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Healthcare Tips: Action needed as decline in HIV cases stalls, AIDS agency says

LONDON (Reuters) - Global efforts to prevent the spread of HIV infection must be stepped up after a long-term decline in the number of new cases in adults stalled, the United Nations AIDS agency warned on Tuesday. Read more: Action needed as decline in HIV cases stalls, AIDS agency says

Healthcare Tips: Sage Therapeutics' postpartum depression drug succeeds in study

(Reuters) - Sage Therapeutics Inc said its experimental drug to treat severe postpartum depression met the main goal of alleviating symptoms more than a placebo in a mid-stage study. Read more: Sage Therapeutics' postpartum depression drug succeeds in study

Healthcare Tips: Austrian biotech plans Zika vaccine clinical trials in 12 months

(Reuters) - An Austrian biotech company working with the Institut Pasteur said on Tuesday it planned to start clinical trials with an experimental Zika vaccine in the next 12 months, marking a further acceleration of research in the field. Read more: Austrian biotech plans Zika vaccine clinical trials in 12 months

Healthcare Tips: Romania reports first case of Zika virus

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania has recorded its first known case of the Zika virus, after a young woman contracted it during a trip to the Caribbean island of Martinique, health authorities said on Tuesday. Read more: Romania reports first case of Zika virus

Health News Alerts: Zika Virus Countdown: 'This Funding Is Done. It's Not Coming to Us'

HOUSTON - Congress starts its final week of the summer Monday with no Zika legislation in sight. Six months of battling has ended with little agreement on how to prepare the country for a virus that causes horrific birth defects - and that doctors ... Read more: Zika Virus Countdown: 'This Funding Is Done. It's Not Coming to Us'

Health News Alerts: Military update: Commission wants more veterans to gain access to private docs

Twelve of 15 commissioners appointed by Congress and the president to propose reforms to veterans' healthcare have endorsed 18 "bold" steps to transform the system, but in the end rejected a push to dismantle it and to shift most veterans' care into ... Read more: Military update: Commission wants more veterans to gain access to private docs

Healthcare Tips: FDA approves Shire's keenly-watched eye drug

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Shire Plc's lifitegrast eye drops for treating signs and symptoms of dry eye disease, allowing the company to bring to market its most important pipeline medicine. Read more: FDA approves Shire's keenly-watched eye drug

Healthcare Tips: Obama renews call for U.S. public health insurance option

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday urged Congress to reconsider offering a government-run health insurance option alongside private plans on the exchanges created as part of his national healthcare law. Read more: Obama renews call for U.S. public health insurance option

Healthcare Tips: General Mills adds two Betty Crocker cake mixes to recall

(Reuters) - General Mills Inc said it was recalling two flavors of Betty Crocker cake mix in the United States and one in Canada as part of a recall of some flour products following an E. Coli outbreak. Read more: General Mills adds two Betty Crocker cake mixes to recall

Healthcare Tips: Mozambique certified polio free: health ministry

MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique has been certified free of polio, the health ministry said on Monday, comparing the achievement to the country's elimination of leprosy in 2008. Read more: Mozambique certified polio free: health ministry

Healthcare Tips: Female MDs in U.S. paid less than male MDs

(Reuters Health) - At U.S. medical schools affiliated with public universities, female physicians get paid tens of thousands of dollars less each year than their male colleagues, according to a new study. Read more: Female MDs in U.S. paid less than male MDs

Healthcare Tips: Cancer hospital advertising triples since 2005

(Reuters Health) - Between 2005 and 2014, U.S. cancer centers upped their spending on ads targeting the general public, with 890 centers spending $173 million on ads by 2014, according to a new analysis. Read more: Cancer hospital advertising triples since 2005

Healthcare Tips: Thumb-suckers, nail-biters less likely to develop allergies

(Reuters Health) - Children who suck their thumbs or bite their nails are less likely than others to have allergies later, according to a new study. Read more: Thumb-suckers, nail-biters less likely to develop allergies

Healthcare Tips: Over-the-counter devices help chronic stuffy noses

Over-the-counter (OTC) nasal strips or clips often relieve chronic nasal stuffiness, according to a new report. Read more: Over-the-counter devices help chronic stuffy noses

Healthcare Tips: Infection experts warn of more U.S. superbug cases in coming months

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After two confirmed U.S. cases of a superbug that thwarts a last-resort antibiotic, infectious disease experts say they expect more cases in coming months because the bacterial gene behind it is likely far more widespread than previously believed. Read more: Infection experts warn of more U.S. superbug cases in coming months