World Bank says poor nations to boost spending on nutrition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's poorest nations are set to nearly triple spending on nutrition programs for mothers and children ...
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The Pill tied to lower ovarian cancer risk
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who use birth control pills are less likely to develop ovarian cancer later in ...
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Doctors in Ontario use emergency CT less than in U.S
By Trevor Stokes NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Emergency patients received nearly twice as many CT scans in the U.S. as in Ontario in ...
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New vaccine drives Africa meningitis cases to lowest in decade
LONDON (Reuters) - Case numbers in Africa's meningitis season this year were the lowest in 10 years thanks to a cheap new vaccine de...
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Strength tests may not predict football injuries
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Strength tests given to incoming National Football League (NFL) players don't help pr...
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Common solvent linked to liver cancer risk
By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Scandinavian workers exposed to a common industrial cleaning fluid showed higher risk f...
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New healthcare model cut even more costs in year two: insurer
By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - The nation's largest experiment in delivering medical care in an innovative way has reduced co...
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Alliance Pharma buys rights to Novartis' obstetric drug Syntometrine
(Reuters) - Specialty pharmaceutical company Alliance Pharma Plc said it bought all existing rights to obstetric drug Syntometrine f...
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Endo Health to slash 15 percent jobs, looks to sell some assets
By Zeba Siddiqui and Vrinda Manocha (Reuters) - Endo Health Solutions Inc said it plans to cut about 15 percent of its workforce and...
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Pennsylvania girl eligible for adult organ transplant after ruling
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 10-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis who had been kept off an adult organ transplant list due to an age rest...
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