WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The more alcohol a person drinks, the smaller his or her total brain volume, increasing the risk of dementia, U.S. researchers suggest.
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Food rich in unsaturated fats -- like avocados, nuts and olive oil -- send an important message to the brain: Stop eating, you're full, U.S. researchers say.
PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Use of a class of medications for treating an enlarged prostate is not associated with an increased hip fracture risk, U.S. researchers said.
OKAYAMA, Japan, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Olmesartan, a drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure, may play a role in reducing coronary plaque, researchers in Japan said.
OTTAWA, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Health Canada is advising nursing mothers about a very rare, but serious health risk to breastfed babies if nursing mothers use codeine.
DALLAS, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- For those wanting to reduce their carbon footprint, eating green may be as important as driving green, not to mention the health benefit, U.S. researchers say.
BOSTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Officials at the American Academy of Pediatrics Monday doubled the recommended amount of vitamin D for U.S. infants, children and adolescents.
NORWICH, England, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- British scientists say they may have discovered why people who eat more fruits and vegetables have less risk of cancer -- pectin.
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Statins -- drugs for those at risk of heart disease -- may help prevent miscarriages in women with autoimmune syndrome, a U.S. researcher says.
MONTREAL, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Researchers at McGill University in Montreal, King's College London and the British drug firm GlaxoSmithKline Inc. say 1 in 7 men have genetic risk of balding.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin may make a cameo on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," but it may not help in the polls, a U.S. expert says.
LONDON, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- British health officials say they'll try to reduce public drunkenness by banning free alcohol for women, and curbing free wine and beer tastings.
KAILUA, Hawaii, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Plastic surgery was born out of war and advances from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan benefit victims elsewhere, U.S. researchers said.
BOSTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Abnormalities in cocaine addicts' brains appear to correlate with dysfunction in areas of attention and for reward-based decision-making, U.S. researchers say.
NEWARK, Del., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Negative political ads makes a person want to turn away physically, but the mind remembers negative messages -- sometimes incorrectly -- U.S. researchers say.
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Wildfires can boost ozone pollution to levels that violate U.S. health standards, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- New U.S. legislation that requires insurance companies to treat mental and physical illnesses equally will help an estimated 113 million people, proponents say.
ATLANTA, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- One in four teenage girls received at least one dose of a relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, U.S. health officials said.
HAGERSTOWN, Md., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Daily doses of ginkgo tree-leaf extract can prevent or reduce brain damage caused by a stroke, U.S. researchers said in a medical journal Friday.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A U.N. agency said Friday it was examining nearly 150 people who had contact with three people killed by a mysterious illness in Johannesburg, South Africa.
COLUMBIA, Mo., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- University of Missouri researchers say adults with arthritis who received exercise interventions increased their physical activity and felt less pain.
