health care

Improvements in autism symptoms vary kid by kid By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK | Mon Apr 2, 2012 11:12am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study suggests that social and communication skills in some kids with autism may improve over time with therapy, but other kids will continue having problems functioning as they [...]

GSK says new data support filing of diabetes drug By Ben Hirschler LONDON | Tue Apr 3, 2012 7:41am EDT LONDON (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline will push ahead with plans to file its experimental once-weekly diabetes drug albiglutide for regulatory approval, following the read-out from a series of clinical trials. Albiglutide belongs to the same class [...]

College education leads to better health Tue Apr 3, 2012 10:52am EDT (Reuters) – A report card released on Tuesday ranking the relative health of people in more than 3,000 U.S. counties showed that those with more college-educated residents had fewer premature deaths and fewer reports of being in poor or fair health. The study, [...]

Obama takes a shot at Supreme Court over healthcare By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON | Mon Apr 2, 2012 6:45pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama took an opening shot at conservative justices on the Supreme Court on Monday, warning that a rejection of his sweeping healthcare law would be an act of “judicial activism” [...]

Uncertainty looms over Keryx, Aeterna cancer drug Mon Apr 2, 2012 2:27pm EDT (Reuters) – Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc and Aeterna Zentaris said their experimental colorectal cancer drug did not meet the main goal of a late-stage trial, raising doubts on the drug’s future as a treatment for a type of blood cancer. The drug, perifosine, [...]

Birth control recall raises risk of unplanned pregnancy By Lauren Keiper BOSTON | Wed Feb 1, 2012 6:26pm EST BOSTON (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc is reaching out directly to women consumers to warn them about its U.S. recall of one million packets of birth control pills as concerns mounted that a manufacturing error could raise [...]

Moms’ bossiness at snack time tied to kids’ weight By Amy Norton NEW YORK | Wed Feb 1, 2012 3:31pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Mothers who push their toddlers to eat more at snack time may end up with a heavier child, a new study suggests. Researchers found that when moms were overly [...]

Aging America creates demand for health-care workers By Stella Dawson Wed Feb 1, 2012 4:30pm EST (Reuters) – The graying of America and a booming Hispanic population is driving major changes in the structure of the U.S. workforce and the types of jobs that will be available over the next decade, a new government report [...]

Judge: health labels may stem tobacco co rights By David Morgan WASHINGTON | Wed Feb 1, 2012 7:03pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal rule requiring large graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging and advertising may violate the free speech rights of tobacco companies, a U.S. district court judge said at a hearing on Wednesday. [...]

Nuclear accidents pose little risk to health: NRC By Scott DiSavino Wed Feb 1, 2012 3:39pm EST (Reuters) – The risk to public health from a severe nuclear power plant accident in the United States is “very small” because reactor operators should have time to prevent core damage and reduce the release of radioactive materials, [...]