GAZA (Reuters) – A small group of Palestinian women in Gaza are stretching their limbs with yoga to help them teach others to cope with the stresses and traumas of living in the embattled territory.
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FDA working on a 'dozen' policies to boost copycat biotech drugs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Food & Drug Administration is working on around a dozen actions to boost use of cheaper versions of expensive biotech medicines, the head of the agency Scott Gottlieb said on Wednesday.
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Israel aims for 100,000 people to volunteer for health database
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel plans to collect data over five years for its digital health project and hopes 100,000 people will volunteer to include their medical records in a database it estimates could bring the country billions of dollars in annual income.
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Aging Japan: Robots may have role in future of elder care
TOKYO (Reuters) – Paro the furry seal cries softly while an elderly woman pets it. Pepper, a humanoid, waves while leading a group of senior citizens in exercises. The upright Tree guides a disabled man taking shaky steps, saying in a gentle feminine voice, “right, left, well done!”
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Trump's travel ban imperils U.S. citizen with cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Maziar Hashemi, a naturalized U.S. citizen who lives in Massachusetts, has been told by doctors that his best hope for surviving a rare form of blood cancer is a bone marrow transplant.
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Eating grilled or well-done meat, fish tied to high blood pressure risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Eating beef, chicken or fish grilled or well-done is associated with a higher risk of high blood pressure, new research suggests.
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Hoverboard injuries sending thousands of kids to ERs
(Reuters Health) – Hoverboards, the motorized self-balancing scooters that took the nation by storm a few years back, have sent thousands of kids to the emergency room, a new study suggests.
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Spinal surgery may not cut need for painkillers
(Reuters Health) – Most patients who take prescription opioids for chronic pain before lumbar fusion surgery continue taking them long-term after surgery, a new study suggests.
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New Zealand court gives Philip Morris nod to sell heated tobacco product
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A Wellington court gave the New Zealand unit of Philip Morris International the green light to sell its heated tobacco product, dismissing a case by the country’s health authorities.
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Health, medical groups sue FDA over e-cigarette rule delay
(Reuters) – Seven public health and medical groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision that they said would allow e-cigarettes to remain on the market for years without regulatory review.
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