WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. food safety inspectors said Tuesday they will expand tests and recall infected meat more rapidly to combat E. coli contamination of meat products after the largest American manufacturer of hamburger patties went out of business this

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An experimental infrared camera may be able to detect breathing problems in people with sleep apnea, taking at least some of the discomfort out of diagnosis of this chronic sleeping disorder, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Poor and often illiterate populations may be saddled with more health problems simply because they are not aware of public health services that are available to them, a study in India suggests.

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The rapid spread in Latin America of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is made worse by the Roman Catholic Church's stand against using condoms, a U.N. official said on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Levels of the hormone oxytocin circulating in a pregnant woman's body play a critical role in how closely she will bond with her newborn -- both emotionally and behaviorally, a new study shows.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A combination of environmental and nutritional programs that target the poor can substantially reduce childhood mortality globally, new research suggests.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Workers involved in producing diacetyl, a chemical used in food flavoring, are at increased risk for developing bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), new research suggests.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The relationship of body mass index (BMI) with the body composition in patients with rheumatoid arthritis differs from that in patients with osteoarthritis and healthy controls, according to UK researchers.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Black people infected with HIV are at much higher risk for kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal disease, than are their white counterparts. In fact, the risk seen with HIV infection in blacks is

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A simple device for detecting carbon monoxide in the blood may help doctors get an honest answer out of patients who smoke, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Most people know eating broccoli is good for you but it also can help skin cells fend off damage from harmful ultraviolet radiation, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Neither basic nor weekly smoking cessation support offered by primary care practices improve quit rates more than that achieved with nicotine replacement therapy alone, according to study results published in the journal Thorax.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study shows that women can significantly cut their risk of having a heart attack by eating right, drinking a moderate amount of alcohol, staying physically active, maintaining a healthy weight and not smoking.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with sleep disordered breathing who undergo adenotonsillectomy - surgical removal of the tonsils and adenoids -- may not only start sleeping better, but may also show improvements in behavior, the results of a new

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - From 1998 through 2003, the rate of double mastectomies among women in the United States who had cancer diagnosed in only one breast more than doubled, according to a report in the Journal of Clinical

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older men with low levels of the hormone testosterone may die sooner than other men their age with normal testosterone levels, a study suggests.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Symptoms of postpartum depression appear to be reduced by any psychosocial therapy, with women opting for this treatment doing better than those who try to struggle through with no treatment at all, findings of a

After a year of much controversy about drug-eluting stents, attendees at the largest gathering of interventional cardiologists in the world in Washington DC this week are lauding the 30th Anniversary of Coronary Angioplasty, a celebration that began last month in

November's issue of the Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics finds an increasing prevalence of celiac disease over time.

RENO, NV (MARKET WIRE) Yearning to be healthy is not the same as being healthy. And while small business owners, corporations and the federal government understand the importance of healthy living for individual satisfaction and ultimately bottom-line fiscal results, options