Category: Health

CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A landmark trial over the U.S. opioid epidemic is on track to begin on Monday after drug companies and local governments failed to agree on a settlement on Friday that had been expected to be valued at around $50 billion. Top executives of the largest U.S. drug distributors and drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical…

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc’s treatment for a second rare blood disorder, the company said. The treatment, Ultomiris, has already been approved in the United States, Japan and the European Union to treat adults with blood disorder called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. Friday’s approval allows its use…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sanofi SA said on Friday it would recall popular heartburn medicine Zantac in the United States and Canada, after the medicines were linked with a probable cancer-causing impurity. The French drugmaker said it was working with health authorities to determine the level and extent of the recall, which it called a…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Food & Drug Administration said on Friday that it found that a sample from one lot of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder contained chrysotile fibers, a type of asbestos, confirming test results the company disclosed earlier on Friday. In an emailed statement, the FDA said that it stands by…

(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson said on Friday its investigation into asbestos contamination of its baby powder could take 30 days or more, after announcing it planned to recall about 33,000 bottles of the product in the United States. The company said it had received a test report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…

(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online. J&J shares fell more than 6% to close at $127.70. The move marks the first time the…

(Reuters Health) – People who were exposed to more sources of stress in the womb and early childhood may be more sensitive to pain by early adulthood than their counterparts with little or no exposure to stress early on, a recent study suggests. Researchers focused on stressful life events that might occur in children’s households…

(Reuters Health) – Secondhand smoke may damage children’s eyes and possibly lead to problems with sight later in life, new findings suggest. In a study of Chinese children, a structure in the back of the eye became increasingly thin with increasing exposure to secondhand smoke, researchers report in JAMA Ophthalmology. “Secondhand smoking exposure in children…

(Reuters Health) – Women who go through menopause earlier in life may be more likely to have a heart attack or stroke before they reach age 60 than their counterparts who go through menopause later on, a recent study suggests. Researchers examined data from 15 observational studies with a total of more than 300,000 women,…

(Reuters Health) – Men who are current or former smokers may be less likely to develop or die from lung cancer when they’re more physically fit, a recent study suggests. Researchers gave treadmill tests to 2,979 men – 1,602 who were former smokers and 1,377 who were current smokers – to assess their “cardiorespiratory” fitness,…