DALLAS, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say in the stroke-prevention surgery, carotid endarterectomy, the checks and balances assumed with managed care did not improve outcomes.
DALLAS, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The produce section may be a bit skimpy, but it is still possible to "strive for five" servings of fruits and vegetables a day, a U.S. expert suggests.
HOUSTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- New Year's Day is the time to reflect on the past and prepare for the future and resolve to make positive changes, a U.S. counselor suggests.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Hormone deprivation therapy that prostate cancer patients often take gives them only a temporary fix, but U.S. researchers suggest why.
EAGAN, Minn., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- More than 1 in 4 young U.S. adults say they have attended at least one party in the last year where minors were served alcohol, a survey indicates.
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart has announced it will carry an environmentally friendly albuterol rescue inhaler starting at $9, company officials in Bentonville, Ark., said.
STEVENAGE, England, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A British woman loves being pregnant so much she has been almost permanently pregnant for more than a decade -- with other people's children.
HASTINGS, Minn., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Among U.S. adults who already belong to fitness clubs, 60 percent say they will keep their current memberships, a survey indicates.
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- An outpatient surgery center told Nevada authorities it failed to properly disinfect instruments it uses during colonoscopies, state health officials said.
PHILLIPS, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- California water rationing is almost certain, with Sierra Nevada snow levels below average despite recent winter storms, officials said.
PARK RIDGE, Ill., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A suburban Chicago school district no longer sends children home if staffers find louse eggs, or nits, in the kids' hair, saying the policy was an overreaction.
NORTHFIELD, Ill., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Kraft Foods Inc. plans to roll out low-calorie snack foods and sandwiches to cash in on the health and wellness trend, the Northfield, Ill., company said.
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Whole Foods Market Inc. has pulled three "gluten-free" products for children because the items actually contain the substance, the Texas grocery chain said.
ATLANTA, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Unpasteurized milk and unpasteurized milk products should not be consumed to prevent milk-borne infections, U.S. federal health officials said.
ATLANTA, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Heart attack hospital admissions in the city of Pueblo, Colo., fell sharply after a municipal smoking ban, federal health officials said.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. adults consuming sugar-sweetened beverages such as soft drinks, fruit drinks and punches has increased dramatically, researchers said.
QUEBEC CITY, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The stress of thinking causes overeating, with heavy thinkers seeking out more calories than their excessive thinking used up, a university study found.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would block any move to legalize assisted suicide, saying British law must recognize the value of human life.
DEERFIELD, Ill., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Major U.S. drugstore chains and supermarket pharmacies account for nearly one-in-four pharmacists on state pharmacy boards, a newspaper examination shows.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. government workers will be prohibited from smoking in federal building courtyards or within 25 feet of doorways and air-intake ducts, a new rule says.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. drug industry has agreed to stop giving branded gifts like pens to doctors to counter the idea they unduly influence medicine, an industry group says.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Long-term use of the hypertension drug candesartan may reduce symptoms of heart disease, researchers in the Czech Republic say.
PLEASANTON, Calif., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. government Tuesday approved a nucleic acid test that screens for less common forms of HIV that recently have appeared in the United States.
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites 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
