September 2, 2010 – 10:54 am
LONDON (Reuters) – An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists say it shows promise as a possible future treatment for one of the world’s major killer diseases. (Source: Reuters: Health)
August 30, 2010 – 6:20 am
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a small study, people who had chronic pain as a result of damage to the nervous system reported feeling less pain, as well as less depression and anxiety, when they smoked marijuana compared to when they smoked a drug-free placebo. (Source: Reuters: Health)
August 19, 2010 – 11:37 am
BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) – Eli Lilly and Co’s antidepressant Cymbalta should be approved to help ease chronic pain in certain patients, a U.S. medical advisory panel said on Thursday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
August 18, 2010 – 9:38 am
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A study of more than 8,000 Americans with fibromyalgia suggests that they are not at an overall increased risk of dying over a given time compared to people without the chronic pain condition. (Source: Reuters: Health)
August 17, 2010 – 11:16 pm
LONDON (Reuters) – Mind-altering drugs like LSD, ketamine or magic mushrooms could be combined with psychotherapy to treat people suffering from depression, compulsive disorders or chronic pain, Swiss scientists suggested on Wednesday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The H1N1 swine flu virus underwent a mutation and used a new trick to spread efficiently in people, another signal to help experts predict whether a flu virus can cause a pandemic, researchers said Friday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When professional athletes in sports like football and rugby are injured, they commonly get injections of pain-numbing anesthetics to help them stay in the game. Now a new study suggests that, while safety concerns remain, most athletes may not suffer any long-term harm from the practice. (Source: Reuters: Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The widely reported liver transplant at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital to alleged killer Johnny Concepcion never took place, a spokesperson told Reuters Health on Tuesday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) – Advisers on Tuesday narrowly backed an experimental Medtronic Inc spine implant that uses a protein to stimulate bone growth and help relieve low-back pain. (Source: Reuters: Health)
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) – Advisers on Tuesday narrowly backed an experimental Medtronic Inc spine implant that uses a protein to stimulate bone growth and help relieve low-back pain. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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