Category: General Health

GENEVA (Reuters) – Miami is at risk of a deadly yellow fever outbreak because the disease could thrive there but the city has no checks on travelers arriving from endemic zones, a study to be published by the World Health Organization showed.

Source: Reuters Medical News

(Reuters) – Kentucky’s attorney general on Wednesday sued Johnson & Johnson, accusing the pharmaceutical manufacturer of devising a deceptive marketing scheme that mischaracterized the risk of opioid abuse and addiction.

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LONDON (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline signaled its intention to boost its drug pipeline through deals on Wednesday by hiring Kevin Sin from Roche’s Genentech unit to lead a worldwide search for promising experimental products.

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TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada said on Tuesday it is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to access supplies of Mylan N.V.’s EpiPen emergency allergy antidote amid a growing shortage that has spared the United States.

Source: Reuters Medical News

People who regularly eat nuts have lower risk of AF – and perhaps also heart failure Related items from OnMedica Long working hours linked to heightened irregular heart rhythm risk Blood-thinning drugs appear to protect against dementia in AF patients Diet for lowering blood pressure also reduces risk of kidney disease Eat range of unpeeled raw nuts to benefit heart, urge experts

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Overall mortality lower with SGLT-2 inhibitors and GLP-1 agonists than with DPP-4 inhibitors Related items from OnMedica Use of DPP-4 inhibitors associated with increased risk of IBD Drugs to treat diabetes are well tolerated in teenagers Intensive weight loss can ‘reverse’ type 2 diabetes NHS type 2 Diabetes Prevention Programme exceeds expectations Study claims medical treatment can reverse type 2 diabetes

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Lack of funding is hampering progress on necessary upgrades and changes to NHS cybersecurity Related items from OnMedica The NHS had a wake-up call after the WannaCry cyber-attacks – what is Europe doing to respond? NHS cyber-attack was ‘inevitable’ given poor investment Hospitals and GPs hit by cyber-attack NHS ‘could have prevented’ WannaCry ransomware attack

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Even active young adults with the disease have mitochondrial changes linked to cell damage Related items from OnMedica Final piece of type 1 diabetes puzzle solved Overview of type 1 diabetes All pregnant women with type 1 diabetes should be offered continuous glucose monitoring Intensive weight loss can ‘reverse’ type 2 diabetes Five distinct types of diabetes, not just two, suggests study

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General practice in Wales receives lowest proportion of total NHS spend of all UK nations Related items from OnMedica GPs ‘too exhausted’ to provide out-of-hours care One in five patients in Wales struggled to get GP appointment last year Share of NHS funding for GPs falls to 7.1% Government reforms will open up yawning gap for adult social care funding Broad welcome for NHS long-term funding plan

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LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) – Renewed action and boosted funding to fight malaria could prevent 350 million cases of the disease in the next five years and save 650,000 lives across commonwealth countries, health experts said on Wednesday.

Source: Reuters Medical News