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Chinese frozen food firm recalls products suspected of African swine fever contamination

Posted by Reuters | Feb 18, 2019 | Reuters |

BEIJING (Reuters) – Major Chinese frozen food producer Sanquan Food Co Ltd said on Monday it...

Mongolia suspends KFC outlets after hundreds show food poisoning symptoms

Posted by Reuters | Feb 18, 2019 | Reuters |

ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) – Mongolia has temporarily suspended operations of all KFC restaurants...

As medical costs mount, Japan to weigh cost-effectiveness in setting drug prices

Posted by Reuters | Feb 18, 2019 | Reuters |

By Takashi Umekawa TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese doctor Yasushi Goto remembers prescribing the...

Parenthood derails the careers of many in STEM, especially women

Posted by Reuters | Feb 18, 2019 | Reuters |

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Almost half of women and a quarter of men leave careers in science, technology, engineering and math after they have their first child, a new study shows. Researchers found that 43...

Interval training burns off more pounds than jogging or cycling

Posted by Reuters | Feb 18, 2019 | Reuters |

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Workouts that mix up a variety of intense exercises with brief recovery periods in between may help people lose more weight than chugging along at a steady pace on a treadmill or...

Brief general anesthesia appears safe for children’s brains

Posted by Reuters | Feb 18, 2019 | Reuters |

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – In infants, an hour of general anesthesia – long enough for most minor surgeries done in babies – doesn’t increase the risk of impaired brain development compared to an...

Supply of primary care doctors linked with mortality rates

Posted by Reuters | Feb 18, 2019 | Reuters |

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Mortality rates are lower in American communities with more primary care physicians than in areas of the country with fewer doctors, a study suggests. Overall in the U.S., the total...

Japan approves test of iPS cells for treating spinal injuries

Posted by Reuters | Feb 18, 2019 | Reuters |

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese scientists will test the use of human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) to treat spinal cord injuries, a health ministry panel that approved the research project said on Monday. The research...