 | | | | Laura Perryman expected her medical company, Stimwave Technologies Inc, would have to wait several years for its painkilling device to win U.S. approval as a treatment for chronic migraines. | | | | | | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration next week will issue a ban on the sale of fruit and candy flavored electronic cigarettes in convenience stores and gas stations, an agency official said, in a move to counter a surge in teenage use of e-cigarettes. | | | | | | China's Sichuan province has banned the import of all live hogs and hog products from other regions to prevent African swine fever, the provincial government said in a notice posted on its website on Friday. | | | | | | The United States is worried about the outbreak of Ebola in conflict-hit eastern Congo where there are 312 confirmed and probable cases and 191 deaths, a USAID official said on Thursday. | | | | | | Novartis said on Thursday its Sandoz division was recalling one lot of losartan tablets after finding traces of a probable carcinogen in the blood pressure drug. | | | | | | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce a ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes in convenience stores and gas stations across the country as soon as next week, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. | | | | | | Coherus BioSciences Inc said on Thursday it would price its biosimilar to Amgen Inc's infection-fighting treatment, Neulasta, at a 33 percent discount. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - People who get hugs are less likely to experience a bad mood after a disagreement than those who don't receive this kind of affection, a small study suggests. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - In people who already have a genetic vulnerability, small-particle air pollution known as black carbon may raise the risk of developing glaucoma, a new study suggests. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - People who develop high blood pressure before age 40 have a higher risk of heart disease and strokes in middle age, two new studies suggest. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Implanted heart devices like pacemakers and stents can cost two to six times more in the U.S. than in Germany, where costs are among the lowest in Europe, a recent study suggests. | | | | | |
