Health News

OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Health officials in Washington warn as many as 20 pet stores in the state may have been selling diseased birds.

LONDON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Health authorities report 4,368 British children under the age of 14 have been hospitalized for alcohol abuse in the past three years.

LONDON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A survey suggests four out of five British doctors oppose a government plan to let them perform medical abortions in their family practices.

WESTPORT, Conn., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Baby boomers, who once advised each other not to trust anyone over 30, say on average, they will get "old" at age 78, a U.S. survey found.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- University of Minnesota and Minneapolis VA Medical Center researchers have discovered a new fast-acting antidote to cyanide poisoning.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher studying a cancer-targeting molecule called TRAIL unexpectedly found a connection between inflammation and cancer susceptibility.

AMES, Iowa, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Exposure to violent images in media increases the likelihood of aggressive behavior, with violent video games a special concern, a U.S review found.

ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Researchers in Turkey and Spain found laser in-situ keratomileusisthe, or LASIK, surgery was safe and effective even for the highly myopic.

HIGH POINT, N.C., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Cosmeceuticals -- beauty aids that reportedly work like prescription drugs -- can be effective in treating aging skin, a U.S. study found.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. review found men can be treated with Botox for cosmetic procedures in the same way as women, but they require higher doses of Botox.

NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. network of businesses, advocacy groups and academic institutions concerned with health are starting the Healthy Monday Movement.

DURHAM,, N.H., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Attention New Hampshire shoppers: you have been watched, your cognitive skills observed, but retail staff should benefit.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. clinical trial to treat a type of muscular dystrophy -- Duchenne -- shows some success at restoring a protein linked to healthy muscle tissue.

CYPRESS, Calif., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Endometrial ablation, a minimally invasive procedure, is effective as hysterectomy in treating "dysfunctional uterine bleeding" or DUB, a U.S. study found.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Allergic-like reactions to intravenously administered gadolinium-containing contrast material used in magnetic resonance imaging are rare, a U.S. study found.