(Reuters Health) – As many as one in 10 U.S. children may have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, far more than previously thought, a new study of first graders suggests. Source: Reuters Medical News
(Reuters Health) – Parents of kids with food allergies often engage in behaviors that could trigger an allergic reaction in their child, a survey found. Source: Reuters Medical News
(Reuters) – A combination of experimental drugs from Array BioPharma Inc kept patients with advanced melanoma associated with a common gene mutation alive for nearly three years and twice as long as a rival Roche Holding AG medicine, according to data from a late stage study released on Tuesday. Source: Reuters Medical News
LONDON (Reuters) – After nearly a century building a company worth $125 billion based on injectable drugs, Denmark’s Novo Nordisk – the world’s biggest insulin maker – wants to prove this year it can transform the diabetes market with a pill. Source: Reuters Medical News
(Reuters) – Allergan Plc on Tuesday reported better-than-expected quarterly profit on robust demand for Botox, boosted its earnings forecast and announced positive data on one of the two migraine treatments it is developing. Source: Reuters Medical News
ZURICH (Reuters) – Roche’s Tecentriq mixed with an older drug cut the risk of death in kidney cancer, marking another win for the Swiss drugmaker’s immuno-oncology (I/O) cocktail as it battles better-established medicines made by its rivals. Source: Reuters Medical News
MUMBAI (Reuters) – At least 33 people have tested positive for HIV in the northern Indian town of Bangarmau after an unqualified medical practitioner injected some of them with an infected syringe, a government official said. Source: Reuters Medical News
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A measles and malnutrition crisis that killed dozens of children in Indonesia’s impoverished province of Papua over the past few months is under control, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Source: Reuters Medical News
By Dr. Sudip Bose, MD, FACEP, FAAEM The creation of TheBattleContinues.org was a very important step for me that allowed me to transition from being a front line Army doctor treating all manner of battle wounds to an emergency room doctor to becoming an entrepreneur who can affect change and help improve veterans’ lives in …
LONDON (Reuters) – Vaping, or using e-cigarettes, poses only a fraction of the health risk of tobacco smoking and should be encouraged among smokers to reap substantial health benefits, British public health experts said on Tuesday. Source: Reuters Medical News