“U.S. consumers will want Trump, Congress to take on drug prices” plus 8 more Reuters: Health News |
- U.S. consumers will want Trump, Congress to take on drug prices
- Stressed out over Trump victory? Try cleaning out your freezer
- Pfizer offers cut-price pneumonia shot for humanitarian crises
- Patients who need pain drugs may want to seek care at night
- Vitamin D levels tied to breast cancer survival
- Little evidence for risks, or benefits, of habitual barefootedness
- AbbVie's hepatitis C treatment shows promise
- Soda tax could save thousands of lives and $1 billion in Mexico
- New guidelines: Introduce peanuts to infants early to prevent allergies
| U.S. consumers will want Trump, Congress to take on drug prices Posted: 11 Nov 2016 10:48 AM PST LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans' growing alarm over rising prescription drug costs will pressure a new U.S. administration and Congress to take action on pharmaceutical pricing, industry executives and healthcare experts say. |
| Stressed out over Trump victory? Try cleaning out your freezer Posted: 11 Nov 2016 09:26 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Clean out your freezer, try a manicure-pedicure and stay off social media. |
| Pfizer offers cut-price pneumonia shot for humanitarian crises Posted: 11 Nov 2016 03:19 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer is to offer its pneumococcal vaccine at the lowest possible price to non-governmental organizations seeking to protect vulnerable people from illness in humanitarian crises. |
| Patients who need pain drugs may want to seek care at night Posted: 11 Nov 2016 12:37 PM PST (Reuters Health) - Emergency department patients may be more likely to get needed pain medication when they're younger and don't show up during the day, a recent Australian study suggests. |
| Vitamin D levels tied to breast cancer survival Posted: 11 Nov 2016 11:31 AM PST (Reuters Health) - For women diagnosed with breast cancer, high vitamin D levels in the blood may be tied to better odds of surviving and having tumors with less deadly characteristics, suggests a new study. |
| Little evidence for risks, or benefits, of habitual barefootedness Posted: 11 Nov 2016 02:16 PM PST (Reuters Health) - Studies on the long-term effects of habitual barefoot walking or running are scarce, and there is only limited evidence for more foot problems and no evidence for higher injury rates among people who are often barefoot, according to a new review. |
| AbbVie's hepatitis C treatment shows promise Posted: 11 Nov 2016 08:13 AM PST (Reuters) - Drugmaker AbbVie Inc said on Friday its experimental fixed-dose combination to treat certain hepatitis C virus patients achieved high sustained viral response (SVR) rates after eight weeks of treatment. |
| Soda tax could save thousands of lives and $1 billion in Mexico Posted: 11 Nov 2016 09:58 AM PST (Reuters Health) - Mexico's soda tax is on course to prevent diabetes, heart attacks and strokes in more than 200,000 adults and to save nearly $1 billion in healthcare costs over a decade, a new study suggests. |
| New guidelines: Introduce peanuts to infants early to prevent allergies Posted: 11 Nov 2016 09:06 AM PST (Reuters Health) – Parents may be able to reduce the chance that their children will develop peanut allergies by introducing the food early on, as young as four to six months of age, experts now say. |
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