BRISTOL, England, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- British researchers say focusing on a relationship between marijuana use and risk of schizophrenia may be misguided.
MUNICH, Germany, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Brain-training may help blindsight patients, with blindness due by injury to the brain region responsible for vision, gain some vision, German researchers said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Limiting the transmission of the H1N1 swine flu virus from humans to pigs is just as important as stemming its spread among people, scientists say.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The intravenous flu drug peramivir has received emergency approval for some hospitalized adults and children with H1N1, U.S. federal regulators said.
AMES, Iowa, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- High-volume action video game players -- those who play about 40 hours a week -- had more difficulty keeping focused on longer tasks, U.S. researchers say.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Some allergy patients who could benefit from the H1N1 vaccine may needlessly avoid it due to confusion, a Virginia allergist suggests.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- In one in five U.S. households, someone has gone to work or school when they were presumed to be sick with H1N1 flu, a survey indicates.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- An experimental electronic eye -- a bionic eye -- has been implanted in a 50-year-old retinitis pigmentosa patient, U.S. researchers say.
DUBLIN, Ireland, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Irish and British researchers say risk-reducing lifestyle changes are still key to treating peripheral arterial disease.
LONDON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- People with higher levels of pesticide exposure are more likely to have suicidal thoughts, researchers in China and Britain found.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Proposed legislation to overhaul the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is vital but needs more money to make it work, the agency's head said.
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Two in five at-risk U.S. adults who would most benefit from a seasonal flu shot choose not to get vaccinated, or don't get around to it, researchers said.
ATLANTA, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Rotavirus -- severe acute diarrhea in young children -- fell substantially after introduction of a vaccine to combat it, U.S. health officials say.
ATLANTA, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Initial cases of H1N1 show the infectiousness of the pandemic influenza virus may be similar to that of seasonal influenza, U.S. health officials say.
ATLANTA, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Nigeria had the world's highest burden of wild poliovirus in 2008, with 798 -- 48 percent -- of the 1,651 cases reported globally, U.S. health officials say.
OTTAWA, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Canada's federal health agency approved the safety of the H1N1 flu vaccine and millions of doses are being distributed across the country, officials said.
The silhouetted moon covers the sun during an annular eclipse over the skies of Monument Valley National Park, Arizona on May 20, 2012. The eclipse was seen by millions of viewers from China and Japan to the Western USA as the earth's rotation positioned the Far East and USA under the moon's shadow. The two hour long even reached maximum coverage, or annularity, for approximately four minutes as the sun was blocked by the moon at 6:34 PM local time. .UPI/Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell
