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By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Shareable, two-wheeled standing scooters, which are the rage in some West Coast cities, may be more risky to riders – and pedestrians – than people think, researchers say....

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – – Video games with a physical activity component could help young children get more exercise during the school day, a small study suggests. Also called “exergaming,”...

PARIS (Reuters) – The French army will provide logistical support to hunters tasked with culling wild boar in a border zone next to Belgium, as France tries to prevent an outbreak of a virulent swine disease, its...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Although cancer survival rates have greatly improved in recent decades, a diagnosis with certain types of cancer can still be upsetting enough to increase a patient’s risk of...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People with diabetes who take soluble fiber supplements have slightly lower blood sugar than diabetics who don’t add this type of fiber to their diets, a research review finds....

By Francesca Landini and Stephen Jewkes MILAN (Reuters) – Italian drugmaker Zambon is looking to China and the U.S. to grow its respiratory and nervous system portfolio and could spend more than 100 million euros ($114...

PARIS (Reuters) – Sodilac, a unit of French dairy group Savencia, said it was recalling infant formula sold in pharmacies in France and produced at a Spanish factory due to possible links with salmonella cases among...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People who get surgery to fix a torn Achilles tendon may be less likely to experience repeat ruptures but more likely to develop infections than patients who get nonsurgical treatments,...

(Reuters) – At least 11 people have died in Argentina after becoming infected with hantavirus, a disease carried by rats and other rodents, according to a news alert from the World Health Organization (WHO). Among 29 cases...