Health News

LONDON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The average British dog owner gets more of a workout walking his dog than someone with a gym membership, a pet healthcare expert said.

CHICAGO, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Diabetes cases are expected to nearly double and the cost nearly triple in the United States in the next 25 years, researchers say in a new study.

BOSTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Two out of three older adults experience pain that may contribute to an increased risk of falls in those age 70 and older, U.S. researchers said.

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Cigarettes are widely contaminated with bacteria, including some known to harm health, French and U.S. researchers said.

ANTWERP, Belgium, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Closing schools during a pandemic would have a significant impact -- about 21 percent -- on disease transmission, researchers in Belgium found.

WARWICK, England, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- High salt intake is unequivocally linked to stroke and heart disease, researchers in England and Italy found.

EVANSTON, Ill., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Researchers at Illinois' Northwestern University said they discovered how the drug tetrathiomolybdate, which is used to fight some metastatic cancers, works.

LONDON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Exercising the day after heavy drinking does little to minimize the effects of alcohol, British Public Health Minister Gillian Merron said.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The very things that make the holidays festive for people can make them fatal to pets, U.S. veterinarians warn.

ATLANTA, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Federal health officials said they are seeing an increase in serious pneumococcal infections around the United States, a finding described as "worrisome."

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- An implanted vaccine eliminated melanoma tumors in mice, offering hope of improved treatment for people with skin cancer, U.S. researchers said.

LONDON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A British survey finds that retirees who have a few drinks a week tend to live longer than abstainers.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Residents of St. Louis, Mo., should be on the alert for an outbreak of the highly contagious intestinal bacteria shigellosis, officials say.

PAMPLONA, Spain, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Increased body fat results in higher levels of inflammatory substances in the blood, which hinders the loss of weight, researchers in Spain said.

BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases will have direct health benefits especially in low-income countries, U.S. researchers said.