By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – Giving birth in water, also known as immersion labor and delivery or waterbirth, appears safe for mother and baby, at least when it takes place in a hospital. Increasing numbers of...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Women with undiagnosed celiac disease may be more likely to have miscarriages or stillbirths than women who never get this diagnosis, a Danish study suggests. Once celiac disease is...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Childhood cancer survivors who get plenty of vigorous exercise may live longer than their counterparts who aren’t very active, a recent study suggests. “In cancer survivors,...
Read More(Reuters) – Iowa’s Supreme Court on Friday rejected a 72-hour waiting period for abortions signed into law last year, ruling it unconstitutional. Iowa, which separately in April passed the nation’s strictest...
Read MoreBy Cheryl Platzman Weinstock (Reuters Health) – National Guard soldiers may be plagued with sleep problems when they return home from the battlefield, according to a small study. For the new analysis, published online in...
Read MoreBy Sharnya G and Anuron Kumar Mitra (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Pulmonx Inc’s valve to treat a severe form of obstructive lung disease, most often characterized by shortness...
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By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) – Rival cancer cell therapies from Swiss drugmaker Novartis...
Read MorePARIS (Reuters) – Ghana has reported two outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5 bird flu on farms, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Friday, citing a report from Ghana’s agriculture...
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By Manas Mishra and Sharnya G (Reuters) – Dermira Inc <DERM.O> said on Friday its...
Read More(Reuters) – Puma Biotechnology Inc on Friday won a key recommendation from a European Medicines Agency panel on its lead breast cancer drug, five months after the regulator recommended against approving it. Shares of...
Read MoreBy Justin George Varghese (Reuters) – Indivior Plc got a breather on Friday as a U.S. court extended a restraining order blocking a rival from launching a generic version of its bestselling opioid addiction treatment in...
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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Coal companies need to make a “fundamental...
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By Ankur Banerjee and Bill Berkrot (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it would buy...
Read MoreBy Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – When the “Don’t Fry Day” campaign hit Twitter on the Friday before Memorial Day, tweets from celebrities, news organizations and health groups made more than 12 million...
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday announced charges...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Kids exposed to tobacco smoke in the womb and early in infancy could have double the odds of developing hearing loss compared with children who were not exposed to tobacco at all, a...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Drivers with cataracts who get surgery to have them removed may lower their risk of getting into traffic crashes, a recent study suggests. Compared to their chances of a crash before...
Read MoreBy Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – The TECH parenting style, an acronym for Talk, Educate, Co-view and House Rules, could help families manage screen time at home, researchers say. As parents figure out their own media...
Read MoreGOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo moved closer to declaring its Ebola outbreak over when the health ministry said it had completed surveillance of the last people who came into...
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal jury in Colorado has awarded $383.5 million to the...
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