(Reuters Health) – People with restless legs syndrome may be more likely to think about suicide or to actually make plans to take their own lives, compared to people without the troublesome condition, a new study suggests. Typically, people with restless legs syndrome say that when they’re lying down, “they […]
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Obesity surgery may dramatically lower the danger of heart attacks and strokes in patients with diabetes, new research suggests, reinforcing evidence that benefits extend beyond weight loss. The study tracked about 20,000 severely obese patients with Type 2 diabetes. Those who had weight loss surgery had a 40 percent lower […]
(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson reported slightly better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday and pushed its full-year forecast higher, as demand for its cancer drugs Zytiga and Imbruvica helped offset falling sales of arthritis treatment Remicade. The Johnson and Johnson logo is seen at an office building in Singapore January 17, […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will lift restrictions on an area in Wuxi city of Jiangsu province where an outbreak of African swine fever was found, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday Local authorities will remove the curbs on the infected area on Wednesday, but they must take proactive measures to […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – One of China’s top animal feed producers said on Tuesday an affiliated firm has culled nearly 20,000 pigs due to a suspected case of African swine fever, according to a report by the China Securities Journal. A worker transports pig feed with a forklift at a feed […]
The federal government said Monday that it wants to force drugmakers to disclose prices for prescription medicines in their TV commercials. The drug industry’s main trade group said drug companies are only willing to disclose the prices on their websites, not in commercials, and they’ll start doing that next spring. […]
GOMA, Congo (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it would convene an emergency committee to decide whether Congo’s Ebola outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern as confirmed cases and deaths from the virus spiraled. A logo is pictured on the World Health Organization […]
Transcript for Unvaccinated child dies of the flu in Florida We turn next tonight to flu season. Hard to believe, but it’s here, and it’s off to a deadly start. Already blamed for the death of a child in Florida. Let’s turn to Dr. Jen Ashton. We know this comes […]