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By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The governor of a violent, crime-ridden Mexican state that produces much of the local opium used to make heroin on Tuesday backed a proposal from the next government to decriminalize...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Workers who use sit-stand desks may reduce the amount of time they spend in a chair by more than an hour a day, according to a review of research on the best ways to curb sedentary time...

By Anne Harding (Reuters Health) – Young men who have sex with men (MSM) who disclose their sexual orientation or behavior to a health care provider are more likely to receive appropriate healthcare, new data suggest. Dr....

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa has recalled a number of high blood pressure and heart drugs containing an ingredient manufactured in bulk by a Chinese company following detection of an impurity that may cause...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch trial with sildenafil, sold under the brand name Viagra, has been immediately halted after 11 babies of mothers using the medication died, one of the participating hospitals said on Tuesday....

SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria is building a fence along its border with Romania to keep out wild boars that could carry the deadly infection African swine fewer to farm pigs and threaten the country’s pork industry, the...

By Arno Schuetze FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Dutch private equity group Waterland is launching the sale of Median Kliniken, Germany’s largest private-sector chain of post-acute care clinics, in a deal potentially worth...

LONDON (Reuters) – International medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Monday accused specialist HIV drugmaker ViiV Healthcare of delaying access for children with the AIDS virus to a critical medicine called...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Generic medicines for many common health problems like high blood pressure and diabetes may cost Medicare patients less when they pay cash instead of using their health insurance, a U.S....

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Fathers of young children may be almost as likely as new mothers to experience symptoms of depression, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined results from depression screenings done...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Children’s foods that are promoted as gluten-free tend to be lacking in nutritional value and loaded with sugar just like other packaged kids’ products on grocery store...