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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...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Newborns who don’t get baths right away may be more likely to be exclusively breastfed than infants who get whisked away to be washed soon after delivery, a U.S. study suggests....

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – More young men and women are binge-drinking into their mid- and late-20s today than a generation ago, increasing their risk of accidental injuries, deaths and a variety of chronic...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Post-mammogram form letters telling women about dense breasts may be more confusing than helpful if they are difficult to read and understand, researchers say. Thirty U.S. states require...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Hand hygiene compliance among paramedics may be “remarkably low,” according to a study that monitored ambulance workers in Scandinavia and Australia over six months....

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – Farmers in 45 countries still use antibiotics to boost animal growth, despite warnings from health experts and bans on the practice in many parts of the world, the World Organization for...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s pharmacists are struggling to obtain medicines as suppliers wait for the implementation of a new euro-to-lira exchange rate used in setting drug prices, the Turkish Pharmacists’...

By Gene Emery (Reuters Health) – A six-month program of aggressively washing and sanitizing at home after surgery can lower the risk of developing a potentially-deadly infection for people who harbor the...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Men with infertility may have better-quality sperm when they take certain nutritional supplements and medicines, but there’s little evidence about whether that leads to pregnancies...