MED SANTE

Monday April 22 2013 Paracetamol is good for physical pain, not existential dread “Popping paracetamol could also help treat EMOTIONAL pain,” is the surprising suggestion on the Mail Online… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/dont-take-paracetamol-for-pain...

By Sara Webb AMSTERDAM | Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:47am EDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Philips forecast a slow first half of the year due to the weak European economy and a tough outlook for healthcare spending in the United States, sending its shares to a four-month…...

BEIJING | Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:53am EDT BEIJING (Reuters) – A man in the northeastern Chinese province of Shandong has been infected by a new strain of bird flu, the first case found in the province, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday, bringing the...

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN | Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:05am EDT CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa plans to overhaul its intellectual property laws to improve access to cheaper medicines by making it harder for pharmaceutical firms to register and roll-over...

NEW YORK | Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:25am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City, home to bans on trans fats and salt, is taking a step toward outlawing sales of cigarettes to anyone under age 21. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, running to replace health…...

An unidentified contaminant sickened about 50 people Saturday night who attended a party at a church in Dumont, N.J., NorthJersey.com reported. Dumont Fire Chief Matthew Banta said people who attended the party, which took place at the Living Word Community...

When multiple rounds of chemotherapy and radiation failed to stop the cancerous tumors growing in 9-year-old Michael Feeney’s chest and lungs, his parents sought out a novel treatment, The Record reported. The Ridgewood, N.J., couple paid an independent...

A Boston police officer involved in the manhunt for the Boston marathon bombing suspects was shot and wounded so badly that his heart stopped for 45 minutes, and he lost his entire blood supply, the Los Angeles Times reported. Fortunately, he was fully...

A Boston police officer involved in the manhunt for the Boston marathon bombing suspects was shot and wounded so badly that his heart stopped for 45 minutes, and he lost his entire blood supply, the Los Angeles Times reported. Fortunately, he was fully...

When multiple rounds of chemotherapy and radiation failed to stop the cancerous tumors growing in 9-year-old Michael Feeney’s chest and lungs, his parents sought out a novel treatment, The Record reported. The Ridgewood, N.J., couple paid an independent...