Reuters: Health News

Healthcare reform faces challenges in Senate

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:36:02 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's U.S. healthcare overhaul plan has cleared an important Senate hurdle but lawmakers warned on Sunday of challenges ahead in winning support for passage, even among Obama's own Democrats.

Did U.S. make mistake in skipping vaccine additive?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:36:45 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic of swine flu, some are looking regretfully at one easy way to instantly double or triple the number of doses available -- by using an immune booster called an adjuvant.

New guidelines push back age for Pap smears

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:29:07 +0000

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued on Friday that aim to reduce the risk of unnecessary treatment.

Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:51:50 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.

Los Angeles gets tough on medical marijuana shops

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:29:36 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of shiny glass jars with two dozen varieties of marijuana bud displayed like candy.

Funeral workers risk cancer from formaldehyde

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:58:16 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Morticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies have a higher risk of leukemia, researchers reported on Friday.

H1N1 flu spreading east, peaking in some areas: WHO

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:40:42 +0000

GENEVA (Reuters) - The H1N1 flu is moving eastwards across Europe and Asia after appearing to peak in parts of western Europe and the United States, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

Eat and drink your way to a healthy colon?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:55:07 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating fruits and vegetables, and drinking tea and red wine may offer overweight men and normal weight women some protection from colon and rectal cancers, hint study findings from the Netherlands.

Exercise important in teens' blood pressure control

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:05 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Regular exercise may help keep teenagers'

Swine flu may be peaking in U.S.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:27:36 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the United States, health experts said on Friday.