Italy bans Novartis flu vaccines pending tests
Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 06:18 AM PDT
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian health ministry said on Wednesday that it had imposed an immediate ban on the sale and use of four anti-influenza vaccines produced by Swiss drugs group Novartis pending tests for possible side effects. The ministry said it advised citizens not to buy or use the drugs Agrippal, Fluad, subunit Influpozzi and adjunvated Influpozzi until further notice. It said 487,738 ... |
Acupuncture may ease dry mouth after cancer
Reuters via Yahoo! News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:39 AM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with chronic dry mouth related to cancer treatment reported some improvement in symptoms like sticky saliva and dry lips after eight weeks of group acupuncture, in a new study from the UK. It's not clear how much of that benefit could have been a result of patients' expectations that acupuncture would help them or the effect of a therapeutic relationship with ... |
Ecuador worried by Assange health, seeks UK safe passage promise
Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:17 AM PDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ecuador is worried about the health of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and has asked Britain to guarantee him safe passage from its London embassy to a hospital if he needs medical treatment, a senior Ecuadorean diplomat said in Moscow. "Assange has grown noticeably thinner, and we are very concerned about his health," Voice of Russia radio quoted Vice Foreign Minister Marco ... |
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