Health News

• New vaccine drives Africa meningitis cases to lowest in decade

  Thursday, June 06, 2013

  LONDON (Reuters) - Case numbers in Africa's meningitis season this year were the lowest in 10 years thanks to a cheap new vaccine de...

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• Strength tests may not predict football injuries

  Thursday, June 06, 2013

  By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Strength tests given to incoming National Football League (NFL) players don't help pr...

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• Common solvent linked to liver cancer risk

  Thursday, June 06, 2013

  By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Scandinavian workers exposed to a common industrial cleaning fluid showed higher risk f...

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• New healthcare model cut even more costs in year two: insurer

  Thursday, June 06, 2013

  By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - The nation's largest experiment in delivering medical care in an innovative way has reduced co...

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• Alliance Pharma buys rights to Novartis' obstetric drug Syntometrine

  Thursday, June 06, 2013

  (Reuters) - Specialty pharmaceutical company Alliance Pharma Plc said it bought all existing rights to obstetric drug Syntometrine f...

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• Endo Health to slash 15 percent jobs, looks to sell some assets

  Wednesday, June 05, 2013

  By Zeba Siddiqui and Vrinda Manocha (Reuters) - Endo Health Solutions Inc said it plans to cut about 15 percent of its workforce and...

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• Pennsylvania girl eligible for adult organ transplant after ruling

  Wednesday, June 05, 2013

  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 rest...

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• Group therapy helps rape victims in poor countries

  Wednesday, June 05, 2013

  By Gene Emery NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Group therapy works better than individual support for women in low-income countries who h...

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• Few access Internet help for colonoscopy prep

  Wednesday, June 05, 2013

  By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite reminders, people scheduled for a colonoscopy didn't access an Internet vide...

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• Elderly more likely to wait in French ERs: study

  Wednesday, June 05, 2013

  By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People age 75 and older are more likely than younger patients to wait longer than th...

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