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By Anne Harding (Reuters Health) – Air pollution could be responsible for 3.2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes every year globally, suggests a new analysis. “We estimate that about 14 percent of diabetes in the...

By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – Exposing children to secondhand tobacco smoke increases their risk of developing habitual snoring, according to an analysis of existing research.   The results, from 24 studies...

By Tiisetso Motsoeneng JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africans are paying too much for private healthcare, the country’s antitrust watchdog said on Thursday, adding patients are sometimes prescribed treatments they...

By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – Folic acid fortification not only protects developing babies against certain birth defects but also supports healthy brain development through the teenage years, researchers report....

By Anne Harding (Reuters Health) –  Waning eyesight may hasten the pace of cognitive decline in older people, suggests a U.S. study.   The results suggest that vision fixes, like a new eyeglass prescription or surgery to...

By Jocelyn Wiener (Reuters Health) – Health clinics where low-income people in the U.S. obtain medical care don’t always offer help with quitting smoking – and availability of that assistance may vary by...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Parents can make the most of their time at their child’s routine pediatrician visits by preparing for each appointment, according to a new resource published in JAMA Pediatrics....

ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland, which permits low potency cannabis but bans most marijuana for recreational use, aims to allow pilot studies on ways to relax its laws, its government said on Wednesday. It also proposed...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Women who struggle to get pregnant or use reproductive technologies like in vitro fertilization (IVF) may be more likely to have preemies and kids with birth defects than their peers who...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Many breast cancer patients may miss out on genetic tests that could help pinpoint the ideal treatment regimen at least in part because their surgeons are uncomfortable discussing the...

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Heroin use is increasing in Kenya’s coastal communities as international traffickers use them as a transit point for drugs bound from Afghanistan to the West, creating health and social problems,...

By Gene Emery (Reuters Health) – A U.S. government investigation of allegations that doctors were implanting heart-shocking defibrillators into patients who didn’t meet federal guidelines led to a dramatic reduction...

By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – Minor strokes and “mini-strokes,” or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), need early medical attention, just like major strokes, but a public education campaign in the UK had...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Women who develop high blood pressure during pregnancy may be more likely to experience it again later or be diagnosed with other risk factors for heart disease like high cholesterol or...