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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.
An hour a day of walking reduces breast cancer risk
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.
Study: Chicken nugget, artificial mixture of chicken parts
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.
$3 medication could change how heart attacks are treated
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.
Global cancer cases would reach 26.4 million a year by 2030
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.
NY prohibits selling DXM to minors without prescription
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.
Vaccine refusal contributed to 2010 whopping cough spread
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.
ACA online Marketplaces overwhelmed by traffic, many crash
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.
Shutdown keeps 10 children with cancer from clinical trials
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.
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Former U.S. President George W. Bush (C) points to the crowd as he stands on the first tee box at the 2013 Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio on October 3, 2013. UPI/Brian Kersey