By Anne HardingNEW YORK (Reuters Health) ? Early, aggressive enteral nutrition does not improve outcomes in ventilated patients with shock, according to findings from the NUTRIREA-2 trial published in The Lancet.And these patients were more likely to have digestive complications with enteral than parenteral early isocaloric nutrition, Dr. Jean Reignier of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hotel
By Reuters StaffLONDON (Reuters) - Europe has approved GlaxoSmithKline's new three-in-one inhaler for chronic lung disease, which the group hopes will help it keep its lead in respiratory medicine despite falling sales of older drug Advair.Trelegy Ellipta (fluticasone furoate, umeclidinium, and vilanterol) is the first once-daily triple medicine for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
(For other news from Reuters Global Investment 2018 Outlook Summit, see: http://www.reuters.com/summit/investment18)By Svea Herbst-BaylissNEW YORK, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Legendary short-seller Jim Chanos said on Tuesday he is betting against companies that provide kidney dialysis, because their profits may be threatened by insurers that are balking at the high cost of the treatments.Chanos, who runs
By Carolyn Crist(Reuters Health) - Compared to U.S. citizens, immigrants have more than three times the risk of dying from heat-related illness - with the majority of deaths occurring in just three states, according to a recent study.The risk is greatest among Hispanic immigrants and those between ages 18 and 24, a group of researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report onlin
By Carolyn Crist(Reuters Health) - Compared to U.S. citizens, immigrants have more than three times the risk of dying from heat-related illness - with the majority of deaths occurring in just three states, according to a recent study.The risk is greatest among Hispanic immigrants and those between ages 18 and 24, a group of researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report in th
By Thin Lei WinROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Imagine a world where a small cut on your finger or a routine hip replacement surgery could prove fatal. This is the future humanity is facing unless the use and abuse of antibiotics is curbed in both humans and animals, experts have warned."The world is running out of antimicrobials," said Maria Helena Semedo, deputy director-general at the U.N
By Reuters StaffNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wrist-worn multimodal seizure detectors provide accurate convulsive seizure counts and autonomic data in patients with epilepsy, a small study suggests.The gold standard for monitoring seizures is video EEG in epilepsy monitoring units (EMUs), but this method is impractical for long-term surveillance. Tracking seizure events over longer periods might all
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) - Most people who worry that having sex might stop their heart can probably just relax and enjoy themselves, a new study suggests.Researchers examined data on 4,557 adults who died from a sudden cardiac arrest, which is essentially a short circuit in the heart’s electrical system. They found just 34 cases linked to sexual activity.Put another way, less than 1 perce
By Will Boggs MDNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adults who use warfarin have lower cancer rates than those who don't, according to findings from linked Norwegian registries."We were surprised firstly by the breadth of the cancer-protective association and secondly that this association was stronger in our subgroup analysis of patients taking warfarin for abnormal heart rhythms (atrial fibrillatio
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) - Older adults who exercise may be half as likely to fall as their inactive counterparts, and adding therapies like eye exams, vitamins and home repairs may lower the risk even more, a research review suggests.Researchers examined data from 238 previously published results with a total of about 160,000 people age 65 or older. All of the studies were experiments tha
By Kate KellandLONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization urged farmers on Tuesday to stop using antibiotics to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals because the practice fuels dangerous drug-resistant superbug infections in people.Describing a lack of effective antibiotics for humans as "a security threat" on a par with "a sudden and deadly disease outbreak", WHO Directo
By Will Boggs MDNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adolescent patients included in clinical trials of therapies for major depressive disorder (MDD) differ considerably from depressed adolescents encountered in daily practice, researchers report."Comorbid psychiatric disorders and medical conditions are a main source of exclusion from adolescent MDD clinical trials and an important source of heterogeneit