NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Ninety-eight percent of the patients in a U.S. study said it was easy to use a secure Web-based system to report cancer symptoms.
BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Racial and ethnic differences in tumor biology may help explain why African-American women fare worse than others with breast cancer, a U.S. study said.
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Men and women who exhibit positive traits such as honesty and helpfulness are perceived as being more attractive, a U.S. researcher said.
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Increasing Quitline smoking cessation services and offering free nicotine patches are a cost-effective way to reduce smoking rates, two U.S. studies found.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- A preschool curriculum may help school performance and close the achievement gap between children of poor families and wealthier ones, a Canadian study says.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Many women joke that they "must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good" but two U.S. researchers said that may actually be true.
BUCHAREST, Romania, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Romanian authorities imposed security measures Friday in villages in the Danube River delta area where a bird flu outbreak was reported.
NOTTINGHAM , England, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- A dermatologist is leading a trial to see if water softening can help British children's eczema, or inflammation of the skin.
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- A majority of U.S. adults are satisfied with their healthcare costs, the quality of their healthcare and their healthcare coverage, a survey found.
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Dutch researchers tracked patients with hip pain to determine the disease progression of osteoarthritis of the hip.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Researchers in England found long-term improvements in physical functioning for osteoarthritis patients after total hip replacements.
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. children and spouses who care for a loved one over age 50 spend, on average, $5,531 a year on out-of-pocket caregiving expenses.
CARDIFF, Wales, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- New MRSA strains of virus are spreading in Europe and the United States that kill white blood cells, researchers report.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Older adults with high-trauma fractures -- such as from a car crash -- should be checked for osteoporosis, U.S. researchers say.
URBANA, Ill., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Grape seed extract has been dubbed Mother Nature's preservative by a U.S. researcher who finds it outperforms synthetic preservatives.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A U.S. study of progesterone and Alzheimer's disease found no clear preventive benefit in mice from the widely prescribed hormone.
EXETER, England, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Middle-aged people, who had a reasonable level of physical activity, had less physical disability later in life, British researchers found.
ATLANTA, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Thirty-four percent of U.S. adults age 20 and over are obese, but a government report said that after 25 years of rising obesity rates, the rate has leveled.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Screening for dementia without symptoms, unless there is a suspicion of a problem, may lead to negative consequences, U.S. and British researchers found.
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The Measles Initiative said Thursday it has met the goals set by the United Nations to eradicate the disease in Africa four years ahead of schedule.
WEYMOUTH, Mass., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A 47-year-old mother from Massachusetts lost 140 pounds and dropped 10 dress sizes after having a new type of weight-loss surgery.
ATLANTA, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Chronic alcohol consumption by a lung organ donor promotes scarring and airway injury after transplantation, U.S. researchers found.
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen decide who should control their umbrella as they wait for the arrival of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall for the Government of Canada concert and reception at the RCMP Depot in Regina, Saskatchewan on May 23, 2012 during the third leg of the 2012 Royal Tour to Canada part of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. UPI Photo /Heinz Ruckemann
