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By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Gender disparities in medical careers – in position, pay and publishing – start early, but even small systemic changes in training programs could begin to narrow these gaps,...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Parents who had a lot of traumatic or stressful experiences during childhood may be more likely to have kids with behavioral problems, a U.S. study suggests. Adverse childhood...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – High school students in the U.S. are a lot more sober than they used to be, a new study suggests. The proportion of high school students in their final year who have never tried alcohol...

SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria reported on Thursday another case of the highly contagious Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) close to the border with Turkey. The virus, which can infect up to 90 percent of an animal heard but...

BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese bulk manufacturer of the common blood and heart drug valsartan said it was recalling the product from consumers in the United States and would halt supplies to the country, after an impurity...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Over nearly a decade, deaths from liver disease have been rising rapidly in the U.S., new data show. The most pronounced increase between 2009 and 2016 was a 10.5 percent rise each year...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Even when traffic fumes permeate the air, it’s still better for your heart if you get outside and exercise than if you spend all day sitting inside, a recent study suggests. While...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Omega-3 fatty acids have long been touted as heart healthy, but taking them in supplement form does little to protect against heart disease, a large new analysis suggests. The study...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – AngioDynamics Inc has agreed to pay the U.S. government $12.5 million to resolve allegations it caused healthcare providers to submit false claims to federal healthcare programs over the use of two...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – African American men and women are more likely to develop high blood pressure in middle age than their white counterparts, a U.S. study suggests. Approximately 76 percent of black adults...