Month: February 2019

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Almost half of women and a quarter of men leave careers in science, technology, engineering and math after they have their first child, a new study shows. Researchers found that 43...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Workouts that mix up a variety of intense exercises with brief recovery periods in between may help people lose more weight than chugging along at a steady pace on a treadmill or...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – In infants, an hour of general anesthesia – long enough for most minor surgeries done in babies – doesn’t increase the risk of impaired brain development compared to an...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Mortality rates are lower in American communities with more primary care physicians than in areas of the country with fewer doctors, a study suggests. Overall in the U.S., the total...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese scientists will test the use of human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) to treat spinal cord injuries, a health ministry panel that approved the research project said on Monday. The research...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – School-age children with asthma who receive education on managing the condition may have fewer attacks, emergency room visits and hospitalizations than those who don’t get such...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Patients who discharge themselves from the hospital against medical advice are twice as likely to be back within 30 days as those who leave when doctors say they’re ready, a large...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – The number of push-ups a man can do in the doctor’s office may be a good predictor of his risk of developing heart disease in the coming years, new research suggests. In a study of...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – African-American adults who often struggle to pay bills may be more than twice as likely to develop heart disease than their counterparts who don’t have much financial stress, a...