DALLAS, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Exploding champagne corks may add a dramatic flair to New Year's Eve, but can also cause serious eye injuries, U.S. eye experts warn.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Before brides-to-be say "I do," they should be taking a daily multivitamin with 400 micrograms of folic acid daily, U.S. researchers said.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers tracked people's healthcare expenditures and health outcome to determine if the benefits of spinal surgery outweigh the costs.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Long-term gene therapy resulted in improved cardiac function and reversed deterioration of the heart in rats with heart failure, U.S. researchers said.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania will begin enforcing a federal clean-air rule to cut emissions of smog-forming pollutants generated by power plants, officials said.
BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A doctor who prescribed an antidepressant over the Internet to a student who later killed himself was unconscionably negligent, the boy's father said.
ATLANTA, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Black U.S. women born after the mid-1960s have been shrinking with each new generation, while their white counterparts have been growing, a study indicates.
MANHATTAN, Kan., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Gardening is a great way for older adults to meet the physical activity recommendations for those age 65 and older in summer, U.S. researchers said.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Maintaining optimal blood sugar levels, even in the absence of diabetes, may help in preserving cognitive health in the elderly, U.S. researchers suggest.
BONNER SPRINGS, Kan., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Prescription-drug abuse is rising in parts of the United States as the economy falls, drug-rehabilitation and law-enforcement officials said.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Using the "Stay Quit Monday" concept, smokers can renew their commitment to quit smoking by trying to quit each week, U.S. researchers suggest.
PEACEHAVEN, England, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A British man says he hopes to return to his garden to plant tomatoes, four months after surgery to reattach an arm he accidentally cut off with a chainsaw.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- At least 11 people were killed by an Ebola virus outbreak in western Congo, the country's health minister said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Most drugs work for only about half the people who take them, spurring a push to improve healthcare through "personalized medicine," U.S. researchers say.
SPRINGDALE, Ark., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The air around 435 U.S. schools is saturated with carcinogens more than 50 times higher than state standards allow, a newspaper investigation found.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The pain reliever acetaminophen is not free of gastrointestinal side effects at high doses, researchers in Turkey found.
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Young adult Democrats, who voted in large numbers for Barack Obama for U.S. president, are most confident that 2009 will be happier, a survey indicates.
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A diet high in inorganic phosphates -- found in some processed foods -- might speed growth of lung cancer tumors, South Korean researchers suggest.
SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Scrimping on nurses is ill advised because as staffing increases, patients' risk of complications and time spent in hospitals drop, a U.S. review found.
BOSTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Even if an adult smokes inside a home only when a child is absent, the tobacco smoke contamination lingers, U.S. researchers said.
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
