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Date: May 16, 2012
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LONDON (Reuters) - Health data released on Wednesday provided the clearest evidence to date of the spread of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease from developed nations to poorer regions such as Africa, as lifestyles and diets there change.
Date: May 16, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is doubly cruel: it leaves many victims emotionally shattered and cognitively crippled. But because mild and moderate brain injuries do not show up on CT or other imaging, doctors and even family members are often skeptical that any real damage exists.
Date: May 16, 2012
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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.
Date: May 16, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pooled data show low rates of sudden cardiac death and supraventricular tachycardia in patients with asymptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome.
Date: May 16, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a randomized, double-blind trial, more adolescents with acute migraine became pain-free within two hours if they received a combination of sumatriptan and naproxen sodium instead of placebo.
Date: May 16, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A special program for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- education, individualized treatment plans, and telephone case management - appeared to do more harm than good in a recent randomized trial.
Date: May 15, 2012
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's Genentech unit has won the right to try its experimental Alzheimer's drug crenezumab on people with no signs of dementia - the first such trial to gauge whether early intervention can help prevent or slow the disease.
Date: May 15, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients with aspirin-related peptic ulcers, ulcer healing rates are comparable after esomeprazole therapy with or without aspirin continuation, Taiwanese researchers reported online last month.
Date: May 15, 2012
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PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - A vote for Oregon's top law enforcement post on Tuesday has turned into a referendum on marijuana, with one candidate wanting to make enforcing medical marijuana rules a low priority and another who calls the state's system a "train wreck."
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