LE BUGUE, France, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Looking for a New Year's resolution to make you feel better and benefit the globe to boot? Not such a far cry as you might think -- if these are the lines along
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- In an interview with United Press International, Roba Whiteley, executive director of the prescription-drug assistance program Together Rx Access, discusses how the consortium's ten member pharmaceutical companies are offering prescription drugs that trea
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- About one-third of children infected with strep throat are carriers: The bacteria are in their throats but they show no symptoms, says a U.S. researcher.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- St. Louis researchers have developed a three-hour workshop that trains healthcare providers to identify potentially unsafe drivers with dementia.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers have used a new technique to rapidly detect and precisely identify bacteria, including dangerous E. coli.
ATLANTA, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Caregiving is a concern not only for the "graying of America," but because of increased life expectancy among people with disabilities, says a U.S. report.
DALLAS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Glamorizing thin teen girls wearing makeup and posing suggestively in ads promotes unhealthy bodies and unhealthy attitudes, says a U.S. expert.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- One of the lessons that every New Orleanian learned from Hurricane Katrina is that life cannot be taken for granted. Life's fragility is something that people with HIV/AIDS, as well as their family and friends, have been intimately acquainted with for the
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Elastography, a non-invasive ultrasound imaging method that can distinguish between benign and malignant tissues, is now on the U.S. market.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- United Press International interviewed Donald G. Payan, M.D., executive vice president and chief scientific officer of Rigel about the company's investigational treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, which he said has the potent
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Only a minority of gay, lesbian or bisexual teenagers tell doctors about their sexual orientation, RAND Corporation researchers said Thursday.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The risk of developing dangerous pancreatitis by people trying to lower cholesterol with statin drugs is rare, doctors said Thursday.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- HOX genes, which guide an organism's master development plan, may be turned on and off in the embryo by a special type of RNA, say U.S. researchers.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Hospitals can reduce serious catheter-related blood infections in intensive care units (ICUs) using simple, low-tech measures say U.S. experts.
DALLAS, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- More than one of every three Americans die with cardiovascular disease as the underlying cause, according to new data form the American Heart Association.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- New technological advances hold promise of giving cognitively impaired patients more independence -- and some relief to their caregivers.
HASTINGS, Minn., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The average U.S. desk harbors 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat, but anti-microbial filing products may help stop the spread of germs.
VALHALLA, N.Y., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers confirmed that in advanced aging, increased TNFa levels were associated with significant impairment of vessel relaxation.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers genetically modified mice with a well-established rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility to determine why women suffer more from arthritis.
MERIDEN, Conn., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- One-half of U.S. drivers subjected to aggressive driving on the road respond with aggression of their own, risking confrontation, a survey found.
ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Actor and author Christopher Kennedy Lawford wants people to know -- especially his fellow baby boomers -- that they may be at risk for hepatitis C virus, or HC
ATLANTA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A few counseling sessions can prompt women to scale back risky drinking and practice more effective contraception, a U.S. study found.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A recent wave of carbon monoxide poisonings should warn consumers about the dangers of the odorless gas, federal officials say.
ATLANTA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta shows advertising can succeed in getting children to be more physically active.
A soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, places a flag at a gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
