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According to a study published on JAMA Oncology last Thursday, 28.9% of all breast cancers diagnosed on white women from the United States can be prevented by taking into account 4 risk factors. Read more: 28.9% of all breast cancers can be prevented by controlling 4 risk factors

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House office deleted language in a recently introduced tobacco regulation that would have removed flavored e-cigarettes from the market until they had been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, an edited version of the document shows. Read more: White House scrapped FDA plan to restrict flavored e-cigarettes

Living organ donors today experience higher premiums or denial of insurance coverage based solely on their status as a donor. Is it right that a person making such a sacrifice to save the life of a stranger or family member should be required to deal ... Read more: Living organ donors deserve insurance protection

(Reuters Health) - Pediatricians rarely receive training in gender-affirming health care, and as a result, few transgender youths who are eligible for such healthcare actually receive it, experts say. Read more: Better-trained doctors would improve healthcare for trans youths: study

A new study finds that implementing the United Nations targets for HIV testing and treatment would be an expensive but ultimately very cost-effective way to increase survival, reduce the number of children orphaned by HIV, and contain the global AIDS ... Read more: New UN treatment targets for HIV/AIDS would be 'expensive but worth every penny'

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, following the lead of Britain and Australia, will make plain packaging of cigarettes compulsory in a bid to cut the rate of smoking, Health Minister Jane Philpott said on Tuesday. Read more: Canada to make plain packaging for tobacco products compulsory

(Reuters Health) - Short and long-term exposure to air pollution from vehicle exhaust or burning coal is associated with high blood pressure, according to a review of 17 studies. Read more: Air pollution tied to high blood pressure risk

(Reuters) - General Mills Inc on Tuesday issued a voluntary recall of about 10 million pounds of flour, saying it was working with health officials to investigate an outbreak of E. coli that had sickened 38 people in 20 states. Read more: General Mills recalls flour over possible link to E.coli outbreak

(Reuters Health) - At one point in the year, almost 80 percent of teens in a UK study had insufficient vitamin D that should come from sun exposure, and one quarter had insufficient levels even at the peak of summer, according to a new study. Read more: For some U.K. teens, sun doesn’t provide enough vitamin D

(Reuters) - Swiss biotech firm AC Immune SA filed with U.S. regulators on Tuesday to raise up to $50 million in an initial public offering of common stock. Read more: AC Immune files for U.S. IPO to develop Alzheimer's drug

(Reuters Health) - When elderly drivers have to stop getting behind the wheel, they run the risk of social isolation, especially if they don’t have an alternative transportation plan, a recent study suggests. Read more: When seniors stop driving, social isolation looms

LONDON (Reuters) - New hepatitis C drugs that can cure the liver-destroying disease are revolutionizing treatment but their high price is a huge burden in some countries, particularly in central and eastern Europe, according to a new study. Read more: Burden of pricey hepatitis C drugs heaviest in eastern Europe

Scientists are warning that the world could be in for an "antibiotic apocalypse", with a rise in drug-resistant superbugs killing 10 million people every year by 2050. Read more: Superbugs spark fears of 'antibiotic apocalypse'

The bacteria are coming for us. A new report commissioned by the UK government predicts that “superbugs” could kill more than 10 million people annually by 2050. Read more: Superbugs to kill 10 million a year by 2050

More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease combined. Read more: Kids, Parents & Mental Health: It's Time to Talk

Arizona health officials Monday announced another case of measles - bringing the total to 11 cases - and warned of more than one dozen places in Pinal and Maricopa counties where the public may have been exposed to the disease. Read more: 11 measles cases confirmed: What you need to know about the outbreak

News from a research team studying the effects of opioids may help explain the explosion in prescription pain-killer addictions of the last several years. Read more: Prescription Pain Killers May Worsen And Lengthen Chronic Pain

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MARCH 29: Pau Gasol #16 of the Chicago Bulls dribbles the ball during the game against the Indiana Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on March 29, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Read more: Gasol considering not playing in Rio Games

Associate Health Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga shows how plain-packaged cigarettes could soon look. Photo / NZME. Here's how cigarette packs could soon look - a standard package with gruesome warning image. Read more: Plain tobacco packaging likely for early next year

PARIS (Reuters) - A Spanish woman won the right to use her dead husband's frozen sperm to try to have a baby when France's top administrative court upheld her appeal on Tuesday. Read more: French court rules woman can use dead husband's sperm

Plain cigarette packets could hit the NZ shelves as soon as next year as the government navigates towards a smoke free country by 2025. Read more: Plain packaging by 2017

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc's bid to revive four patents for its antibiotic drug Cubicin, paving the way for rival Hospira Inc to introduce a generic version as soon as this year. Read more: U.S. Supreme Court rejects patent appeal over Cubicin drug

(Reuters) - Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd said it will not proceed with the second part of its late-stage study on the lung cancer drug, patritumab. Read more: Daiichi Sankyo to not proceed with lung cancer study

The New Zealand government is pushing ahead with its plans to bring in plain packaging for cigarettes and it's revealed what it wants the packs to look like. Read more: NZ Govt reveals plain packaging details

MONDAY, May 30, 2016 -- Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are often treated with medications, such as Adderall or Ritalin. Read more: Lifestyle may be key to improving ADHD in kids

A local pharmacist has lent his knowledge to a statewide effort to educate medical professionals and members of the public about responsible antibiotic usage and stewardship. Read more: Southwest Health pharmacist stresses antibiotics awareness

(Reuters) - StemCells Inc said on Tuesday it had terminated a mid-stage trial in spinal cord injury and that its board had decided to wind down the company. Read more: StemCells terminates mid-stage study; to wind down operations