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By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – A years-long HIV outbreak among intravenous (IV) drug users in Indiana might have been avoided if the state’s top medical and political leaders had acted sooner on early warnings...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People who regularly engage in light to moderate physical activity – like walking four hours a week or swimming two hours weekly – might have less severe strokes than...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Older white people with very impaired eyesight are more likely to use low-vision devices that may improve independence, compared to elderly people in other racial and ethnic groups, a...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Adolescents who try marijuana are not just smoking it. Many are also vaping or eating cannabis, a U.S. study suggests. Almost one in three teens have smoked cannabis at least once, the...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Most older women who get chemotherapy for breast cancer do not experience problems with cognition in the first two years after diagnosis and treatment, a new study finds. But researchers...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – High blood pressure is widespread among African-American men at least in part because they’re more likely than other people to eat a traditional Southern diet with lots of fried...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Sexual harassment and sexual abuse occur frequently and can harm physical and mental health, according to two studies from the U.S. and Europe published in JAMA Internal Medicine. In one...

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s agricultural watchdog said on Wednesday it had filed a lawsuit against meat firm Cherkizovo over safety violations. Rosselkhoznadzor, the watchdog, said it had asked the court to halt...