A Kmart store in Round Lake Beach, Illinois, is seen in this November 17, 2004 file photo. (John Gress/Reuters)
ATLANTA (Reuters) -
Retailer Kmart said on Monday it has
expanded its generic prescription drug program to include more
than 500 common medications from about 300 and cut prices for
some products as of June 22.
Kmart, a unit of Sears [...]
A GlaxoSmithKline logo is seen outside one of its buildings in west London, February 6, 2008. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters) -
GlaxoSmithKline Plc does not expect to
win U.S. approval for its key cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix
until late 2009, marking a further delay for the product.
The delay, announced on Monday, is good news for Merck & Co
Inc, [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
If you're heading to the
Beijing Olympics, you should worry less about catching an
exotic disease and more about bronchitis and dog bites,
according to a report in the American Journal of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene.
Dog bites, respiratory infections and diarrhea have been
some of the biggest health threats to travelers to China in the
past [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
A shorter-than-normal time
between menstrual periods may be the first sign of menopause
for many women, while heavy bleeding may have other causes, a
new study shows.
Researchers found that among women between the ages of 42
and 52, those in the early stage of menopause commonly had
shortened intervals between periods — fewer than 21 [...]
A 2006 colorized scanning electron micrograph of tuberculosis bacteria. (Janice Carr/CDC/Handout/Reuters)
GENEVA (Reuters) -
A new diagnostic test unveiled by the
World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday will allow doctors in
poor countries to find out within hours — instead of months —
whether patients have drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Mario Raviglione, director of the WHO's Stop TB department,
said the molecular test [...]
Même si elle est peu connue du public, la broncho-pneumopathie chronique obstructive (la BPCO) n’en tue pas moins chaque année 16 000 personnes en France ! Pratiquement quatre fois plus que les accidents de la route… Dans le même temps, environ 50 000 asthmatiques sont hospitalisés. Alors qu’aujourd’hui les médecins disposent de traitements efficaces, près [...]
In Deutschland enden die allermeisten Arztbesuche mit einem Rezept - in den Niederlanden hingegen nur jeder zweite Besuch. Das ist dem Allgemeinen Patienten-Verband in Marburg bei einem Ländervergleich aufgefallen. Muss das allerdings auch wirklich bedeuten, dass in Deutschland - im angeblichen Dickicht von überbordender Bürokratie und Gerätemedizin - eine so genannte Drei-Minuten-Medizin vorherrscht und zu [...]
LONDON (Reuters) -
GlaxoSmithKline Plc does not expect to
win U.S. approval for its cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix
until late 2009, marking a further delay for the key product,
the world's second largest drugmaker said on Monday.
GlaxoSmithKline shares reversed earlier small gains to
stand 0.5 percent lower at 11.07 pounds following the news.
Glaxo has responded to outstanding questions [...]
Kostenfrei kann man seine Tierphobie jetzt therapieren lassen. Dafür muss der Betroffene allerdings bereit sein, sich dabei filmen zu lassen. Zusammen mit dem Hypnosetherapeut Dr. Norbert Preetz will der Fernsehsender Vox Tierphobiker von ihrem Leiden befreien. Die Aufzeichnung der Hypnosesitzung sowie der Zustand vor und nach der Behandlung werden den Zuschauern der Sendung “Wildes Kinderzimmer” [...]
A woman smokes a cigarette at a pub in London, 2004. According to a study more than 400,000 people in England have given up smoking as a result of the ban on lighting up in public places introduced in July.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)
LONDON (AFP) -
More than 400,000 people in England have given up smoking as a result [...]