by Research Team | Dec 4, 2014 | Health News
Europe’s drug regulator says there is no proof that a flu vaccine for the elderly was linked to side effects, including deaths in Italy. Last week, Italy pulled two batches of Fluad, made by Switzerland’s Novartis AG, after reports that people died after...
by Research Team | Dec 4, 2014 | Health News
Millions of Medicare Advantage customers are fast approaching a deadline for a task they’d rather avoid: Researching and then settling on coverage plans for 2015. The annual enrollment window for the privately run versions of the government’s Medicare...
by Research Team | Dec 4, 2014 | Health News
Six per cent of 10-to-11-year-old children have used the electronic cigarettes compared to 2% trying real tobacco, a study by the Welsh Government found . The Childhood Exposure To Tobacco Smoke study said children who tried e-cigarettes were seven times more likely...
by Research Team | Dec 4, 2014 | Health News
Scientists have discovered that cells taken from the mouth and nose react differently to infrared light in people vulnerable to the disease. Professor Sam Janes, from University College London, said: “Tobacco smoke exposure seems to cause a different type of...
by Research Team | Dec 3, 2014 | Health News
New rules this week are bringing changes to the nation’s kidney transplant system that will give some patients a better shot at a longer-lasting organ, and move others up the waiting list. “Not everyone’s going to get the same benefit out of a kidney...
by Research Team | Dec 3, 2014 | Health News
Researchers, led by the University of Oxford, concluded that this is making “an important contribution” in the fight against HIV. More than 2,000 women with chronic HIV infection in South Africa and Botswana – among the countries worst affected...
