Dutch doctor feared to have Ebola has malaria: official
The Hague (AFP) - One of two Dutch doctors feared to have been infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone has malaria, Dutch public health authorities said on Wednesday.
5 Reasons Why Women Need to Have 'Man Flu'
We have all heard of "man flu" -- that space of time where your male partner gets sick and the whole world needs to know about it. They moan, groan and generally laze around feeling miserable instead of carrying on with everyday life as women do.Women everywhere will gripe about the fact that when they are sick they still have to get the kids...
Baptist Health to become part of MD Anderson Cancer Center Network
Jacksonville's Baptist Health announced Wednesday that it has signed a letter of intent to become the third member of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Network. The Anderson Cancer Center, located in Houston, has been ranked number one in cancer care in 10 of the last 12 years in U.S. News and World Report's "Best Hospitals" survey. It's mission statement is to eliminate cancer.
Baxter to market Merrimack's cancer drug outside U.S.
(Reuters) - Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc said it would partner with Baxter International Inc to develop and market Merrimack's pancreatic cancer drug outside the United States. Merrimack's shares soared as much as 16 percent to nearly a two-year high of $8.41. Merrimack said it would receive a $100 million upfront payment from Baxter in the current quarter and could earn up to $120 million more in milestone payments specific to the first indication of the drug, code named MM-398. "Merrimack had cash to last into 2015. ...
GSK to name RBS's Hampton as new chairman this week
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will this week name Philip Hampton, who currently chairs Royal Bank of Scotland , as its next chairman, a person close to the process said on Wednesday. Hampton is expected to join the GSK board as a non-executive director late this year or early in 2015 and take over from current chairman Chris Gent around the middle of next year. ...
'Empowered' Joan Lunden Opens Up About Cancer Battle and Losing Her Hair
Joan Lunden is proudly gracing the cover of People magazine without her wig, following her battle with triple negative breast cancer. The former "Good Morning America" host told the magazine the choice to go bald for the cover was to "try to help others."
Your medical record is worth more to hackers than your credit card
By Caroline Humer and Jim Finkle NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Your medical information is worth 10 times more than your credit card number on the black market. Last month, the FBI warned healthcare providers to guard against cyber attacks after one of the largest U.S. hospital operators, Community Health Systems Inc, said Chinese hackers had broken into its computer network and stolen the personal information of 4.5 million patients. Security experts say cyber criminals are increasingly targeting the $3 trillion U.S. ...
Lipocine testosterone therapy meets late-stage study goals
(Reuters) - Lipocine said its treatment for low testosterone met the goals of a late-stage study, sending its shares up 33 percent in premarket trading. The drugmaker said the experimental drug LPCN 1021 restored testosterone levels to normal in about 88 percent of the patients tested. Symptoms of low testosterone include loss of libido, decreased muscle mass, fatigue and depression. Lipocine, which is also developing a second testosterone product, said it would file for marketing application of the drug in the second half of next year. ...
Clues to how people bounce back from surgery
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the big frustrations of surgery: There's little way to know if you'll be a fast or slow healer, someone who feels back to normal in a week or is out of work for a month with lingering pain and fatigue.
Generic discount drug programs getting wider use
By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nearly a quarter of those eligible for programs offering discounts on generic medications are using the benefits, according to a new study. That’s up from less than 4 percent in 2007, a year after the programs were launched, and more minorities are taking advantage of the discounts now than at the start, researchers found. ...
In U.N. speech, Obama appeals for broad coalition against Islamic State
By Steve Holland UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama made his case to the United Nations on Wednesday for a more forceful, coordinated global response against Islamic militants in the Middle East that would seek to dismantle their "network of death." In a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Obama used graphic language to condemn the methods of the Islamic State group that has taken over swaths of Iraq and Syria, saying it had used rape as a weapon of war, gunned down children, dumped bodies in mass graves, and beheaded their victims. ...
Generic discount drug programs getting wider use
By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nearly a quarter of those eligible for programs offering discounts on generic medications are using the benefits, according to a new study. That’s up from less than 4 percent in 2007, a year after the programs were launched, and more minorities are taking advantage of the discounts now than at the start, researchers found. ...
Your medical record is worth more to hackers than your credit card
By Caroline Humer and Jim Finkle NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Your medical information is worth 10 times more than your credit card number on the black market. Last month, the FBI warned healthcare providers to guard against cyber attacks after one of the largest U.S. hospital operators, Community Health Systems Inc, said Chinese hackers had broken into its computer network and stolen the personal information of 4.5 million patients. Security experts say cyber criminals are increasingly targeting the $3 trillion U.S. ...
10 things retirees won’t tell you
Retirement is more stressful than it looks.
Perceived norms influence teen sex activity more than peer pressure
By Shereen Lehman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teens’ perceptions of how sexually active their peers are may have the greatest impact on their own sexual behavior, suggests a new analysis of previous studies. But actual peer pressure had the smallest effect on teens’ decisions to have sex, the authors found. “To promote youth sexual health, it is important to understand when and why adolescents decide to become sexually active or to engage in risky sexual behavior,” Daphne van de Bongardt told Reuters Health in an email. ...
Doctor calls for blood donations to treat Liberian Ebola victims
By James Giahyue MONROVIA (Reuters) - The head of a treatment center in Liberia, the country worst-hit by West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak, has urged survivors of the disease to donate their blood for use in treating infected patients. The epidemic has already killed over 2,800 people - more than the combined total of all previous Ebola outbreaks - most of them in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where it has overwhelmed already fragile health services. ...
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