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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...

SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian authorities said on Wednesday they had slaughtered 1,800 animals following the first outbreak in the European Union of the highly contagious Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR). Last month the...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African department store chain Woolworths Holdings Ltd is recalling a frozen savory rice mix following a worldwide product recall issued by the Hungarian Food Safety Agency due to an outbreak...

By Anne Harding (Reuters Health) – Babies who start on solids at three months sleep better than infants exclusively breastfed until six months of age, according to a new analysis of clinical trial data. The World Health...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – People with pale skin who are sensitive to the sun should use several sun-protective behaviors to avoid sunburn, according to a new study. Those who only used sunscreen had a higher...

By Anne Harding (Reuters Health) – Burned-out doctors are more likely to make major medical errors, regardless of workplace safety measures, new research shows. “Just trying to fix the setting of health care...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – More than 16 years after cleanup was completed at the site of the September 11, 2001 attack on New York City’s World Trade Center complex, many who worked at the disaster site...

By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – Taking multivitamins and minerals does not reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease or associated deaths, according to a new review of existing research. “There is no scientific...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s Together Pharma said on Tuesday it will set up a new company with Premier Dead Sea to sell cosmetics based on cannabis and Dead Sea minerals. The firm said the products would be based...