CLEVELAND, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A study of 335 gastric bypass surgery patients at University Hospitals of Cleveland found the surgical procedure is riskiest for those needing it the most.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Studies show tiny cancers in the lungs of smokers and ex-smokers can be found by using new technology to screen large groups of individuals, researchers reported Monday.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Advances in older magnetic resonance imaging technology have shaved the time it takes to do a brain scan to just three minutes, researchers said Monday, speeding up a stroke diagnosis to allow life-saving treatment to begin much sooner.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Health officials expect this winter's outbreak of influenza to increase the use of a class of relatively new medications that can both prevent and reduce the duration of the viral illness.
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URBANA, Ill., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois said Monday they have produced a molecule that kills cancerous cells without hurting healthy cells.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- As cases of influenza continue to mount, health officials say they expect to see an increase in the use of a class of medications called antiviral drugs.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A new government report has concluded many U.S. nuclear power plants lack sufficient funding to ensure proper shutdown at the end of their useful lives.
ISLE OF SKYE, Scotland, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Fossilized footprints left by flesh-eating dinosaurs in Scotland indicate dinosaurs exhibited maternal behavior in the Mid-Jurassic period.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Adult stem cells were used to grow a ball of a joint, showing how tissue engineering could one day help repair jaws, knees and hips.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Women have twice the risk of developing lung cancer from tobacco use than do men, a New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center study found.
BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law in December or 1973. In the 30 years since, it remains both one of the most popular and one of the least popular pieces of legislation ever passed by Congress.
MADISON, Wis., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A study by University of Wisconsin-Madison found mice can be addicted to exercise in the same way they can develop addictions to food, drugs or sex.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A new study by the University of Colorado suggests alcoholism is not as common among Indians as previously believed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The recent Medicare legislation passed by Congress could result in more employers requiring employees to pay more toward health care.
LONDON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Researchers in Australia have discovered an unexpected risk factor for the potentially fatal falls suffered by many elderly people -- vitamin D deficiency.
CAMP SPRINGS, Md., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Hurricane specialists say the 2003 season produced an above-average number of 14 tropical storms, including seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes.
SWINDON, England, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A new project will begin in Leeds, England, this month to study the use of ionizers in the fight against airborne infections in hospitals.
CT scans can save gastro-intestinal patients time, pain, money, radiologists say, a new drug may benefit men with enlarged prostate, and other news of modern health.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization and UNAIDS released its plan Monday to provide anti-retroviral treatment to 3 million people living with AIDS by 2005.
LONDON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- British astronomers believe they have discovered another solar system only 25 light years away that bears a remarkable likeness to ours.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Experiments by researchers at NASA's new Space Radiation Laboratory show rats fed food pellets laced with strawberry extract powder could withstand the effects of radiation better than another group of test critters that consumed just plain pellets.
A gene that controls cell size might be a key factor in several inherited diseases, lab tests can reveal ahead of time how well patients with certain cancers will respond to Gleevec, and other genetic news.
