BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Websites where consumers sign up for the new U.S. healthcare law were partially suspended Saturday to fix "glitches" in the system, federal officials say.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Nearly all pediatricians in Israel strongly support infant vaccination, but most do not believe their role is to force treatment on parents, researchers say.
ATLANTA, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Women who walked an hour a day reduced their risk of breast cancer, but those who were more active reduced their risk even more, U.S. researchers say.
JACKSON, Miss., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Chicken nuggets from two U.S. fast-food chains found up to 50 percent meat and the rest fat, skin, blood vessels, nerves and bone fragments, researchers say.
MADRID, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Treating heart attack patients with a beta-blocker drug on the way to the hospital can greatly reduce damage to the heart, U.S. and Spanish researchers say.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Cancer diagnoses and death rates are rising, but funding for cancer care and research is "broken" with poor nations hardest-hit, researchers in Scotland say.
ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- New York prohibits pharmacies and stores from selling Dextromethorphan, found in over-the-counter cold medications, to minors unless they have a prescription.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics president says it's tragic the debate over the implementation of the Affordable Care Act led to the U.S. government shutdown.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Vaccine refusal contributed to the 2010 whopping cough spread of more than 9,000 cases in California, U.S. researchers said.
BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The federal website where uninsured adults from 36 states can buy health insurance had 4.7 million unique visits in its first 24 hours, officials say.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Ten U.S. children with cancer won't be able to begin their clinical trials due to the government shutdown, officials at the National Institutes of Health said.
BOSTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- About 13 percent of U.S. patients can expect to be readmitted within 30 days of discharge following major surgery, researchers say.
BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The percentage of U.S. infants who usually share a bed with a parent, adult or a child more than doubled from 1993-2010, to almost 14 percent, officials say.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine say they identified brain circuitry that triggers overeating.
GALVESTON, Texas, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- More Hispanic Texans die from cancer than any other cause and only 3 percent of Hispanic Texans are age 75 and older, researchers say.
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Divorced men have higher rates of mortality, substance abuse, depression and lack of social support, U.S. researchers say.
LEEDS, England, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- An analysis of the death and illness of men in Europe found high levels of premature death in men, but marked differences among countries, researchers say.
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Friends of teens are the most significant risk factor for adolescents having that first drink too early, a U.S. researcher says.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The use of psychotropic prescription drugs to treat mental disorders such as anxiety in very young U.S. children leveled off by 2009, researchers say.
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Those most likely to benefit from the Affordable Care Act's marketplace and premium subsidies are least likely to be aware of them, a U.S. survey indicates.
BURLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say hospitalized patients with severe infections are much less likely to die if they receive care from an infectious diseases specialist.
ITHACA, N.Y., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Those who choose wineglasses that are wider, who hold the glass while they pour and pick white wine will drink more, U.S. researchers say.
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Diabetics not only have a greater risk of cancer, those who get breast or colon cancer have a higher risk of dying from the diseases, Dutch researchers say.
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A new breast cancer screening technique has the potential to reduce false positives and, possibly, minimize the need for biopsies, U.S. researchers say.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden order take-out lunch at Taylor Gourmet on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, D.C. on October 4, 2013. The reason he gave was they are starving and the establishment is giving a 10 percent discount to furloughed government workers as an indication of how ordinary Americans are looking out for one another. UPI/Pete Marovich/Pool
