Wed, February 01, 2012
Omega-3 fatty acids tied to lower heart arrhythmia risk
(Reuters) - Older adults who had the highest blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids, most commonly found in fish, were 30 percent less likely to ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
Taco Bell linked to October salmonella outbreak
By Lisa Baertlein
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Yum Brand Inc's Taco Bell chain has been linked to a salmonella outbreak that sickened 68 people ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
UK says home-grown cancer pill too costly to use
By Ben Hirschler
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health cost watchdog NICE sparked a major row on Thursday by snubbing a pricey new prostate cancer ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
Judge: health labels may stem tobacco co rights
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal rule requiring large graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging and advertising may violate the free speech rights ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
Lilly Alzheimer's drug an unlikely ace in the hole
By Ransdell Pierson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A treatment for Alzheimer's disease is the drug industry's longest shot, and any brave investors willing ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
Birth control recall raises risk of unplanned pregnancy
By Lauren Keiper
BOSTON (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc is reaching out directly to women consumers to warn them about its U.S. recall of one ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
No need to loosen conflict rules, U.S. FDA head says
By Anna Yukhananov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress should not loosen conflict of interest rules to expand the pool of potential U.S. government health advisers ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
The very old may feel helpless, but not depressed
By Andrew M. Seaman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People over 100 years old may say they feel "helpless" and "worthless" because they can't ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
Taco Bell linked to recent Salmonella outbreak: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Yum Brand Inc's Taco Bell chain has been identified as the Mexican fast-food chain behind a recent Salmonella outbreak that ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
Study gives new clues on how Alzheimer's spreads
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Alzheimer's disease appears to spread in a predictable pattern, infecting brain cell after brain cell as the disease ...
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