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.
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.
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.
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A new study shows that sibling bullying can be just a harmful to children as peer bullying.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.