Reuters - Health Report

Click to View in Browser

Friday, June 9, 2017

Zika affects 5 percent of babies with confirmed infections: CDC

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first report on how the Zika virus affected U.S. territories showed that 5 percent of women with confirmed infections had babies with birth defects, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.

U.S. asks drug maker Endo to withdraw opioid amid abuse crisis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the United States battles a growing opioid abuse crisis, the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday asked Endo International Plc to withdraw from the market its long-lasting opioid painkiller, Opana ER, sending Endo's shares down more than 12 percent.

Syrian polio outbreak hits global effort to eradicate virus

GENEVA (Reuters) - A polio outbreak has been confirmed in an area of Syria partly held by Islamic State, the first re-emergence of the virus in Syria since 2014, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

Yemen cholera cases pass the 100,000 mark: WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of suspected cholera cases in war-torn Yemen has risen to more than 100,000 since an outbreak began on April 27, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

Top EU court bars Dextrose tablet maker's glucose health claims

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's top court barred Germany's Dextro Energy on Thursday from making claims about the health benefits of glucose contained in its products, which include Dextrose tablets.

IBD patients living far from specialists may not get needed care

(Reuters Health) - The further away inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients live from specialist doctors, the more likely they are to need IBD-related surgery or drug therapy to manage their disease, a small study suggests.

Texas enacts new abortion restrictions that include tissue disposal

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas governor has signed into law new abortion restrictions that include requiring abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetal tissue through burial or cremation, despite a block on the regulation already imposed by a U.S. court.

Women may pay more than men for hair loss treatment

(Reuters Health) - Women may end up paying more than men at their local store for the same hair loss medicine, suggests a new study.

Teen drunkenness linked to an early grave

(Reuters Health) - People who get drunk for the first time before their fifteenth birthday are more likely to die prematurely than people who don't drink excessively or at least avoid getting drunk until they're older, a U.S. study suggests.

Even low arsenic levels in water tied to small, preterm babies

(Reuters Health) - Low levels of arsenic naturally found in drinking water in many U.S. states are associated with an increased risk of premature and underweight babies, a study in Ohio suggests.