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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s Pitango Venture Capital said on Thursday it was launching a fund that will reach $150 million to invest in health technology. The new HealthTech Fund will operate alongside...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Middle schools that offer a comprehensive dating violence prevention program in every grade may have fewer youth involved in abusive relationships, a U.S. study suggests. The goal of the...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – U.S. soldiers are more likely to have poor heart health than civilians of similar ages, a new study finds. Comparing more than 263,000 active duty Army personnel to nearly 5,000...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Many people may mistakenly assume teen boys are not prone to eating disorders because their symptoms are different from what’s typically seen in girls and their focus is on...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People who eat lots of ultra-processed foods are more likely to develop heart disease and to die sooner than those who stick with foods in their original form, two large studies...

By Lisa Rapaport Many American children are still being poisoned by laundry pods, according to a new study that suggests voluntary safety standards many not do enough to prevent kids from eating them. Poison control centers...

By Ankur Banerjee Spending time in the sun without protection increases the risk of melanoma, but the potentially deadly skin cancer can occur even on sites with minimal sun exposure, doctors warn. Melanoma accounts for only...

By Linda Carroll Even as a shortage of U.S. workers who care for the elderly and disabled grows, proposed limits on immigration may worsen the situation, researchers say. As of 2017, immigrants accounted for more than 18% of...

KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s highest civil court on Tuesday rejected French drugmaker Sanofi’s bid to fend off a legal challenge by U.S. rival Amgen against Sanofi’s cholesterol drug Praluent....