BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Websites where consumers sign up for the new U.S. healthcare law were partially suspended Saturday to fix "glitches" in the system, federal officials say.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Nearly all pediatricians in Israel strongly support infant vaccination, but most do not believe their role is to force treatment on parents, researchers say.
ATLANTA, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Women who walked an hour a day reduced their risk of breast cancer, but those who were more active reduced their risk even more, U.S. researchers say.
JACKSON, Miss., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Chicken nuggets from two U.S. fast-food chains found up to 50 percent meat and the rest fat, skin, blood vessels, nerves and bone fragments, researchers say.
MADRID, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Treating heart attack patients with a beta-blocker drug on the way to the hospital can greatly reduce damage to the heart, U.S. and Spanish researchers say.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Cancer diagnoses and death rates are rising, but funding for cancer care and research is "broken" with poor nations hardest-hit, researchers in Scotland say.
ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- New York prohibits pharmacies and stores from selling Dextromethorphan, found in over-the-counter cold medications, to minors unless they have a prescription.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics president says it's tragic the debate over the implementation of the Affordable Care Act led to the U.S. government shutdown.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Vaccine refusal contributed to the 2010 whopping cough spread of more than 9,000 cases in California, U.S. researchers said.
BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The federal website where uninsured adults from 36 states can buy health insurance had 4.7 million unique visits in its first 24 hours, officials say.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Ten U.S. children with cancer won't be able to begin their clinical trials due to the government shutdown, officials at the National Institutes of Health said.
BOSTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- About 13 percent of U.S. patients can expect to be readmitted within 30 days of discharge following major surgery, researchers say.
VICTORIA, Australia, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Infant sleep training methods, "controlled comforting" and "camping out," improve infant sleep and reduce maternal depression, Australian researchers say.
BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The percentage of U.S. infants who usually share a bed with a parent, adult or a child more than doubled from 1993-2010, to almost 14 percent, officials say.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine say they identified brain circuitry that triggers overeating.
