By Kate Kelland (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional committee called on Thursday for the newly-elected director of the World Health Organization’s cancer research agency to testify at a July hearing on its operations in...
Read MoreBy Cheryl Platzman Weinstock (Reuters Health) – Even when a headache specialist refers migraine patients for proven behavioral treatments like biofeedback, relaxation training or cognitive behavioral therapy, barely half...
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded its...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People who have disrupted sleep cycles or less variation in their activity levels around the clock may be more likely to have depression, bipolar disorders and other mental health...
Read MorePARIS (Reuters) – Bee keepers and environmental activists staged a mock funeral in Paris on Thursday for bees, to protest against the pesticides they say are killing insects crucial for the eco-system. Some protesters,...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Teens on Native American reservations continue to be more likely to report using alcohol, marijuana and other illicit drugs than peers elsewhere in the U.S. and to start using at younger...
Read MoreBy Estelle Shirbon and Amanda Ferguson LONDON/BELFAST (Reuters) – Britain’s Supreme Court expressed the view on Thursday that Northern Ireland’s strict abortion law was incompatible with the European Convention...
Read MoreGENEVA (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has bannned imports of frozen and processed fruit and vegetables from India’s Kerala state, citing the risk from an outbreak of Nipah virus, Saudi Arabia said in a filing published by...
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PARIS (Reuters) – France’s phone-addicted children will be obliged to do without their...
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By Tina Bellon NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lawsuit by 22 ovarian cancer patients against Johnson...
Read MoreBy Gene Emery (Reuters Health) – Two drugs are better than one when it comes to restoring the womb after an incomplete miscarriage, according to a new study. The 300 women in the study had all recently suffered an early...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Gay, lesbian and bisexual people living in states where it’s legal to deny services to same-sex couples may have an increased risk of mental illness even when they don’t...
Read MoreBy Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Hospitals that allow family members of critically ill patients to attend doctors’ rounds in the intensive care unit (ICU) may improve healthcare quality by enhancing communication...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Obese teens who have weight loss surgery are likely to lose the same amount of weight regardless of whether they were previously diagnosed with psychiatric problems, a U.S. study...
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By Krisztina Fenyo ZEBEGENY, Hungary (Reuters) – Robert Laczko, who rears Hungary’s...
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By Kate Kelland (Reuters) – Scientists seeking new ways to fight drug-resistant superbugs...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Murder, suicide, car crashes, and addiction have all contributed to a spike in deaths among U.S. children and teens in recent years, a government study suggests. The death rate for youth...
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By Michael Erman and Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) – A recently adopted tactic by U.S....
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Women who have an abortion may be no more likely to develop depression than women who don’t, a Danish study suggests. Researchers examined data on 396,397 women born in Denmark...
Read MoreBy Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Prostate cancer patients who smoke are more likely to have tumors return, spread to other parts of the body, and become fatal than nonsmokers, a new study suggests. Researchers examined...
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