WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Americans are increasingly alarmed about the global swine flu pandemic, but most say they won't get vaccinated against the disease, a national poll indicated.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- People with extreme views have a false sense that they are in the majority and may be more willing to express themselves, U.S. researchers said.
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A computer algorithm is able to predict a patient's risk of dying at the time of an emergency call, researchers in Japan said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, promoting children's health, swiveled her hips Wednesday and kept a hula hoop in play for 142 rotations at the White House.
CONCORD, Calif., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Mexican bean pots sold in some California stores were found to have lead levels up to 30 times the maximum allowed by federal guidelines, officials said.
MADISON, N.J., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- When school resumed in September U.S. children ages 10-14 experienced a sharp increase in positive H1N1 results, a diagnostic testing company found.
COLUMBIA, Mo., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A U.S.-led international team of scientists says it's created a very accurate "family tree" of cows and other ruminants going back up to 29 million years.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S., Canadian and British researchers found a high-protein diet may shrink the brain, a phenomenon linked to Alzheimer's disease.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- In 2008, a record 106 million of the world's infants were immunized, but 24 million were not vaccinated, health officials said in Washington Wednesday.
BOSTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A Boston woman whose teenage daughter died of a pulmonary embolism says she doesn't understand why the contraceptive patch Ortho Evra is still on the market.
LONDON, Ontario, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Some Canadian women have levels of mercury -- most likely from fish -- high enough to damage the brain of a developing baby, researchers found.
DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- On election night, young men who voted for Republican John McCain or Libertarian Robert Barr had a sharp drop in testosterone, U.S. researchers found.
BOSTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The teaching that pulmonary embolisms -- blood clots in the lungs -- originate in deep veins may not be correct, U.S. researchers say.
NEW DELHI, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- India is projected to have 50.8 million diabetics by next year, making it the diabetics' capital of the world, the International Diabetes Federation warns.
DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers compared children developing typically and children with autism and found they had similar levels of mercury in their blood streams.
HAIFA, Israel, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- People who are violent in domestic matters may consider it a loss of control but they tend to keep control with friends or bosses, Israeli researchers say.
PUNTA ARENAS, Chile, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Bottles, pacifiers and other sucking behavior apart from breastfeeding may increase speech disorder risk in young children, U.S. and Chilean researchers say.
