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By Ankur Banerjee Spending time in the sun without protection increases the risk of melanoma, but the potentially deadly skin cancer can occur even on sites with minimal sun exposure, doctors warn. Melanoma accounts for only...

By Linda Carroll Even as a shortage of U.S. workers who care for the elderly and disabled grows, proposed limits on immigration may worsen the situation, researchers say. As of 2017, immigrants accounted for more than 18% of...

KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s highest civil court on Tuesday rejected French drugmaker Sanofi’s bid to fend off a legal challenge by U.S. rival Amgen against Sanofi’s cholesterol drug Praluent....

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Death rates from falls are rising among elderly Americans – and climbing fastest among seniors in their 90s, a U.S. study suggests. Among all adults 75 and older, mortality from...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German drugmaker Bayer has signed an alliance with Arvinas Inc to gain access to the U.S. biotech firm’s experimental protein drugs and crop protection technology in a deal worth up to $750...

KINSHASA (Reuters) – The number of cases of Ebola in eastern Congo has passed 2,000, government figures showed late on Monday, as the rate of new cases tripled and containment efforts faltered in the remote, unstable...

By Lisa Rapaport Poor people with opioid use disorders may struggle to find doctors to prescribe the anti-addiction drug buprenorphine in U.S. states with the highest overdose death rates, a new study suggests. In 2018,...

By Lisa Rapaport Babies who are born too soon may be more likely to develop heart disease as adults than full-term infants, a new study suggests. Adults who were born before 37 weeks gestation were 53 percent more likely to...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Patients selected to participate in studies of cancer drugs tend to be younger than most people with the disease in the general population, researchers say. In one recent study, in fact,...

By Lisa Rapaport People who have mild traumatic brain injuries may be more likely to have lasting functional deficits that get in the way of daily activities than patients who experience other types of injuries, a U.S. study...