January 22, 2016 Parents' debt may influence childrens' emotional wellbeing Some kinds of debt, such as home mortgages and education loans, are linked to better child wellbeing while unsecured debt like credit card balances and overdue medical bills are tied to increasing behavior problems, according to a U.S. study.
January 22, 2016 Surgery patients do better when hospitals are good to nurses Surgery patients do better when nurses have better working environments, according to a new study.
January 21, 2016 More than 1,000 tested for tuberculosis in rural Alabama Tuberculosis, a global scourge, has mostly been eradicated in the United States, but minorities and poor people who lack regular health care remain vulnerable.
January 21, 2016 Zika virus may infect up to 700,000 people in Colombia The mosquito-borne Zika virus has already infected more than 13,500 people in Colombia and could hit as many as 700,000, the health minister said on Wednesday.
January 21, 2016 Lack of resilience as a teen tied to higher diabetes risk as an adult Men who have low resistance to psychological stress at age 18 may face considerably higher risk for type 2 diabetes in adulthood compared to those better able to handle stress, according to new research.
January 21, 2016 Sexual trauma raises suicide risk among veterans Men and women veterans who experienced sexual assault or repeated, threatening sexual harassment while serving in the military are at heightened risk of suicide, according to a recent U.S. study.
January 21, 2016 Drug firms ask governments to join fight against superbugs More than 80 international drug and biotech firms urged governments to work with them to combat drug-resistant superbugs which could kill tens of millions of people within decades unless progress is made and new antibiotics found.
January 21, 2016 H1N1 swine flu kills 18 in Armenia, three in Georgia, officials Eighteen people have died from H1N1 swine flu in Armenia in the last two months, the country's health ministry said on Thursday, but it said there was no risk of a mass outbreak.
January 20, 2016 Suspected microcephaly cases in Brazil rise to 3,893 The suspected number of cases of microcephaly, a rare brain defect in babies, continues to rise in Brazil, reaching 3,893 since authorities began investigating the surge in October, HealthMinistry officials said Wednesday.
January 20, 2016 Debt-laden Puerto Rico now has travel warning over Zika to worry about The tourism industry in debt-burdened Puerto Rico urged precautions on Tuesday after U.S. health authorities alerted pregnant woman against traveling to the island because of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.