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By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Even when a hospital is equipped with sexual evidence kits, known as “rape kits,” a small percentage of assaulted women go through with the entire procedure and agree to...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Lesbian, gay, bisexual or questioning teens are at least twice as likely as their heterosexual peers to use illegal drugs like cocaine, ecstasy, heroin and methamphetamines, a U.S. study...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Handing kids plates with pictures of fruits and vegetables may nudge them to serve themselves more of these foods and eat more of them, too, a small experiment suggests. Researchers...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – In internal medicine, women earn less than men even when they’re in the same specialty and working the same hours in similar types of medical practices, a U.S. study suggests....

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Adolescents who have smoked e-cigarettes are more than three times more likely to move on to marijuana than teens who have never tried vaping, a U.S. study suggests. At 10 high schools...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Women who show up in the emergency room with a heart attack are less likely to die if they are treated by a female physician rather than a male, a new study finds. Researchers...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Compared to big corporations in other sectors of the economy, most healthcare organizations – even large ones – appear to be falling short when it comes to finding ways to...