations delegation said on Friday.
“The absence...
NIH obesity plan focuses on real-world research
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Health officials Thursday announced a new effort to curb America’s obesity epidemic by moving science from the lab into clinical trials to find practical ways for prevention and treatment.
“This plan is...
U.N. suggests pesticides, chemicals for watch list
MILAN (Reuters) – The United Nations has suggested three pesticides and three industrial chemicals be put on a trade “watch list” because they can threaten human health and the environment, the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture...
“Jumpers” offered big money to brave Japan’s nuclear plant
TOKYO (Reuters) – It’s a job that sounds too good to be true — thousands of dollars for up to an hour of work that often requires little training.
But it also sounds too outrageous to accept, given the full job description:...
U.S. Medicare rules seek improved care, lower costs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Medicare regulators on Thursday launched a program for doctors to deliver more follow-up care to patients that they predict will save the government as much as $960 million over the next three years while providing...
China toddler fights fat in land of little emperors
GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – In a sleepy riverside village in Southern China, three-year-old Lu Zhihao tears around his home; his belly, arms and legs wobbling with fat as he stuffs a pear into his mouth.
“I want to be superman,”...
Midwife shortage costs over a million lives: report
More than a million mothers and newborn babies are dying each year from easily prevented birth complications because of a chronic shortage of midwives across much of the developing world, a new report from Save the Children said on Friday.
In...
Rotating shift work may affect menstrual cycle
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who work rotating shifts may be somewhat more likely to experience shifting menstrual cycles according to a new study that raises the possibility of work schedules affecting fertility.
In a study of more...
Family of woman who died after contaminated IV sues
BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) – The family of a woman who died after receiving contaminated IV fluid at an Alabama hospital has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the drug company that makes the product.
Mary Ellen Kise died at Baptist...
Biogen to build blood disorder drug franchise
Biogen Idec Inc, which makes the multiple sclerosis drugs Tysabri and Avonex, plans to build a portfolio of products to treat noncancerous blood disorders, according to its chief executive.
The company’s goal is to reduce its dependence...