BOSTON, April 25 (UPI) -- Data on social network users' interests, active versus sedentary, can help predict obesity rates in U.S. cities and towns, researchers say.
NEW YORK, April 25 (UPI) -- The MTV Generation, often derided as "slackers," are affluent, stable and saddled with jobs, mortgages and families as their parents, a U.S. survey found.
BETHESDA, Md., April 25 (UPI) -- There were 219 million cases of malaria and 660,000 malaria-related deaths globally in 2010, World Health Organizations officials in Switzerland said Thursday.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 25 (UPI) -- Long-term exposure to air pollution speeds up atherosclerosis, or "hardening of the arteries," and increases the risk of heart attack, U.S. researchers say.
BOSTON, April 25 (UPI) -- U.S. teens who pay "increased attention" to TV shows have higher body mass indexes, a measure of body fat, than teens who are less attentive, researchers say.
LONDON, April 25 (UPI) -- One sugar-sweetened soft drink a day can increase a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 22 percent, researchers in Britain say.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 25 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have developed a way to measure an infant's risk of developing autism by looking for abnormalities in his or her placenta at birth.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 25 (UPI) -- Viewing sexually explicit material via the Internet, videos and magazines may affect teen and adult sex behavior but less than thought, Danish researchers say.
NEW YORK, April 25 (UPI) -- Mika Brzezinski, co-host of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC with former U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough, R-Fla., admits in a new book she is obsessed with food.
FORT PIERCE, Fla., April 25 (UPI) -- Helped by recruiters hired by states, 75 percent of Americans eligible for food aid are enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, records show.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, April 25 (UPI) -- Extended use of the drug sofosbuvir resulted in a high cure rate in two subtypes of hepatitis C that account for 25 percent of U.S. cases, researchers say.
WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a public-private partnership to help identify counterfeit or substandard anti-malarial medicines.
NEWARK, N.J., April 24 (UPI) -- Two U.S. non-profit groups say they have documented hundreds of medical repatriation cases in which undocumented immigrants were sent to their home countries.
BOSTON, April 24 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say informing fast-food consumers how long it will take to burn off the calories of fries is more effective than revealing the calories.
TEMPE, Ariz., April 24 (UPI) -- Heating leftovers in the office microwave can leave possible toxins in the food and cold spots that harbor bacteria, a U.S. expert says.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., April 24 (UPI) -- U.S. psychiatrists spend an average 38 minutes telephoning an insurance company getting authorization to admit a patient to the hospital, researchers say.
NEW YORK, April 24 (UPI) -- Having babies go without diapers most of the time may be the latest rage in parts of New York City, but it's raising eyebrows among some, mothers say.
STILLWATER, Okla., April 23 (UPI) -- Mangoes may have a positive effect on blood sugar in obese individuals and help to limit inflammation, U.S. researchers suggest.
WASHINGTON, April 23 (UPI) -- An analysis of some 33,000 cases of food-borne illness found ground beef and chicken were the riskiest meats for germs such as E. coli, a U.S. non-profit says.
TORONTO, April 23 (UPI) -- People willing to meet their partner's needs above their own may keep the sexual spark alive in long-term relationships, Canadian and British researchers say.
NEW YORK, April 23 (UPI) -- One-in-four U.S. teens has misused or abused a prescription drug at least once -- a 33 percent increase in the past five years, experts say.
WASHINGTON, April 23 (UPI) -- Eleven percent of U.S. adults, or 25.6 million, paid for fraudulent products or services in 2011, such as weight-loss products or bogus prizes, officials say.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 23 (UPI) -- Four in 10 U.S. parents give children age 4 and younger cough/cold medicine that is not recommended for young children, researchers say.
EXETER, England, April 23 (UPI) -- People who live in cities with more green space reported less mental distress, better health, higher life satisfaction and income, British researchers say.
