BOSTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Women who take prescription painkillers early in pregnancy increase their likelihood of bearing children with neural tube birth defects, U.S. researchers said.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Some U.S. health professionals took exception Thursday to first lady Michelle Obama's push to get Americans to drink more water, with one calling it "bizarre."
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Differences in Alzheimer's patients' brains may help researchers learn why the disease progresses at different rates and different severity, a study suggested.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A Swedish man says he plan to sue the hospital that removed part of his lung after he was erroneously diagnosed with cancer.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. House passed a bill to prevent health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act until a system is devised to verify eligibility for subsidies.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says public health and disease prevention efforts promote productivity and global stability.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. officials said 1,100 people who lived or worked near the World Trade Center Sept. 11, 2001, are certified for cancer care under the WTC Health Program.
PONTYPOOL, Wales, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Thousands of people in Wales have been notified they may have been in contact with a healthcare worker diagnosed with hepatitis C, officials said Wednesday.
CHICAGO, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A study of more than 1,300 patients in four U.S. medical center intensive care units found some of end-of-life care both costly and futile.
CHICAGO, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Paying doctors extra for treating hypertension helped improve treatment and bring patients' blood pressure under control, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Use of ambulatory surgery centers saved Medicare $7.5 billion between 2008 and 2011 and may save $57.6 billion more in the next decade, a U.S. study found.
BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Starting the day with breakfast is good but it probably won't affect your weight much, a U.S. paper on eating habits and obesity indicates.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Barriers to excellent U.S. cancer care remain daunting as the number cancer cases rises from 1.6 million to some 2.3 million in 2022, a non-profit group says.
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Experimental work on rats suggests transplanting stem cells could be a permanent cure for schizophrenia, University of Texas researchers say.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will order safety labeling changes for addictive long-acting and extended-release painkillers.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- General Mills says it is voluntarily recalling some of its Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls with Icing because the dough may have fragments of plastic in it.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Two U.S. nutrition experts say consumers need to remember that otherwise healthy fruit juices and smoothies can be loaded with fructose sugar.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Galant Food Co. in San Leandro, Calif. recalled about 1,650 pounds of fresh and frozen calzone products because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen.
ATLANTA, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- In 2012, more almost 2 million U.S. middle- and high-school students tried electronic cigarettes, almost double the number in 2011, health officials say.
CAPE COD, Mass., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Five patients at a Massachusetts hospital may have been exposed to a fatal brain disease via surgical tools previously used on a person who died, doctors said.
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney arrive on the red carpet at the New York Premiere of Gravity at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City on October 1, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo
