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By Anne Harding (Reuters Health) – Lack of time and staff support are the two biggest barriers to school garden success, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health. “The physical space...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Very few smokers know there is sugar added to cigarettes, a new survey suggests. In addition, very few realize that added sugar increases toxins in cigarette smoke, the study authors...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Hospital accreditation isn’t necessarily tied to better outcomes for U.S. patients, researchers say. Based on records for more than 4.2 million patients over age 65 covered by...

By Ankur Banerjee (Reuters Health) – Amnesty policies may encourage college students to call for help with alcohol-related issues before they or their intoxicated peers become seriously ill, a U.S. study suggests. After a...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – A smoke alarm that broadcasts a mother’s voice would wake children much more quickly than alarms that blast high-pitched tones, a new U.S. study finds. Sleeping children, as it...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Patients who have had a heart attack, stent placement or bypass surgery should strongly consider enrolling in a cardiac rehabilitation program, say the authors of a new patient resource...

By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – Poor oral health makes it harder to for people with hypertension to manage their blood pressure, a new study suggests. Among people being treated for hypertension (high blood pressure),...

By Tamara Mathias (Reuters) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve a pre-filled syringe version of its blockbuster eye drug Eylea, and has sought...

BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported a new African swine fever outbreak in the province of Guizhou on Thursday. The new case, the first confirmed in the southwestern province, was found on a small farm with 10 pigs in Biji...

By Ankur Banerjee (Reuters) – Hard-of-hearing hospital patients who have trouble communicating with medical personnel are more likely to end up back in the hospital within 30 days, compared to patients who don’t have...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Late-career surgeons perform a large proportion of cataract operations, and they do it with an overall low rate of adverse events, a Canadian study suggests. In recent years, researchers...

By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – Women of reproductive age should be screened for intimate partner violence by their doctors, and physicians should help those who screen positive to get ongoing support services,...