BOSTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Boston University Medical Center researchers found only 51 percent of U.S. prenatal multivitamins contain iodine, which could result in iodine deficiency.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Researchers say a pediatric vaccine has been effective in reducing the rate of pneumococcal meningitis in the United States.

NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- High-tech heart scans fail in some cases to detect artery blockages and at other times can misidentify blockages that don't exist, a study found.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- An editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine says more study is needed of the cholesterol-lowering drugs Zetia and Vytorin.

PHILADELPHIA , April 28 (UPI) -- The New England Journal of Medicine said gene therapy was used for the first time to restore some sight to patients with congenital blindness.

CLEVELAND, March 20 (UPI) -- Heart surgery patients who receive older blood face a higher risk of complications and death, the New England Journal of Medicine said Thursday

BOSTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A report in The New England Journal of Medicine said the makers of popular antidepressants published only 14 percent of their unconvincing clinical results.

CHICAGO, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Etanercept, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for psoriasis in adults, is safe and effective in reducing psoriasis in pediatric patients.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. clinical trial to treat a type of muscular dystrophy -- Duchenne -- shows some success at restoring a protein linked to healthy muscle tissue.