Health News

Thu, May 24, 2012

Novo obesity drug seen with 43 percent chance of approval

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish group Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Victoza has a 43 percent chance of being approved as an obesity treatment in the ...

An Italian heart surgeon holds a tiny titanium pump, the world's smallest artificial heart, which was implanted in a baby, at the Bambino Ge

Thu, May 24, 2012

Italy doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart

By Antonio Denti

ROME (Reuters) - Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Hand deformities turn up in poultry workers: report

By Genevra Pittman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new report describes two cases of poultry workers who developed chronically swollen knuckles, the hallmark sign ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Obesity not always tied to higher heart risk: study

By Aparna Narayanan

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An obese person isn't inevitably at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death, a new U ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Auxilium sues Watson on testosterone gel patent

(Reuters) - Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc sued Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc alleging that it infringed patents related to Auxilium's testosterone gel Testim.

A unit of Watson ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Sanofi to test cancer-starving compound in China in 2013

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Sanofi-Aventis plans to begin testing a novel compound that is designed to starve liver cancer to death in a phase one ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Child addicts at heart of Indonesia anti-smoking suit

By Olivia Rondonuwu and Matthew Bigg

KARAWANG GIRANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Anti-tobacco advocates in Indonesia plan to file a class action lawsuit this month using ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Celldex breast cancer drug shrinks some tumors: study

(Reuters) - Interim results from a mid-stage trial of Celldex Therapeutics Inc's experimental drug showed trends toward reducing tumors in patients with advanced breast ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Long-term contraception more effective than pills

By Gene Emery

(Reuters) - A large real-life test of birth control methods found more U.S. women got pregnant while using short-acting methods such ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

MediciNova asthma drug fails trial; shares crash

(Reuters) - Biopharmaceutical company MediciNova Inc said its experimental asthma drug failed to meet the main goal of a second mid-stage trial, sending its shares ...