NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research points to a dramatic increase in the number of women diagnosed with the earliest stage of breast cancer in one breast who choose to have both breasts surgically removed.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have created the first genetic blueprint of domestic cattle, saying on Thursday the map may lead to tastier beef, better milk and even new insights about human health.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have developed a new way to make embryonic-like stem cells by soaking them in genetically engineered proteins, a new step toward using ordinary cells to treat disease.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Atkins-style diets may help people shed pounds, but once the weight battle is won, diets low in saturated fat are the healthy choice, a new study suggests.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that young adults who gained too much weight as teenagers tend to have greater amounts of deep abdominal fat — a risk factor for heart disease later in life.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seven people have been diagnosed with a strange and unusual new kind of swine flu in California and Texas, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - State laws that prohibit people under the age of 21 from buying or possessing alcohol, and from driving with any amount of alcohol in their system, save 732 lives each year in the United States, according to a study examining 23 years of research on the subject.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pregnancy was unexpected, and for one 32-year-old single mother in Syracuse, New York, the ailing economy became a factor in her decision to have an abortion.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Enforcement of laws banning tobacco sales to minors has curbed U.S. teenagers’ smoking rates, a new study finds.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vaccines against two big killers — tuberculosis and pneumonia — were launched among African children on Wednesday, both backed jointly by drugmakers and groups set up specifically to promote vaccination.