BrainStorm gets FDA okay for stem cell trial in MS patients
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin a clinical trial of its experimental stem cell treatment in…
One in four U.S. parents unprepared for holiday hangover
(Reuters Health) – – While most parents heading out for alcohol-infused holiday parties will have arranged for child care while they’re out and for transportation back home in case they…
Evofem shares surge as contraceptive gel meets late-stage trial goal
(Reuters) – Shares of Evofem Biosciences Inc jumped as much as 38 percent on Monday after its birth control gel showed effectiveness in a late-stage study, bringing the first hormone-free…
E-cigarette usage nearly doubles in U.S. high-schools: survey
A young man smokes an electronic cigarette in this picture illustration taken September 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/Illustration (Reuters) – The percentage of high school seniors who used e-cigarettes in the…
J&J kept a guiding hand on talc safety research
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson developed a strategy in the 1970s to deal with a growing volume of research showing that talc miners had elevated rates of lung…
Special Report: J&J knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. Darlene Coker is shown on a kitchen table full of many personal pictures of…
Inflammatory bowel disease tied to heart attack risk
(Reuters Health) – – People with inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis may be up to 12 times more likely to have a heart attack, a U.S.…
New York sues Target, Walmart for sale of lead-contaminated toys
An employee pushes shopping carts outside a Walmart store in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 20, 2018. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski (Reuters) – New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood said on Thursday that…
Physician assistant faces U.S. trial over Insys opioid kickbacks
(Reuters) – A former physician assistant is set to face trial in New Hampshire on Wednesday over charges he accepted kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc to prescribe a highly addictive…
U.S. top court, Kavanaugh spurn Planned Parenthood defunding case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals by Louisiana and Kansas seeking to end their public funding to women’s healthcare and abortion provider Planned Parenthood through…