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By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Today’s moms-to-be are more likely than women from their mothers’ generation to become depressed while pregnant, a study suggests. Stresses of the modern world may be driving...

By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – Knowing more about how and when pain starts diminishing after surgery can help doctors and patients understand what’s normal and when to expect a full recovery, suggests a small...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Athletes who drink chocolate milk during exercise or after a hard workout may recover just as quickly as they would with sports drinks, a research review suggests. What people eat and...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Employers and workers need to be aware that heat stress can happen well before temperatures reach official limits for workplace safety, a U.S. study suggests. The “heat...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People are more likely to be hospitalized for respiratory disorders during the annual haze season in Southeast Asia, when densely polluted air hovers over the region, than at other times...

GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Thursday for access to 210,000 displaced people who have fled fighting in southern Syria and are in urgent need of medicines and health services, including...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Heat waves can sap productivity by slowing down thinking, even in the young and healthy, a small study suggests. Harvard researchers found that during a summer heat wave, students living...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – U.S. women rarely seek emergency treatment for complications related to an abortion, according to new study that underscores the safety of these procedures. Researchers examined data on...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – E-cigarette liquids sweetened with flavorings like clove and vanilla may damage cells in the blood vessels and heart even when they don’t contain nicotine, a small experiment...

By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock (Reuters Health) – Two consecutive generations of children in the UK had dramatically different rates of smoking at an early age, and one major reason may be the changing socioeconomic status...