NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High school kids in California, a state that limits the junk food sold in vending machines, eat fewer calories in school than kids in states without such regulations, according to a new study.
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California teens eat fewer calories in school
Georgia woman with flesh-eating disease in "critical" condition
Antibiotics prevent UTIs better than probiotics
Fish oil shows little effect on Tourette's tics
Health secretary urges contraception compromise
All baby boomers should get hepatitis C test -CDC
Study unpicks gene changes behind breast cancer
Exclusive: Drugmakers weigh emergency supply plan for Greece
New York judge with cancer makes case for marijuana
Sex, age may affect athletes' concussion recovery
Georgia woman with flesh-eating disease in "critical" condition
(Reuters) - A Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacterial infection was in critical condition at Augusta Hospital on Saturday, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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Antibiotics prevent UTIs better than probiotics
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Antibiotics are still better than probiotics at preventing urinary tract infections, but at least "good bacteria" don't add to a person's antibiotic resistance, a new study concludes.
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Fish oil shows little effect on Tourette's tics
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some parents swear by fish oil as a treatment for the "tics" caused by Tourette's disorder, but so far the research evidence is slim.
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Health secretary urges contraception compromise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's top health official on Friday took the debate over whether healthcare coverage should include contraceptives to the campus of a Catholic university that has been deeply divided over the administration's policy.
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All baby boomers should get hepatitis C test -CDC
(Reuters) - All baby boomers should be tested at least once for the liver-destroying hepatitis C virus, according to proposed guidelines from U.S. health officials released on Friday.
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Study unpicks gene changes behind breast cancer
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have mapped the complete genetic codes of 21 breast cancers and created a catalogue of the mutations that accumulate in breast cells, raising hopes that the disease may be able to be spotted earlier and treated more effectively in future.
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Exclusive: Drugmakers weigh emergency supply plan for Greece
LONDON (Reuters) - International drugmakers are working with European authorities on emergency plans to keep medicines flowing into Greece if the country crashes out of the euro.
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New York judge with cancer makes case for marijuana
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A cancer-stricken judge in New York has become an unlikely voice in support of legalizing the use of medical marijuana with the admission that he smokes pot to ease the side-effects of his treatments.
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Sex, age may affect athletes' concussion recovery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Female and high school athletes may need more time to recover from a concussion than their male or college counterparts, a new study finds.
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