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New review suggests proven ways to cut back on sugary drinks
(Reuters Health) - With sugary sodas and other sweetened drinks considered a key driver of the obesity epidemic worldwide, a new research review evaluates how well various measures work to reduce consumption of these calorie laden drinks.
Categorie: Agenzie
Traumatic injuries linked to later social dysfunction
(Reuters Health) - Nearly half of trauma patients, even those without brain injuries, experience social deficits that make it harder for them to interact with friends and stay involved in the community, a recent study suggests.
Categorie: Agenzie
New Ebola cases in Uganda raise fears of spread beyond Congo
Uganda announced two more cases of Ebola on Wednesday - a grandmother and a three-year-old boy, confirming that a deadly outbreak has spread for the first time beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Categorie: Agenzie
Canadian panel calls for universal public prescription drug coverage
A Canadian advisory council studying prescription drug coverage said on Wednesday the federal government should create a C$15.3 billion ($11.5 billion) universal, single-payer public pharmacare system, and warned that the current framework requires significant reforms.
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Canada will move on new drug price rules in 'very near future': minister
Work on the Canadian government's proposal to crack down on patented drug prices is underway and "movement" should come very soon, Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor said on Wednesday.
Categorie: Agenzie
Canada panel calls for universal healthcare system that includes drug coverage
A Canadian advisory council studying prescription drug coverage said on Wednesday the federal government should create a universal, single-payer public pharmacare system, and warned that the current framework requires significant reforms.
Categorie: Agenzie
WHO emergency committee to meet on Ebola on Friday: statement
The World Health Organization will convene its emergency committee on Friday June 14 to decide whether the Ebola outbreak constitutes an international emergency, the U.N. agency said in a statement.
Categorie: Agenzie
Congo declares measles epidemic after it kills more than Ebola
Congo's government has declared an epidemic of measles, which the latest health ministry figures show has now killed at least 1,500 people, over a hundred more than have died of Ebola.
Categorie: Agenzie
Catalyst Pharma sues FDA over approval of cheaper rival drug
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc, which has come under fire for the high price tag on its rare disease drug, on Wednesday sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to challenge the recent approval of a lower-cost rival drug.
Categorie: Agenzie
Don't kiss your pet hedgehog, CDC warns as Salmonella hits 17 states
(Reuters Health) - U.S. health officials warned pet-owners against kissing and snuggling their hedgehogs as a Salmonella outbreak linked to contact with the animals spread to 17 states.
Categorie: Agenzie
Catalyst Pharma files lawsuit against FDA approval of Jacobus Pharma's drug
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Wednesday it has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, challenging the recent approval of Jacobus Pharmaceutical Co's drug, Ruzurgi, for a rare neuromuscular disease.
Categorie: Agenzie
Sobi buys rare-disease drug emapalumab, zooms in on hematology and immunology
Rare diseases specialist Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sobi) has agreed to buy the drug emapalumab and is reorganizing to increase focus on late-stage development in hematology and immunology.
Categorie: Agenzie
Catalyst Pharma files lawsuit against U.S. FDA on Jacobus Pharma drug approval
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Wednesday it has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, challenging the recent approval of Jacobus Pharmaceutical Co's drug, Ruzurgi, for a rare neuromuscular disease.
Categorie: Agenzie
New Ebola cases in Uganda raise fears of further spread
Uganda announced two more cases of Ebola on Wednesday - a grandmother and a three-year-old boy, confirming that a deadly outbreak has spread for the first time beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Categorie: Agenzie
Boy dies of Ebola in Uganda in first cross-border case from current Congo outbreak
A five year-old boy has died of Ebola in Uganda, a health official said on Wednesday, in the first case of the disease crossing the border from the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Categorie: Agenzie
Two more cases of Ebola confirmed in Uganda: WHO
Two more cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Uganda after a five-year-old boy died of the disease, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
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Therapy in the office: banks take mental health fight in-house
In 'Billions', a U.S. television show set in the world of hedge funds, traders at the fictional Axe Capital regularly attend sessions with an in-house psychiatrist.
Categorie: Agenzie
North Korea steps up measures to prevent spread of African swine fever
North Korea has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of the highly contagious and deadly African swine fever, its main state newspaper said on Wednesday, breaking its silence on the outbreak which was first reported in late May.
Categorie: Agenzie
Planned Parenthood sues U.S. to block rule that may limit abortions
Planned Parenthood and other nonprofits offering family planning services sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to block a new federal rule letting healthcare workers refuse abortions and other services because of religious or moral objections.
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Mental illness affects a fifth of people living in war zones
One in five people in war zones has depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, with many suffering severe forms of these mental illnesses.
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