BOSTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A woman who has the nutrient choline -- found in eggs -- while pregnant might reduce her daughter's risk of breast cancer significantly, U.S. researchers said.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A new method of characterizing breast lesions found during magnetic resonance imaging could result in fewer biopsies of benign tumors, U.S. researchers said.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Use of light exposure therapy, dark sunglasses and a strict sleep schedule can help night-shift workers increase alertness, U.S. researchers said.
AMIENS, France, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- High levels of prenatal smoking exposure modify sleep patterns that may have serious consequences for infant brain development, French researchers said.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Typically used for epilepsy evaluation, magnetoencephalography can also be used to identify autism timing abnormalities in the brain, U.S. researchers said.
MISHIMA, Japan, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Two Japanese researchers say it is "plausible and provocative" to associate the obesity epidemic with chemical triggers present in the modern environment.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Chinese-American professionals in the U.S. legal and medical fields earn as much as 44 percent less than their white counterparts, researchers say.
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Lifetime protection is obtained from just one smallpox vaccination -- even if it occurred 88 years ago, U.S. researchers say.
LONDON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Britain tops the list among industrialized nations for promiscuity, suggests an international index that measured one-night stands.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A survey finds one-third of the doctors in Sweden support changing the law to allow them to prescribe lethal medication to patients who want to end their lives.
LONDON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Cases of measles in England and Wales are at their highest level since 1995, prompting fears of an epidemic, healthcare experts say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The adult children of people with the inherited form of Alzheimer's disease are being sought for a new study of the rare disorder.
CHELTENHAM, England, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A coroner in England has warned against buying medications over the Internet after a policewoman died of an accidental overdose of drugs she got online.
SINGEN, Germany, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Frenchmen fancied themselves to be the most sexually endowed in a study of European men who were asked to measure their penis.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Nostalgia amplifies perceptions of social support, and in this way, counteracts feelings of loneliness, British and Chinese researchers said.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Older people who spent at least 14 hours a week taking care of a disabled spouse lived longer than others, U.S. researchers said.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Retaining long-term healthcare workers can be a challenge, but Canadian researchers say an intervention program can reduce turnover by 75 percent.
TORONTO, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Gay men who are not considered sexually desirable are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, Canadians researchers have found.
MONTREAL, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- High efficacy hemodiafiltration is helping those with end-stage renal disease at the University of Montreal Hospital Center, researchers said.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Increasing the production of naturally occurring proteins that contain selenium in human blood cells slows the AIDS virus, U.S. researchers said.
EVANSTON, Ill., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Illinois has opened a center to study the causes of obesity and find new ways to treat it.
Macy Gray arrives at a photocall for the film "The Paperboy" during the 65th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 24, 2012. UPI/David Silpa
