Health News

Plastic surgery makes advances in wartime

KAILUA, Hawaii, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Plastic surgery was born out of war and advances from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan benefit victims elsewhere, U.S. researchers said.

Lack of vitamin D can affect 36 organs

RIVERSIDE, Calif., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher is calling for a sea change in how governmental agencies advise people to take vitamin D.

Abnormalities in brain of cocaine addicts

BOSTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Abnormalities in cocaine addicts' brains appear to correlate with dysfunction in areas of attention and for reward-based decision-making, U.S. researchers say.

Negative ads can cause a physical reaction

NEWARK, Del., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Negative political ads makes a person want to turn away physically, but the mind remembers negative messages -- sometimes incorrectly -- U.S. researchers say.

Wildfires can boost ozone pollution

BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Wildfires can boost ozone pollution to levels that violate U.S. health standards, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research said.

New law puts mental, physical ills on par

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- New U.S. legislation that requires insurance companies to treat mental and physical illnesses equally will help an estimated 113 million people, proponents say.

Cervical cancer shot gains acceptance

ATLANTA, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- One in four teenage girls received at least one dose of a relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, U.S. health officials said.

Poll: Don't use cloned animals for food

LONDON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- People in the European Union say meat from cloned animals should not go to market, a Eurobarometer poll indicates.

Study: Ginkgo can prevent stroke damage

HAGERSTOWN, Md., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Daily doses of ginkgo tree-leaf extract can prevent or reduce brain damage caused by a stroke, U.S. researchers said in a medical journal Friday.

WHO probes deadly mystery illness

GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A U.N. agency said Friday it was examining nearly 150 people who had contact with three people killed by a mysterious illness in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Exercise intervention helps with arthritis

COLUMBIA, Mo., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- University of Missouri researchers say adults with arthritis who received exercise interventions increased their physical activity and felt less pain.

WHO: Mental health stigma unfair

GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- People with mental health problems should no longer be denied treatment because of cultural stigmas, World Health Organization officials said in Switzerland.

Time management improves quality of life

ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Better time management has health benefits such as less stress, a U.S. newsletter advises.

Official: Russia has no melamine victims

MOSCOW, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Russians have avoided illness by not consuming Chinese milk products containing the chemical melamine, a Russian official says.

Tainted milk prompts new Chinese standards

BEIJING, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Chinese officials say they have introduced a new set of quality control standards regarding dairy products because of a scandal over melamine tainted milk.