Author: Reuters

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – One of the hardest things about being a new parent is figuring out when babies are so sick they need to go to the emergency room and when worrisome signs or symptoms might actually be...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Environmental factors appear to play a bigger role than genetics in shaping children’s risk for cavities, a study of Australian twins suggests. Researchers followed 345 twins from...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – It’s long been assumed that snoring is a man’s problem. But a new study finds that women snore too and often don’t own up to it. And even when they do admit to snoring,...

By Ankur Banerjee (Reuters Health) – One in three U.S. patients with a cancer diagnosis has recently used non-standard therapies to manage their disease – but many haven’t told their doctors, survey data...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Homemade kits used to train bystanders to step in and stop bleeding after a gunshot wound could save lives, a new report suggests. St. Louis doctors came up with some ingenious...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – In the wake of violent events like mass shootings or natural disasters, people who watch the most media coverage of the story are more likely to show post-traumatic stress symptoms...