Upjohn

Drug costs would push millions more into poverty: study

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:00:16 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - Tens of millions of people in low and middle income countries would be pushed below the poverty line by buying common but vital medicines which are already unaffordable to hundreds of millions more, a study has found.

Too little sleep bad for teenagers’ diets: study

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:00:16 +0000

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Teenagers who sleep less than eight hours a night on weeknights eat more fatty foods and snacks than those who get more than eight hours of sleep a night, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

Diabetes drug may keep lung cancer at bay

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:00:15 +0000

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The common diabetes drug metformin may hold promise as a way to keep smokers from developing lung cancer, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

New test can diagnose tuberculosis in under 2 hours

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:00:15 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - A new molecular test for tuberculosis made by Cepheid can diagnose TB and detect a drug-resistant form of it far more easily and rapidly than other tests currently available, scientists said on Wednesday.

Mental ‘exercise’ linked to faster dementia progression

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:00:14 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While staying mentally active in old age has been linked to a delayed onset of dementia, seniors who engage in such brain “exercise” may actually have a faster rate of decline once Alzheimer’s is diagnosed, researchers reported Wednesday.

Obama administration appeals stem cell injunction

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:00:16 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration asked a federal judge on Tuesday to lift an injunction halting human embryonic stem cell research, saying it would irreparably harm research and cost more than 1,300 jobs.

Drug costs would push mlns more into poverty: study

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:00:16 +0000

Monkeypox rising in wake of smallpox eradication

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:00:15 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some thirty years after authorities doled out the last dose of smallpox vaccine, the world faces another multiplying menace: monkeypox.

Surgery prevents breast cancers in high-risk women

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:00:15 +0000

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women with mutations in the well-known BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes who have their breasts and ovaries removed are much more likely to survive than women who do not get preventive surgery, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Early and late birth ups cerebral palsy risk

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:00:14 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Full-term babies born a bit on the early or late side are at higher risk of cerebral palsy, according to a new study in nearly 1.7 million Norwegian children.