WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Norovirus, a pathogen that often causes food poisoning and gastroenteritis, is the leading cause of infectious outbreaks in U.S. hospitals, researchers said.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Maryland health officials have confirmed the presence of Campylobacter jejuni in two unopened raw milk samples purchased from a Pennsylvanian farm.
WATERLOO, Ontario, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- People with low self-esteem tend to bombard friends on Facebook with negative news of their lives -- making themselves less likable, Canadian researchers say.
LONDON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Intermittent exercise with and without low oxygen concentrations can improve insulin sensitivity in those with type 2 diabetes, British researchers found.
PORTSMOUTH, England, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Internet sites selling drugs to consumers for use in lowering cholesterol levels are widespread -- and most provide poor information, British researchers say.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Novel prostate specific antigen velocity risk count testing may be more effective for physicians to screen men for prostate cancer, U.S. researchers said.
ATLANTA, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Turtles are not appropriate pets in households with young children or other high risk individuals, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
ATLANTA, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Annually reported measles cases decreased 60 percent worldwide from 2000 to 2010 -- from 853,480 to 339,845 -- U.S. health officials said.
ATLANTA, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Approximately 45,000 adults die annually from vaccine-preventable diseases, while adult vaccination coverage remains low, U.S. researchers said.
ATLANTA, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials said Thursday an 8-year-old girl was hospitalized, ultimately diagnosed with rabies and survived, even though rabies is usually fatal.
BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Resveratrol, found in red wine and other plant products, does not directly activate sirtuin 1, a protein associated with aging, U.S. researchers said.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A study of 5,500 U.S. teens found their poor health habits might cost them years from their lives, researchers suggest.
ATLANTA, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. child abuse -- including physical, sexual, psychological and neglect -- costs $124 billion a year, federal health officials estimated.
SCRANTON, Pa., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Walnuts ranked best for having more antioxidants -- polyphenols -- and a higher antioxidant potency in an analysis of nuts, U.S. researchers found.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- More than 1,900 U.S. school-based health centers provide access to primary medical care, mental health and other services to 2 million students, officials say.
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