Author: Reuters

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Apps that prompt users to stand up and move every hour or to aim for a certain number of daily steps do help people add movement and exercise to their daily routines, a recent trial...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – When people take their hypertension medications at bedtime, blood pressure is better controlled during the night and the risk of death or illness due to cardiovascular disease is...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Young adults who develop PTSD may be more likely to have a stroke by the time they are middle aged, a study of U.S. veterans suggests. Researchers followed almost one million young and...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Poor language comprehension may raise the odds of a repeat hospitalization, a Canadian study suggests. Researchers in Toronto found that patients with limited English proficiency were...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Older adults who take many common medicines may be more likely to fall and be injured when they drink alcohol, a recent study suggests. Researchers focused on a wide variety of medicines...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women may be “eating for two” – or more – but when it comes to twin pregnancies, gaining too much weight may be as bad as gaining too little, a U.S....