LONDON (AP) — A tiny, wireless pacemaker could offer some heart patients a surgery-free alternative to the traditional devices, a new study says. Some doctors, however, say there are lingering safety questions and warned patients not to rush to get the new technology.
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – A new drug in early development cuts cholesterol as much as two potent injections recently cleared for sale but lasts much longer, meaning it may need to be given only every three to six months, initial findings suggest. Results with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Medicines Co’s experimental product ALN-PCSsc highlight the competition for a market tipped to generate billions of dollars in sales. Unlike rival
Women’s issues are taking center stage in the lead-up to 2016. As they should: The conservative war on women’s health and reproductive rights has raged on for far too long. And in all measures of social and political inequality, we remain what number-crunchers coolly term “disproportionately affected.”Many people believe that electing a woman…
By Letitia Stein (Reuters) – (This 28 August 2015 story was refiled to add the dropped word “court” in the first paragraph) Planned Parenthood filed a complaint in Alabama federal court on Friday seeking to stop the state from defunding its health clinics after the release of covertly recorded videos attacking the organization’s handling of aborted fetal tissue. The reproductive-health organization took similar legal action earlier this week in Louisiana,
By Karolos Grohmann BERLIN (Reuters) – Organizers of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics said on Saturday they were “extremely concerned” after German sailor Erik Heil fell ill following his third place at the test event there. Heil, who is being treated in a Berlin hospital for several infections, said he was convinced they were caused by the polluted waters, piling more pressure on organizers to secure the safety of
By Karolos Grohmann BERLIN, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Organisers of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics said on Saturday they were “extremely concerned” after German sailor Erik Heil fell ill following his third place at the test event there. Heil, who is being treated in a Berlin hospital for several infections, said he was convinced they were caused by the polluted waters, piling more pressure on organisers to secure the
ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week.This week, on the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans, we listened to a radio interview with the city’s coroner, a position that requires making tough judgement calls about classifying police-involved shooting deaths, as well as consoling families of the deceased. We…
European heart experts on Saturday endorsed the potential use of multiple blood thinning drugs for heart attack patients beyond one year, in a move that may boost demand for AstraZeneca’s Brilinta. New European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines state for the first time that use of so-called P2Y12 inhibitors in addition to aspirin beyond one year “may be considered after careful assessment of the ischaemic and bleeding risks of the
In my work as an executive coach and keynote, clients and audience members frequently talk about their lack of “downtime.” Even when they are home, there is rarely a sense of relief from work.In a recent investigation, researchers were curious about how being “on-call” affected various health indicators. Studying a group of shift workers…
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Not all cops are good guys and not all drug suppliers are obvious villains in Netflix Inc’s dark drug drama “Narcos,” a bilingual examination of the history of cocaine smuggling in America and its most menacing supplier. “Narcos,” premiering across all Netflix territories on Friday, explores the origins of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and the tense relationship between his Medellin cartel and