ATLANTA, May 7 (UPI) -- The soaring cost of medical care from 1987 to 2009 was caused mostly by a higher proportion of people being treated for disease, U.S. researchers say.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 6 (UPI) -- The deaths of a 62-year-old woman and a 71-year-old man heightened worries in Saudi Arabia and abroad the SARS-like virus may be escalating, officials say.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, May 6 (UPI) -- Mothers who lick a child's dropped pacifier "clean" had children with less risk of allergies, a small preliminary study by Swedish researchers found.
NEW YORK, May 6 (UPI) -- Hundreds of millions of patients every year worldwide get healthcare-associated infections, but handwashing could prevent half of them, U.N. officials say.
OXFORD, England, May 6 (UPI) -- A little thoughtful care from doctors and midwives makes a huge difference to British couples coping with an emergency during a pregnancy, researchers say.
TORONTO, May 5 (UPI) -- Mexican-Americans born in the United States age 55 and older are more likely than immigrants to report physical limitations, researchers say.
NEW YORK, May 5 (UPI) -- The Obama administration's age and identification restrictions are barriers to emergency contraception access, a U.S.non-profit group says.
NEW YORK, May 4 (UPI) -- One-in-6 men don't want to get a skin cancer screening because they are afraid of what they will hear, a U.S. survey indicates.
PARIS, May 4 (UPI) -- About 650 people in France have been given prosthetic hips that do not have European safety certification, a health watchdog group said.
WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) -- A leading medical group said it has backed off its longstanding recommendation men over 40 should get routine prostate cancer screenings.
ATLANTA, May 4 (UPI) -- Most adults with arthritis do no or little walking, but it is an effective and safe way to achieve proven arthritis relief, U.S. officials say.
ITHACA, N.Y., May 4 (UPI) -- Ordering a school lunch in advance increases the odds elementary school students will choose a healthy entree, U.S. researchers suggest.
WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) -- Nestle USA's Pizza Division is voluntarily recalling select production codes of four different frozen pizzas sold nationwide due to plastic, officials say.
ATLANTA, May 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. flu season is largely over, but federal health officials say flu viruses can continue to circulate at low levels during the summer.
BRADFORD, England, May 3 (UPI) -- One of the classic signs of aging -- gray hair -- and covering it with chemical pigments -- hair dye -- may be a thing of the past, European researchers say.
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