By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – Robotic-assisted surgery is much more expensive than other minimally invasive surgeries, but it does not improve outcomes of surgery for kidney tumors and rectal cancers. “The rapid increase in costly robot surgery in lieu of laparoscopic surgery without a definite advantage for the patient is a problem that […]
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STRASBOURG (Reuters) – The European Parliament called on Tuesday for weedkiller glyphosate to be phased out in the next five years, prompting the European Commission to drop its proposal for a 10 year license extension. Europe has been debating the use of the herbicide for more than two years and Tuesday’s non-binding vote comes a […]
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LONDON (Reuters) – British travelers could face higher train fares and disruption to services if controversial weedkiller glyphosate is banned, a study said on Tuesday, in a move that could cost the rail industry millions of pounds each year. The European Parliament called for the weedkiller to be phased out in the next five years […]
Read More By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People struggling with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) might do better on an individualized diet, a recent study suggests. People with IBS who went on customized diets that avoided foods with the potential to trigger symptoms felt better than patients whose diets included foods that were problematic for them, researchers […]
Read More SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian startup Nubank said on Tuesday it would expand from credit cards into digital accounts allowing users to make transfers, pay bills and earn more interest than average savings account, beefing up its challenge to traditional banks. As the biggest new technology company breaking into Brazil’s banking sector, Nubank has boasted […]
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(Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker AbbVie is betting on the potential of the body’s immune system to fight Alzheimer’s by signing a drug development deal worth more than $200 million with unlisted biotech company Alector. AbbVie said on Tuesday it was paying $205 million upfront and could make a further $20 million equity investment to work […]
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CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Arctic sea ice may be thinning faster than predicted because salty snow on the surface of the ice skews the accuracy of satellite measurements, a new study from the University of Calgary said on Tuesday. The report from the Canadian university’s Cryosphere Climate Research Group published in the academic journal Geophysical […]
Read More By Ankur Banerjee (Reuters) – Centene Corp said on Tuesday that White House moves to cut Obamacare subsidies would knock 7-12 cents per share off the health insurer’s fourth-quarter earnings, sending its shares as much as 8 percent lower. Many larger insurers have already left the markets created by former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care […]
Read More By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Roughly half of adult women may experience urinary incontinence, but few of them get diagnosed and treated despite a wide range of options to address the problem, doctors say. Women are particularly prone to stress urinary incontinence, when the pelvic floor muscles are too weak to support the bladder. […]
Read More By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bloq, a U.S. blockchain technology company, said on Tuesday it will launch the sale of its own crypto-currency called Metronome (MTN), which will have a predictable and autonomously managed token supply. Blockchain is a digital ledger of transactions that has underpinned bitcoin, the original digital currency. Metronome is […]
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian government published draft laws on Tuesday that would let financial technology companies operate without a full licence, a measure it said would encourage innovation without compromising existing levels of consumer protection. The draft laws would let companies test “a broad scope of activities…without the need to meet all the existing […]
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By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Facebook was dealt a setback on Tuesday when an adviser to the top European Union court said any data protection authority in the bloc had the power to take action against it for breaching privacy laws. Facebook has its European headquarters in Ireland and has argued that only the […]
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