(Reuters Health) – A large and growing proportion of U.S. teens are seeing e-cigarette ads in stores, online, on television and in newspapers and magazines, a recent study suggests.
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Toddlers should stay in the hospital after tonsillectomy
(Reuters Health) – Children who have their tonsils removed before they’re at least three years old may be more likely to have complications afterward than kids who have the surgery when they’re older, a U.S. study suggests.
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'Social jetlag' linked to lower grades
(Reuters Health) – When work, school and other scheduled activities are out of sync with a person’s body clock, “social jetlag” results and diminishes performance, researchers say.
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Britain's sugar tax on soft drinks comes into effect
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s sugar tax on soft drinks came into effect on Friday, a move that will lead to some higher prices as the country seeks to battle childhood obesity.
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Medical studies in humans often launched on faulty evidence base
(Reuters Health) – New research reveals serious flaws in the animal studies that regulators and ethicists use to decide if an experimental drug should be tested in humans.
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Incyte, Merck melanoma combo therapy fails study, shares slide
(Reuters) – Incyte Corp said on Friday an independent committee concluded that its drug for a type of skin cancer in combination with Merck & Co’s Keytruda failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage study.
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J&J loses trial over claims linking cancer to asbestos in talc
(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson suffered its first trial loss in a lawsuit claiming its talc-based products including Johnson’s Baby Powder contain cancer-causing asbestos, with a New Jersey jury on Thursday ordering J&J and another company to pay $37 million in damages.
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Smartphones could help measure Parkinson's disease symptoms
(Reuters Health) – An experimental smartphone application could monitor changes in Parkinson’s disease symptoms throughout the day, sending data to doctors to help them treat patients, U.S. researchers say.
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U.S. Medicare sets outpatient rate for Yescarta reimbursement
(Reuters) – Medicare, the U.S. government healthcare program for the elderly and disabled, will pay hospitals close to its standard mark-up rate for administering cell therapy Yescarta for cancer outpatients, who will have a co-payment of nearly $80,000, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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New guide helps kids, adolescents living with ostomies
(Reuters Health) – Children and teens who undergo ostomy surgery now have a resource written by their peers to help them navigate the challenges of middle school, high school, college and beyond.
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