(Reuters Health) – Adolescents and young adults regularly engage in oral sex but seldom use condoms to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, new research shows.
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FDA proposes drug development guidance for rare pediatric diseases
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a draft guidance on Wednesday to simplify the procedure of developing drugs for rare pediatric disorders, such as Gaucher’s disease, by eliminating the need for certain trials and minimizing patient enrollment.
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UnitedHealth to buy DaVita primary care unit for $4.9 billion
(Reuters) – The largest U.S. health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc will buy DaVita Inc’s primary and urgent care services for $4.9 billion in its second acquisition this year to expand its fast-growing medical group, it said on Wednesday.
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Australian watchdog takes GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis units to court
(Reuters) – The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Wednesday said it is taking local units of GlaxoSmithKline and Swiss healthcare company Novartis to court over false or misleading representations in the marketing of pain relief products.
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GSK, other drugmakers bet on post-Brexit UK science
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain won a vote of confidence from its economically important life sciences sector on Wednesday as five drug companies committed to invest in the country under the government’s industrial strategy plans after Brexit.
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Consistently lower cancer survival rates for black patients in U.S.
(Reuters Health) – Whether it’s colon cancer, breast cancer, or ovarian cancer, survival rates in the U.S. are lower for black people than for white people, three new studies show.
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Brazil, U.S. identify molecule to help fight citrus greening disease
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Researchers have identified the molecule that attracts the insect that transmits citrus greening disease, a development expected to help farmers control a plague that has destroyed trees in growing regions of Brazil and the United States.
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Paraguay Congress legalizes planting of medical marijuana
ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguay’s Congress passed a bill on Tuesday creating a state-sponsored system to import marijuana seeds and grow the plant for medical uses, a decision that followed other countries in Latin America.
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Hospital patients are safe with substitute doctors
(Reuters Health) – Hospital patients’ survival rates don’t suffer when fill-in doctors substitute for the regular staff physicians, a U.S. study suggests.
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FDA approves Novo Nordisk diabetes drug Ozempic
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Novo Nordisk A/S’s diabetes drug Ozempic, setting the stage for a heated battle with Eli Lilly & Co’s Trulicity.
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