COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Entertainment-education is a common strategy for incorporating health and other educational messages into popular entertainment media, U.S. researchers say.
WORCESTER, Mass., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Seven percent of adults and 19 percent of children taking chemotherapy drugs in outpatient clinics or at home were given wrong doses, U.S. researchers say.
BANNOCKBURN, Ill., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A lack of cash need not prevent fulfilling resolutions this new year to get fit, given that walking is esentially free of cost, a U.S. doctor advises.
DALLAS, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Many people attempt to make New Year's resolutions to improve their own health, but giving blood can save up to four lives, a U.S. researcher says.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Economic worries can make people anxious and stressed, but a U.S. author suggests positive emotions help manage stress.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Smokers who have a family history of brain aneurysm are more likely to suffer a stroke from a brain aneurysm themselves, U.S. researchers said.
LINTHICUM, Md., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Some New Year's resolutions can improve not only overall health but U.S. men's sexual health, officials at the American Urological Association advise.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- General surgeons in rural America are becoming an endangered species for about one-quarter of the nation's population, medical officials say.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Researches at Israel's Tel Aviv University have determined that transfusions of fresh blood can help a patient fight cancer.