Health News

• Indonesia's nationwide healthcare plan stumbles at first hurdle May 19, 2013
  JAKARTA (Reuters) - When a sick Indonesian baby died after 10 hospitals in Jakarta turned her family away in February, critics blamed a pilot health insurance scheme that had overwhelmed the city's public hospitals. […]
• Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus: WHO May 18, 2013
  LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and spread into Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. […]
• Lundbeck says drug shows improvement in depression symptoms May 18, 2013
  COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish pharmaceutical group Lundbeck and Japanese partner Takeda said on Saturday that data from clinical phase III studies with the antidepressant vortioxetine had shown significant improvement in patients' symptoms. […]
• Virus found in Iowa hog population, possibly beyond May 17, 2013
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A potentially fatal hog virus, porcine epidemic diarrhea, has been found in the United States for the first time, government and private industry officials said on Friday, posing a new threat for the country's struggling pork producers. […]
• Fever reducers don't slow children's recovery: study May 17, 2013
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A review of past research finds that fever-reducing drugs have no effect on the speed of children's recovery from an infection, contrary to the fears of some doctors and parents. […]
• Death toll from new bird flu in China rises to 36: WHO May 17, 2013
  LONDON (Reuters) - Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36 from 131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. […]
• Surgeons-in-training dislike new work hours: survey May 17, 2013
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most surgeons-in-training dislike new rules that limit how many hours they can work, according to a new study that also found the majority said they skirt the restrictions. […]
• Higher-stakes soccer matches tied to more injuries May 17, 2013
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Soccer matches played at a high level of competition are more likely to result in injuries - and in more serious ones - compared to less important games, according to a new study. […]
• Endometriosis more common in lean women: study May 17, 2013
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Heavy women are less likely to be diagnosed with endometriosis than their slimmer peers, according to a new study. […]
• Novo Nordisk says completes hemophilia drug trial May 17, 2013
  COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest insulin producer, said on Friday it had completed the first phase III trial of a hemophilia drug, N9-GP. […]