Author: Reuters

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – The vaccine Shingrix prevents shingles, and if people do contract the virus, it reduces the severity of illness, two company-funded study suggests. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster,...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Adolescents may be cautious while they’re learning to drive, but a new study suggests they get downright dangerous once their license allows them to hit the road without a grownup...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Shots from high caliber firearms are more likely to kill, a new study suggests. Researchers wading into the gun control debate have shown that people shot by criminals wielding a higher...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Patients don’t see a difference in competence, professionalism or trustworthiness when doctors sport tattoos or piercings, a small U.S. study suggests. Perceptions have likely...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Sexual minorities are less likely to be employed or to have health insurance than their straight peers, a new U.S. study suggests. They are also more likely to report being in poorer...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Healthy kids with chronically ill siblings may suppress their own needs as they adapt to shifting family dynamics that are focused on caring for the child who is sick, a research review...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Hospitals that switch from paper to electronic health records may eventually see lower death rates than they had before, but a U.S. study also suggests that fatalities may first increase...

By Jocelyn Weiner (Reuters Health) – Office workers who knew that standing during the day could keep them healthier still felt awkward when they stood during meetings while their colleagues were seated, a UK study found....

By Anne Harding (Reuters Health) – Plant-derived estrogens, such as those from soy and red clover, might contribute to unwanted weight gain in some postmenopausal women, according to a new review of previous clinical...