Thu, May 17, 2012
Breastfed babies may gain less weight
By Andrew M. Seaman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies who are fed milk from their mothers' breasts gain less weight over their first year ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Canada OKs Osiris drug; first stem cell therapy
By Toni Clarke
BOSTON (Reuters) - Osiris Therapeutics Inc said on Thursday that Canadian health regulators have approved its treatment for acute graft-versus host disease ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Fewer girls completing all three HPV shots: study
By Kerry Grens
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among girls and women who get their first human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine, the percent who complete ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
South Carolina woman struck by flesh-eating bacteria disease
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A new mother of twins in Greenville, South Carolina, is the latest victim of a rare and ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Sex, age may affect athletes' concussion recovery
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Female and high school athletes may need more time to recover from a concussion than their male ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Safety inspections don't hurt businesses-study
By Scott Malone
BOSTON (Reuters) - Random inspections of U.S. industrial workplaces lower the risk of workers being injured on the job and have ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Human Genome adopts rights plan to ward off Glaxo
(Reuters) - Human Genome Sciences Inc said on Thursday it adopted a stockholder rights plan as the biotechnology company defends itself against a $2.6 ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Study unpicks gene changes behind breast cancer
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have mapped the complete genetic codes of 21 breast cancers and created a catalogue of the mutations that ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Specialty drug costs a major employer worry: survey
By Lewis Krauskopf
(Reuters) - Employers want to step up programs to encourage healthier behavior among their workers and to control spending on expensive injected ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Many pregnant women may not get STD tests
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite recommendations that pregnant women have tests for certain sexually transmitted diseases, many may not be getting ...
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