ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG is no longer selling its acne drug Accutane as it has reached the end of its life cycle and is losing ground to generic alternatives, the company said on Friday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who are overweight at age 6 to 7 years are at increased risk for having symptoms of asthma like shortness of breath and “twitchy” airways when they are 8 years old, results of a study conducted in the Netherlands show.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators on Thursday moved closer to agreement on a trillion U.S. healthcare overhaul that would extend medical coverage to nearly everyone without adding to huge budget deficits.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new understanding of the genes that make muscle cells may change the way researchers think about stem cell transplants for muscular dystrophy and muscle injuries, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said Thursday that the H1N1 virus was stable and there was no sign yet of it mixing with other influenza viruses.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators on Thursday moved closer to agreement on a trillion U.S. healthcare overhaul that would extend medical coverage to nearly everyone and without adding to huge budget deficits.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A nationwide health insurance exchange that includes a Medicare-like government option could save .8 trillion more than if only private plans are offered, a prominent private U.S. health policy group said on Wednesday.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday it plans to reinstate booster shoots of a vaccine that protects children against bacterial meningitis.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A nationwide health insurance exchange that includes a Medicare-like government option could save .8 trillion more than if only private plans are offered, a prominent private U.S. health policy group said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said in an interview aired on Wednesday that he “absolutely” will get healthcare reform completed in 2009 but declined to say what the final package would eventually look like.