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Wednesday, 5 April 2017

Reuters Health Report: April 5, 2017

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

More talks but no decisions on Republican push to overhaul healthcare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives vote to overhaul Obamacare before lawmakers leave Washington for a two-week break looked unlikely late on Tuesday as top White House deputies and key Republican groups said more discussions were needed.

Drugmaker GSK recalling nearly 600,000 asthma inhalers in U.S.

(Reuters) - GSK Plc is voluntarily recalling more than 593,000 Ventolin asthma inhalers from U.S. hospitals, pharmacies, retailers and wholesalers due to a defect that may cause them to deliver fewer doses of the medicine than indicated, the British drugmaker said on Tuesday.

Nuclear plant shutdowns tied to coal pollution, decreased birth weights

(Reuters Health) - - Where communities get their electricity may directly determine their citizens' health and wellbeing, a new study suggests.

Zika causes birth defects in one in 10 pregnancies: U.S. study

CHICAGO (Reuters) - About one in 10 pregnant women with confirmed Zika infections had a fetus or baby with birth defects, offering the clearest picture yet of the risk of Zika infection during pregnancy, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

San Francisco makes the healthy choice the easy choice

(Reuters Health) - - Patients are regularly urged by their doctors to quit drinking soda - only to leave the doctor's office and come face to face with a Big Gulp. Not at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center.

Stem cells plus scaffold may spur repair of torn tendons

(Reuters Health) – - A combination of advanced scaffold material and so-called adult stem cells improves the healing of rotator cuff tendon tears over surgery alone, a study in rats suggests.

Hospital stocks fall after talk of health bill revival

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. hospital operators dropped on Tuesday as Republicans sought to revive plans to dismantle the Affordable Care Act that has benefited the companies.

French bird flu crisis seen cutting demand for poultry feed by 330,000 tonnes

PARIS (Reuters) - About 330,000 tonnes of animal feed will not be needed in France this year due to the bird flu outbreak that has led to the widespread culling of duck flocks and an order to partially halt poultry rearing to stop the virus, animal feed industry group SNIA said on Tuesday.

Body mass may not be good way to predict heart disease in minorities

(Reuters Health) - Even though obesity can indicate a risk for heart disease and diabetes in white people, it may not be as reliable for predicting these risks in other racial and ethnic groups, a U.S. study suggests.

Nigeria to launch meningitis jab campaign as death toll jumps to 336

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria is launching a mass vaccination campaign as part of its emergency response to an outbreak of meningitis in its northwestern states, as the death toll climbed to 336, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Tuesday.