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Reuters Health Report: January 9, 2017

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Monday, January 9, 2017
FDA speeds up review of Roche's Tecentriq to treat another bladder cancer
ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche said on Monday that U.S. regulators agreed to priority review of its Tecentriq immunotherapy for an additional type of bladder cancer, a boost to the Swiss drugmaker's bid to expand indications for the drug.
Studies find worrying over- and underuse of medicine worldwide
LONDON - Up to 70 percent of hysterectomies in the United States, a quarter of knee replacements in Spain and more than half the antibiotics prescribed in China are inappropriate, overused healthcare, researchers said on Monday.
Senate to act this week on Obamacare repeal, McConnell says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform act by the end of the week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday.
Novartis joins forces with Ionis on cardiovascular treatments
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis has agreed with Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc and its affiliate Akcea Therapeutics Inc to license two experimental cardiovascular treatments in a deal which Ionis said could eventually be worth more than $1 billion.
Fresenius Medical, DaVita subpoenaed over premium assistance
BERLIN/NEW YORK (Reuters) - German's Fresenius Medical Care and U.S. rival DaVita Inc said they had both received subpoenas from federal prosecutors investigating their ties with a charity that helps patients pay for kidney dialysis.
Britain's health service in a 'humanitarian crisis': Red Cross
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health service is engulfed in a "humanitarian crisis" that requires the support of the Red Cross to use Land Rovers to transport patients, the charity said on Saturday.
Few black diabetes patients in U.S. drug trials
(Reuters Health) - Even though diabetes rates are almost twice as high in black people as in whites, black patients may be far less likely to be included in drug safety trials, a recent study suggests.
Bystander CPR may boost survival odds when ambulance delayed
(Reuters Health) - Cardiac arrest patients who get cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from a bystander at the scene may have better survival odds even when an ambulance takes a long time to arrive, a Danish study suggests.
Skating is a frosty love affair for elderly Hungarians
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - In sub-zero temperatures, dozens of elderly Hungarians take to Budapest's beautiful City Park Ice Rink on their skates each morning to keep hale and hearty through ice dancing.
South Korea court convicts ex-Reckitt Benckiser unit chief in sterilizer case
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Friday convicted 14 people including a former head of the local unit of British consumer goods maker Reckitt Benckiser over the sale of humidifier sterilizers linked to deadly lung injuries, sentencing the former boss to seven years in prison.
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