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By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – U.S. flight attendants may be more likely than other Americans to develop several types of cancer including tumors of the breast, uterus, cervix, thyroid and skin, new research suggests....

By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – The use of onsite automated external defibrillators (AED), increasingly found in places like airports and sports stadiums, is raising the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest, suggests...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Last month U.S. regulators said a pill that helps prevent infection with HIV is safe for use by adolescents, and a study suggests most physicians would be willing to prescribe this...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Adult survivors of childhood cancer are at risk for serious chronic medical problems, but many of them are not particularly concerned about their future health, a study suggests. In a...

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian meat producer Cherkizovo said on Thursday bird flu was detected at its poultry farm in Penza region. “The hotbed of the outbreak was contained and destroyed”, the firm said, adding no...

SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria on Thursday reported the first outbreak in the European Union of the highly contagious Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), on livestock farms in the village of Voden in southeastern Bulgaria, close...

By Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oscar Health, which began selling individual health insurance in New York for the 2014 launch of the Obamacare exchanges, on Thursday announced plans to expand into Florida, Michigan...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Older adults who are faster on their feet may be less likely to suffer cognitive problems after heart surgery than patients who have difficulty walking, a Japanese study suggests. All...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Even when the heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation goes away after treatment, patients’ risk of stroke may still be higher than average, a large UK study suggests....

By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – Using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) around the time of conception significantly increases the risk of miscarriage in the first eight weeks of pregnancy, a study...