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• Strong Grip May Predict Longer Life at All Ages Grip strength may be a better predictor of future health than some measurements doctors currently use to gauge risk, a large UK study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Native American Kids More Likely to Leave ED Untreated American Indian (AI) children are more likely than white children to leave the emergency department (ED) before being evaluated and treated, new findings show.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Naloxone, Naldemedine Best for Opioid Induced Constipation Naloxone is the safest and most effective treatment for opioid-induced constipation (OIC), according to a new review and network meta-analysis published in Gut.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease With Darunavir Cumulative use of ritonavir-boosted darunavir, a contemporary protease inhibitor used to treat HIV, is associated with an increasing risk of cardiovascular disease, according to results from the D:A:D study.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Pleuromutilin Antibiotic Succeeds in Late-stage Pneumonia Study Nabriva Therapeutics Plc said on Monday its antibiotic to treat adults with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia met the main goal of a second late-stage study, putting the company on track to file for the drug's approval in the fourth quarter of 2018.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Many Prescriptions for Newer, More Expensive Antiplatelet Agents Go Unfilled Prescriptions for the P2Y12 inhibitors prasugrel hydrochloride and ticagrelor hydrochloride after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are outpacing those for clopidogrel, but many patients are not filling those prescriptions, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Few Radiotherapy Trials, Despite Wide Use The limited number of radiation therapy trials and lack of funding for such studies is "concerning," given that radiation is a cornerstone of cancer management worldwide, researchers in China say.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• British PM May Calls on Health, Tech Sectors to Work on Cancer Prime Minister Theresa May will call on Britain's health service, charities and artificial intelligence sector to work together to better identify patients with the early stages of cancer and stop thousands dying each year.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Congo Begins Giving Experimental Ebola Vaccine to Medics Congo began administering an experimental Ebola vaccine to medical staff in the northwestern city of Mbandaka on Monday to tackle an outbreak of the virus believed to have killed 26 people since early April.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Ebola Preparedness Much Better Now Than for 2014 Outbreak - WHO The spread of Ebola to a major city in Democratic Republic of Congo is worrying but the outlook is much more optimistic than when a major outbreak was reported in West Africa in 2014, the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• First Ebola Vaccines Given as WHO Seeks to Beat Congo Outbreak A vaccination campaign aimed at beating an outbreak of Ebola in Congo began on Monday in the port city of Mbandaka, where four cases of the deadly disease have been confirmed.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Roche Drug Dramatically Reduces Bleeds in Key Haemophilia Tests Roche's new haemophilia drug Hemlibra dramatically reduced bleeding in a broad population of haemophilia patients, results from two clinical trials showed on Monday, setting it up to take a dominant market position.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Obamacare Tied to Earlier Cancer Detection in Young Women Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision allowing adult children to stay on their parents' health insurance policy until age 26, young women with gynecological cancers were diagnosed and treated sooner, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Large Post-op Genital Hiatus Tied to Failure of Vaginal Vault Suspension Women with a large preoperative genital hiatus that is not surgically normalized after native tissue vaginal vault suspension are at risk of prolapse recurrence or retreatment, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Ivacaftor Cost-effective Example of Precision Medicine for Cystic Fibrosis Real-world data from clinical trials, clinical care and administrative claims suggest that ivacaftor is a "sterling example" of precision medicine for a subpopulation of people with cystic fibrosis, based on their genetic makeup, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Moisturizing Bath Washes May Not Help Kids With Eczema Children with eczema whose bath water contains added moisturizers may get no more relief from the itchy skin condition than they would without the extra bath products, a study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Parents' Mental Health Issues May Spoil Children's Friendships Parenting styles and a parent's mental health problems, particularly depression, play a role in a child's ability to keep friends in elementary school, suggests a recent study in Finland.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Extrahepatic Manifestations of Chronic Hep C Improve With Sustained Virological Response
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• Sleep-dependent Learning May Be Impaired in Schizophrenia
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• New Nomogram Predicts Conditional Probability Of Survival After Gastric Cancer Surgery
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018