NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests a large new study.
Researchers found that the risk of having gestational diabetes during a future pregnancy ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A journal editor has scrubbed a line supporting the use of a L'Oreal-Nestle tanning pill from the conclusion of a company-sponsored study.
The edits come days after a Reuters Health story -- http://link.reuters.com/wuv52n -- about serious shortcomings in the report.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two flu vaccine makers said on Friday they had started shipping supplies for the U.S. market, one of the earliest starts ever to distributing seasonal influenza vaccine.
And U.S. officials said they were changing the labeling on a vaccine made by Australia's CSL Ltd because ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite studies suggesting that birth control pills might not work as well in obese women, a new study suggests that they prevent pregnancy the same no matter what a woman weighs.
As long as a woman-heavy or thin--took the pill consistently, Dr. Carolyn L. Westhoff of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Paging script-writers: Pumping on a patient's chest during CPR while a stretcher careens down a hospital hallway works just fine, Chinese researchers have found.
By straddling patients on the stretcher -- think "ER," the American TV drama -- paramedics can get ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're trying to bring your blood pressure to healthy levels, a new study suggests that how much you weigh is more important than how fit you are.
As expected, the study found that overweight or obese people were more likely to have a high systolic blood pressure - ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While most stroke survivors will suffer falls, strategies to prevent these dangerous events continue to fall short, suggests a new study out of Australia.
Up to three in four stroke survivors fall within six months of their stroke, and these falls can lead to serious ...
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Two Florida residents have died from Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease that is rare among humans but has infected a rising number of horses in the state, health officials said on Friday.
Both deaths were in the Tampa area, where a woman died on July 1 ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When professional athletes in sports like football and rugby are injured, they commonly get injections of pain-numbing anesthetics to help them stay in the game. Now a new study suggests that, while safety concerns remain, most athletes may not suffer any long-term harm ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that of nearly 1,900 Finnish children they followed for six years, those who lived in homes with dampness or mold ...
