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More babies born to diabetic mothers: study
April 28, 2008 09:39 AM ET
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - More American women are entering pregnancy
with diabetes, raising the odds of a problem pregnancy and the
potential that their children will become diabetic in the future,
U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Tough job: Volunteers needed for chocolate study
April 28, 2008 09:28 AM ET
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LONDON (Reuters) - Calling all chocoholics: British researchers
recruiting volunteers willing to eat a bar of chocolate daily
for a year, guilt-free and all in the name of science.
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Gene therapy improves sight in near-blind patients
April 28, 2008 04:42 AM ET
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LOS ANGELES/LONDON (Reuters) - Gene therapy for a rare type of
inherited blindness has improved the vision of four patients
who tried it, boosting hopes for the troubled field of gene
repair technology, scientists said on Sunday.
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China steps up monitoring of deadly virus outbreak
April 28, 2008 04:37 AM ET
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BEIJING (Reuters) - An eastern Chinese province has introduced
a daily reporting system to monitor the spread of a virus that
has killed 19 children and spread panic among residents, Xinhua
news agency reported on Monday.
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Experts see boost to genetic testing from U.S. bill
April 27, 2008 10:21 AM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans may be much more willing to
get genetic tests showing predisposition to diseases with this
week's expected final passage by Congress of a bill barring
discrimination based on one's genetics, experts say.
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Poor diet undermines health of northern Afghans
April 26, 2008 09:50 AM ET
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ESHKASHEM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Lunch at Gada Mohammad's single-room
mud-brick house in Afghanistan's far north is the same as most
other meals: dry bread washed down with tea.
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Studies show brain pacemaker helps depression, OCD
April 25, 2008 05:15 PM ET
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two of the largest and longest studies so
far show a "brain pacemaker" can effectively treat depression
and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), researchers said on
Friday.
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Baxter CEO to testify before Congress on heparin
April 25, 2008 06:33 PM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executive of Baxter International
will testify before U.S. lawmakers next week, in their probe
of a contaminated drug that has led to at least 81 deaths, a
lawmaker said on Friday.
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U.N. urges world to help Africa fight malaria
April 25, 2008 07:24 PM ET
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - African countries hardest hit by malaria
are failing to contain it and a new U.N. campaign launched on
World Malaria Day on Friday aims to ensure that all Africa has
access to basic malaria control measures.
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AstraZeneca pushes for reviews of TV drug ads
April 25, 2008 04:42 PM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc is urging U.S. lawmakers
to revive a program for drugmakers who want to voluntarily submit
their television commercials for regulatory review, according
to a letter provided to Reuters.
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