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Luncheon meat, hamburger, steak, pork increase diabetes risk
BOSTON, June 17 (UPI) -- There is more evidence luncheon meat, hot dogs, hamburger, steak and pork increase the risk of type 2 diabetes over the long-term, U.S. researchers say.
Sibling bullying affects mental health of victim
DURHAM, N.H., June 17 (UPI) -- Sibling bullying is not a benign rite of passage for children and adolescents, regardless of how severe or frequent, U.S. researchers say.
Obesity in teens linked to hearing loss
NEW YORK, June 17 (UPI) -- Obese adolescents are more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to have hearing loss, across all frequencies, U.S. researchers say.
Sibling bullying underestimated, may cause mental health damage
By VERONICA LINARES, UPI.com | Blog
A new study shows that sibling bullying can be just a harmful to children as peer bullying.
MERS outbreak infected 10 in Jordan in 2012, study shows
By VERONICA LINARES, UPI.com | Blog
A retrospective study of the MERS coronavirus shows that the first known outbreak took place in Jordan and it infected 10 people, two of whom have died.
Study: HIV prevention linked to lower levels of STDs
TORONTO, June 17 (UPI) -- HIV prevention programs for female sex workers in India reduce rates of other sexually transmitted diseases, University of Toronto researchers say.
TOKYO, June 17 (UPI) -- Teens in Japan who practice the fad of eyeball licking, or oculolinctus, are risking an eye infection, eye expects say.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 16 (UPI) -- U.S. drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. said it stopped its Phase II study of a promising drug to slow Alzheimer's disease over concerns about potential liver damage.
Stay-at-home fathers get attention, but there are only 200,000
WASHINGTON, June 16 (UPI) -- Stay-at-home fathers get the lion's share of headlines, but the U.S. Census Bureau estimates fewer than 200,000 dads cared for children full-time in 2012.
Google searches about mental illness seasonal
SAN DIEGO, June 15 (UPI) -- Google searches about major mental illnesses followed seasonal patterns, suggesting a stronger link with seasons than previously thought, U.S. researchers say.
Existing medications may help treat Alzheimer's
NEW YORK, June 15 (UPI) -- Drugs used for hypertension or insomnia may also help reduce the development of amyloid plaques, which is linked to Alzheimer's, U.S. researchers say.
U.S. producing 'abysmally low' number of primary care doctors
WASHINGTON, June 15 (UPI) -- Despite a shortage of U.S. primary care doctors, less than 25 percent of new doctors go into this field, and fewer still work in rural areas, researchers say.
Doctors dump health insurance plans, charge patients less
WICHITA, Kan., June 14 (UPI) -- A Kansas physician says he makes the same income and offers better quality care to his patients after he dumped all health insurance companies.
Stress experienced by men alters sperm and affects children
PHILADELPHIA, June 14 (UPI) -- Stress as a pre-adolescent or adult leaves a lasting impression on a dad's sperm that gives his kids a blunted reaction to stress, U.S. researchers say.
Study: Too much sugar can lead to heart failure
HOUSTON, June 14 (UPI) -- A single sugar molecule stresses the heart and changes the muscle proteins, resulting in poor pump function leading to heart failure, U.S. researchers say.
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Malia Obama arrives at the Holocaust Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin on June 19, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama is in Berlin on his first official state visit to Germany and will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and later speak at the Brandenburg Gate, where fifty years earlier U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)" address . UPI/David Silpa