Mon, February 06, 2012
Ovarian cancer screening popular despite guidelines
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite expert guidelines and scientific evidence to the contrary, a third of U.S. primary care physicians ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
FDA staff unsure about new use for Amgen's Xgeva
By Anna Yukhananov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reviewers from Food and Drug Administration said they were not sure whether Amgen Inc's Xgeva bone drug should ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
Diet supplements recalled on unlabeled drug worries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthy People Co is recalling 15 lots of seven different dietary supplements because they contain appetite suppressants or a drug for male ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
Fitness and "fatness" both matter to the heart
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Losing fitness or packing on fat with age each can be bad for the heart -- but avoiding ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
Blurry line in diagnosing early Alzheimer's: study
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The revised definition of a brain condition called mild cognitive impairment means that many people now considered ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
Male smokers lose brain function faster as they age
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Men who smoke suffer a more rapid decline in brain function as they age than their non-smoking counterparts, with ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
Skepticism grows around Medco/Express Scripts deal
By Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Objections to Express Scripts' $29 billion plan to buy rival pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions are accumulating as ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
"Malaria cure" claim sparks Vienna probe
By Michael Shields
VIENNA (Reuters) - A Vienna hospital is searching for long-retired staff who might hold clues to a man's claim that he ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
DEA raids 2 CVS pharmacies in drug abuse probe
By Barbara Liston and Toni Clarke
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The Drug Enforcement Administration said on Monday it raided two CVS pharmacies over the weekend ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
Marathoners who go the distance 100 times or more
By Dorene Internicola
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For most people running one marathon is a daunting prospect but research scientist Leslie Miller belongs to group ...
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