LONDON (Reuters) - One of the world's largest studies of the contraceptive pill has found that women who have taken it can expect longer lives and are less likely to die from any cause, including cancer and heart disease.
British researchers said their study, which should reassure many millions of ...More
LONDON (Reuters) - Several drug firms have agreed on a landmark deal to supply up to 200 million doses a year of cut-price pneumococcal vaccines to developing nations, according to the global immunization alliance that is overseeing the deal.
Leading manufacturers of such vaccines include GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer.
The agreement is ...More
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter.
And now American film actress Glenn Close has joined a handful of celebrities to have their genome sequenced in the name of science.
Close, who stars in the FX television series "Damages" and is known for ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merck & Co on Thursday said an independent data safety monitoring board has approved continuation of a big study meant to determine whether its blockbuster Vytorin cholesterol drug prevents heart attacks and stroke.
Merck said a green light for the so-called "IMPROVE-IT" study to continue was given after ...More
(Reuters) - Diagnostics products maker Neoprobe Corp said U.S. health regulators have indicated that data from a late-stage trial of its radioactive tracing agent would support filing for marketing approval.
The company recently met the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to review the late-stage trial results of its experimental ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting a bit more calcium in your diet could help you live longer, new research suggests.
Swedish researchers found that men who consumed the most calcium in food were 25 percent less likely to die over the next decade than their peers who took in the ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who gain weight too quickly during the first three months of pregnancy are more prone to develop pregnancy-related diabetes, new research shows.
"We found the association was stronger among women who were overweight at the start of pregnancy," Dr. Monique M. Hedderson of Kaiser Permanente ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More 12-year-olds in the United States admit to using potentially deadly inhalants to get high than have used marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
Among this age group, alcohol was the only intoxicating substance used more than inhalants, according to data from ...More
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found the "mother," or origin, of all skin cells and say their discovery could dramatically improve skin treatments for victims of serious wounds and burns.
Hans Clevers and a team of Dutch and Swedish researchers conducted a study in mice and found that the stem cell ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Needle-exchange programs designed to cut injection drug users' risk of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and other infections do seem to reduce needle sharing, but there is only limited evidence that they lower disease transmission, a new research review concludes.
Reporting in the journal Addiction ...More
