(Reuters Health) – Smokers who say they want to kick the habit might have an easier time if they don’t use e-cigarettes, a U.S. study suggests.
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Severely elevated cholesterol often goes untreated
(Reuters Health) – Many patients with dangerously high cholesterol or a genetic predisposition to it don’t take statin drugs that can lower cholesterol, a U.S. study suggests.
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Nestle's Milkybar targets healthy sweet spot with designer sugar
YORK, England (Reuters) – Nestle is launching a lower-sugar Milkybar made with a new version of the sweetener which could help ease the $185 billion confectionery industry’s growing public health headache.
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Sports ‘sponsorships’ often promote junk food to children
(Reuters Health) – Three in four food advertisements and half of drink promotions during major U.S. sports programs peddle high-calorie, sugary products, a new study suggests.
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U.S. jury orders AbbVie to pay $3 million in AndroGel retrial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Monday ordered AbbVie Inc to pay more than $3 million to a man who claimed the company misrepresented the risks of its testosterone replacement drug AndroGel, causing him to suffer a heart attack, though the jury did not find AbbVie strictly liable.
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Biohaven plunges as investors pit migraine data against Allergan's drug
(Reuters) – Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding said its treatment for acute migraine cleared two late-stage studies, but investors worried about its commercial viability as the efficacy data failed to distinguish from Allergan’s rival treatment.
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U.S. teens often ride with impaired drivers
(Reuters Health) – In a U.S. study, about one-third of young people just out of high school admitted to riding with a driver who was under the influence of alcohol or illicit drugs.
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Roche's Tecentriq cocktail adds to lung cancer survival success
ZURICH (Reuters) – Roche’s Tecentriq immunotherapy combined with other drugs boosted lung cancer patients’ survival versus an older cocktail, the Swiss company said as it seeks an edge on Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
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Singapore pharma on recovery path after worst output in decades
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s pharmaceuticals business, among the pillars of the city-state’s manufacturing sector, is set to return to strength this year as big global drugmakers ramp up output and advance automation at their production sites across the country.
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Israel to launch Big Data health project
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will invest nearly 1 billion shekels ($287 million) in a project to make data about the state of health of its population available to researchers and private companies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
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