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The research, by the Women's Health Intitative led by Dr Rowan Chlebowksi, from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, tracked 48,835 postmenopausal women age 50 to 79 wit...

Ultra-Processed Foods Lead to Weight Gain

Dr Hall told BBC News: "When people were consuming the unprocessed diet, one of the appetite-suppression hormones (called PYY) that has been shown in other stud...

Scientists create first smartphone app that can 'hear' ear infections in children

Like dirty diapers and sleepless nights, ear infections are just one of those things that come with having a young child. Researchers at the University of W...

Britons are the worst for being drunk

The survey found the United Kingdom is second behind Australia in how many people sought emergency treatment following alcohol use in the last 12 months - 3.7% ...

Bowel cancers rise among under-50s in the United Kingdom, study finds

In the most recent 10-year period, bowel cancer increased in the age group by just over 3 percent in Denmark, by nearly 3 percent in New Zealand and Australia, ...

Be cautious about Lyme disease: Ministry

Lyme disease is spread through the bite of an infected black-legged tick. "Spending time outdoors is a great way to be active and stay healthy, but it's impor...

Vietnam culls 1.2 mln pigs as African swine fever spreads nationwide

Authorities warned against the fast spread of the virus and the difficulty in detecting it, resulting in the approval of a series of measures to prevent it from...

Upper Michigan hospital receives 'A' for patient safety

Detroit Medical Center had two of its six hospitals on the list as did McLaren Healthcare Corp.in Grand Blanc and St. Joseph Mercy Health System in Ann Arbor. "...

Antibiotics after assisted births could stop thousands of infections, study shows

Such a move would cut infections in new mothers by more than 7,000 in the United Kingdom every year, including life-threatening sepsis, they said. In the plac...

Flags to fly at half-staff Wednesday

You can read the president's proclamation here. The same proclamation has also designated this entire week (May 12-18, 2019) as Police Week across the United ...

Low-dose aspirin linked to bleeding in the skull, report says

For people without heart disease , taking a daily aspirin to prevent heart attacks and strokes may increase the risk of severe brain bleeding to the point wher...

NY mom fails drug test after eating poppyseed bagel before giving birth

Prior to delivering her newborn son, the hospital took a urine sample, which came back positive for opiates. The woman was told she had tested positive for o...

Google Doodle honors Pap smear inventor Georgios Papanikolaou

In 1911 he joined the Oceanographic Exploration Team of the Prince of Monaco before immigrating to the USA with his wife, Andromachi Mavroyenis, in 1913. "There...

To Prevent Dementia, Try Exercise, Not Vitamin Pills

The UN agency said that a healthy lifestyle appeared to help keep cognitive decline at bay. There's not enough evidence to recommend antidepressants to reduce...

Two coffees a day could help you live longer, research suggests

They also concluded that this association was independent of genetic makeup; in other words, people with the caffeine-metabolising gene were not able to safely ...

Mental health stigma still dogs workplace attitudes

Eight per cent of adults in Northern Ireland have deliberately hurt themselves because of concerns about their body image, according to the survey. The survey a...

US measles cases still climbing, topping 800 for year

This year's total is inching closer to the number of cases reported, 963, in 1994, which is the highest annually in the last 25 years. While the 2019 outbreak...

Dog disease that can be passed to humans confirmed in Iowa

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says it is notifying people who have custody of the exposed dogs. Humans can contract Brucellosis "w...

Drugmaker will donate meds for feds' push to end HIV epidemic

Gilead's donation is expected to help stop the current trend of HIV infection , which is victimizing as many as 40,000 Americans every year. Those receiving th...

Instagram will now BLOCK hashtags that promote anti-vaccination 'misinformation'

Instagram did not disclose the specific percentage of misinformation that hashtags must present in order to be blocked because the social network does not want...

House Passes $19 Billion Disaster Relief Bill

The House of Representatives passed a disaster aid package Friday, over the opposition of President Trump. The bill passed largely along party lines: 223 to 1...

Hepatitis A Infections Soar Nearly 300% Among US Adults

These outbreaks have occurred mainly among people reporting homelessness and people who use drugs, as well as men who have sex with men (MSM), and to a lesser...

Drugmaker will donate meds for US push to end HIV epidemic

California-based Gilead Sciences dominates the $26 billion-a-year HIV medication market. When taken consistently, PrEP has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV ...

Norwegian woman dies from rabies after puppy bite in the Philippines

This is the first rabies-related death reported in Norway in over 200 years, according to the BBC . "It nipped their fingers when they were playing", the state...

Rand: Private insurance pays more than twice what Medicare does

The AHA also responded that Medicare rates should not be held as a standard benchmark for hospital prices because Medicare reimburses below the cost of care. "T...

British royals William, Kate, Harry and Meghan launch mental health text service

It provides instant support", Prince William said in a video about the initiative. "You can have a conversation at anywhere or anytime - at school, at home, o...

Neglected and starved toddler looked like three-month-old baby

She said the baby is now "traumatised" by the monthly and bi-monthly blood tests she must undergo. She didn't have any teeth when she was rushed to the hospit...

Teen Who Refused Chickenpox Vaccine Now Has Disease

Mr Kunkel, from Kentucky, made headlines in the U.S. last month after he took legal action against his school, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart/Assumption Academy, ...

Singapore reports first case of rare monkeypox virus

Monkeypox, a virus similar to the human smallpox which was eradicated in 1980, does not spread easily from person to person, but can in rare cases be fatal. All...