"Collateral" death toll expected to soar in Africa's Ebola crisis

"Collateral" death toll expected to soar in Africa's Ebola crisis

LONDON, Sept 26 - By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent (Reuters) - Deaths from infectious diseases like malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia are likely to soar in West African countries where a vast outbreak of Ebola has crushed health systems and killed nurses and doctors. Specialists on deadly diseases say deaths from malaria alone, which even before the Ebola crisis killed around 100,000 a year in the West Africa region as a whole, could increase four-fold in Ebola-hit countries as people miss out on life-saving treatments. ...

AstraZeneca says expanded use of lung cancer drug backed by EU agency

LONDON (Reuters) - European regulators have recommended wider use of AstraZeneca's IRESSA treatment for lung cancer, the British pharmaceutical company said on Friday. The company said a so-called label update to IRESSA meant a patient could receive treatment with IRESSA after a blood test, instead of having to provide a tumor sample. The update will take effect immediately, AstraZeneca said. Usually, recommendations for marketing approval by the Agency Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) are endorsed by the European Commission within a couple of months. ...

UPDATE 1-Games-Incheon official dies of suspected heart attack

(Adds details) INCHEON, South Korea, Sept 26 (Reuters) - An Asian Games official has died due to a suspected heart attack, South Korean police said on Friday. The mediator, whose name has not been released, woke up early on Friday complaining of chest pain and called out to a colleague for help, Moon Jun-kyu of Incheon police told Reuters by telephone. The victim's family said the deceased had suffered from high blood pressure, Moon added, with officials confirming the referee was dead on arrival at hospital. ...

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