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Wednesday, 4 October 2017

Reuters Health Report: October 4, 2017

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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

U.S. pressing India to avoid capping medical device prices, allow withdrawals

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States is pressing India not to extend price caps on medical devices and wants New Delhi to allow firms to withdraw products from the market if they do not wish to sell at government determined rates, a U.S. trade official told Reuters.

ACLU sues over FDA restrictions on abortion pill access

(Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to challenge U.S. Food and Drug Administration restrictions that limit the ability of women to access the so-called abortion pill.

Mylan says FDA approves its generic multiple sclerosis treatment

(Reuters) - Mylan NV said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two doses of its generic version of Teva's Copaxone used to treat patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The rates of 12 obesity-related cancers rose by 7 percent from 2005 to 2014, an increase that is threatening to reverse progress in reducing the rate of cancer in the United States, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.

EU drugs head fears delays, health hazards as agency uprooted

LONDON (Reuters) - Access to new medicines and safety checks on existing treatments will be jeopardized if politicians pick a new home for Europe's London-based drugs regulator that is unacceptable to staff, its executive director told Reuters.

U.S. House committee launches probe of Allergan patent deal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee launched a probe into drugmaker Allergan Plc's deal to transfer some of its patents to a Native American tribe to shield them from review.

Sap from garden plants can burn eyes

(Reuters Health) - Gardeners caring for plants in the Euphorbia genus should be careful about handling the toxic sap, according to a new report.

Refugees' health problems in Greece mostly unmet: medical charity

ATHENS (Reuters) - Refugees and migrants in Greece receive little or no medical care for most health problems they face and fewer than half of those pregnant had access to maternal care, aid group Doctors of the World said on Tuesday.

Plastic surgery videos need strict ethics standards, doctors argue

(Reuters Health) - Some plastic surgeons have gained large social media followings by sharing theatrical videos of surgery with entertainment, rather than education, in mind. Now experts are proposing ethics guidelines to ensure that the content of plastic surgery videos on social media isn't harmful to patients.

Online doctor ratings don't predict actual performance

(Reuters Health) - Patients' online ratings of physicians often don't match up with the scientific data about the doctors' quality of care, according to a new study.