By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc will get a second chance to hold rival surgical instrument maker Covidien Plc liable for allegedly infringing two patents on a specialized ultrasonic scalpel that cuts and seals blood vessels. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday said on Friday a lower court should not have canceled one of Ethicon’s patents, and
Nonprofit news organization ProPublica and Yelp recently joined forces to allow information from ProPublica’s health databases to appear on Yelp’s health provider pages.
Nonprofit news organization ProPublica and Yelp recently joined forces to allow information from ProPublica’s health databases to appear on Yelp’s health provider pages.
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of West Africans who were infected with the Ebola virus but survived it are suffering chronic conditions such as serious joint pain and eye inflammation that can lead to blindness, global health experts said on Friday. Ebola survivors who fought off the most severe bouts of infection are the most likely to suffer ongoing medical problems, World Health Organization experts said, and their
If this ends, she’ll hurt more … at first.
Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston have tied the knot after three years of being engaged. Experts say their long engagement was actually a good thing.
Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston have tied the knot after three years of being engaged. Experts say their long engagement was actually a good thing.
By Mary Wisniewski CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Bubbly and athletic, Heather Padgett, raised in a loving family in the Cincinnati suburbs, would not fit the stereotype of a heroin addict. Until she got clean last August, she was part of what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called a heroin epidemic – a 100 percent rise in heroin addiction among Americans between 2002 and 2013. The sharp rise
From a “DNA schedule” to allegations that it’s been “consistently proven” that mothers have safe alternatives besides abortion when they have a life-threatening pregnancy condition, Thursday night’s GOP debate was rife with contradictions when it came to issues of reproductive rights.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — International health officials are scrambling, without much success, to find meningitis C vaccines as an outbreak of the child-killing disease threatens to balloon into an epidemic.