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It has been announced by IBM Watson Health and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. that Teva has been chosen as its first Foundational Life Sciences Partner for the Watson Health Cloud. With this, Teva will be the first global pharmaceutical company to use the power of the Watson Health Cloud to help patients and healthcare providers across the world.

Scientists are expecting a low-cost supplement to stop the progress of Alzheimer's disease after a trial showed that deterioration in patients stopped while they took it. Resveratrol, a compound that occurs naturally, is found in raspberries, red grapes, dark chocolate and red wine.

Quantities in these foods are small, but high-dose supplements could be bought over the counter from health food shops by spending only a few pounds. In addition to that, purer forms could be purchased from pharmacists.

Scientists carried out the trial on 119 people having mild to moderate Alzheimer's. In the trial, 1g of high-grade resveratrol was given to patients two times a day for 12 months, whereas a control group was given a placebo.

There are reports that Louisiana has decided to cut Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. It has been reported by state health officials that state law has been violated by the organization as it entered a $4.3 million false-claims-act settlement in Texas nearly two years ago.

The step could lead to end of bid of the clinics to keep hold of their Medicaid funding through a court challenge. The clinics challenge that the state cannot end their contracts without proof of unlawful activity.

This week, the Obama administration had warned the state that terminating contract of a qualified Medicaid provider without a solid reason is illegal.

A large study carried out by Dutch researchers has the answer of many of you health problems, including why you are not able to lose weight. The researchers said the gut flora has a major impact on a person's cholesterol and body mass index (BMI). The same microbiome could tell about the risk of heart disease.

Researchers from the cholesterol and body mass index (BM) conducted an experiment in which they have analyzed the gut microbes of more than 850 people with the help of a sophisticated sequencing model and technology.

Through this way, they were able to find out at least 34 types of bacteria that affect obesity and many among them were the ones that were discovered through sequencing.

A report by Public Health England has unveiled that last winter's flu jab worked in 34% of cases. In the case of children under 18 years of age, it offered protect at 35% against the strains of influenza A.

Professor Paul Cosford, PHE's director for health protection and medical director, said, that in past few years, they have seen the vaccine to be around 50% effective in the UK. But last year, they have witnessed a little efficacy than usual with regard to vaccine.

A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee is in favor of approval of a new extended-release, abuse-deterrent Oxycodone. The committee has voted 23 to 0 to support the approval of Collegium Pharmaceutical's Xtampza ER.

The members of the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee said that the drug will offer an alternative for a number of people living with chronic pain having trouble swallowing.