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Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Reuters Health Report: May 9, 2017

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

EpiPens should work at least a while past expiration dates

(Reuters Health) - It's worth a shot to use an expired EpiPen, if that's all you have, a new study suggests.

J&J discloses U.S. probe related to arthritis drugs

(Reuters) - Healthcare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson said on Monday the U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation concerning management and advisory services provided to rheumatology and gastroenterology practices that bought two of its drugs.

U.S. life expectancy varies by two decades depending on location

(Reuters Health) - Even as life expectancy is rising in many places across the U.S., there are some places where lifespans are getting shorter and geographical inequalities are becoming more pronounced, a new study suggests.

Early puberty tied to increased risk of dating abuse

(Reuters Health) - Girls who go through puberty sooner may be more likely to experience dating abuse than their peers who develop later, a U.S. study suggests.

Doctors who are mothers face discrimination

(Reuters Health) - About two thirds of female physicians with children have experienced gender discrimination and one third report discrimination due to pregnancy, maternity leave or breastfeeding, according to a survey conducted last year.

Mystery illness in Liberia appears to be meningitis: minister

MONROVIA (Reuters) - Medical samples from four of the victims of a disease in Liberia that initially baffled scientists have tested positive for a type of meningitis, the minister of health said on Monday.

Greater total pollution exposure tied to higher cancer risk

Living in areas with higher total exposures to harmful pollutants in the air, water and land is associated with greater odds of developing cancer, a U.S. study suggests.

Yemen cholera outbreak kills 25 people in a week: WHO

SANAA (Reuters) - A cholera outbreak in Yemen killed 25 people this week, the World Health Organization said, as two years of war continues to wreak havoc on the impoverished country's health and sanitation system.

Iowa Supreme Court blocks portion of 20-week abortion ban

(Reuters) - The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday granted an emergency temporary injunction halting a portion of a 20-week abortion ban that was signed into law by Republican Governor Terry Branstad just hours earlier.

How one U.S. state is leading the charge to dismantle Obamacare

FRANKFORT, Ky./SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - For nearly three years, Democrats and former President Barack Obama pointed to Kentucky as one of the Affordable Care Act's biggest success stories.