Author: Reuters

By Linda Carroll Nearly two-thirds of parents worry that their children have been in unsafe situations as passengers traveling with a teen driver, a new survey finds. More than a third of teens ride with teen drivers at least...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Most Americans who are injured in cycling accidents don’t wear helmets, and this is especially true of men, children, and black and Hispanic riders, a new study suggests....

By Gene Emery (Reuters Health) – Airborne carbon particles that can cause health problems in adults and children are getting into the placenta as it nourishes a developing fetus, a new study has found. Tissue samples from...

By Lisa Rapaport Patients who spend the night in the emergency room may get much less rest than patients who sleep in beds in hospital rooms, a small study suggests. For the study, researchers surveyed 49 emergency room patients...

By Lisa Rapaport Many American women are physically forced or coerced into having sex for the first time, and a new study suggests these women have a higher risk for developing sexual and general health problems. Researchers...

By Lisa Rapaport Doctors’ advice for starting or stopping diabetes medicines often doesn’t resonate with older patients, a new study suggests. When deciding how much medicine patients should take and how low their...

By Vishwadha Chander Only about 1 in 3 U.S. adults say a dentist has ever examined them for oral cancer – and most of those who remember getting such exams are non-Hispanic whites, a new study suggests. The American Dental...