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By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Although diet plays an outsize role in health and wellness and can be crucial to managing many common chronic conditions, medical schools tend not to devote much time to teaching future...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Few federal dollars are available for research into ways to prevent firearm injuries even though they are the second-leading cause of death among U.S. children and teens and the leading...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Rates of stroke among U.S. adults over age 65 have steadily decreased over the past 30 years, according to a study that tracked participants from the 1980s through December 2017. Rates...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People who increase their consumption of sodas, juices and other sweet drinks over time are more likely than those who don’t to develop diabetes, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Fathers who drink alcohol in the months just before their child is conceived are more likely to have a baby with heart defects than those who abstain prior to conception, a recent study...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – About a quarter of the dollars spent on healthcare in the U.S. may be wasted, a new analysis suggests. Six types of waste in healthcare could be costing as much as $935 billion annually,...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Diabetes can make people more prone to heat stroke when they exercise on hot days, but two studies suggest there are things diabetics and others can do to lower their risk of...

By Anne Harding (Reuters Health) – Dog owners live longer, and canine companionship may be especially good for people with heart disease and those living alone, new research shows. “We studied more than 3 million...

(Reuters) – The number of Americans who were diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease (STD) last year rose to a record high, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday, partly because funding for local health departments...