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 | | | | | | |  | | | | December 31, 2008 01:00 PM ET
 | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenagers who underestimate the risks of smoking -- or overestimate the social value -- are substantially more likely than their peers to take up the habit, a new study suggests.
| | | December 31, 2008 05:09 PM ET
 | LONDON (Reuters) - Giving antibiotics to patients in intensive care units as a precaution saves lives, according to a major Dutch study published Wednesday.
| | | December 31, 2008 05:31 PM ET
| BOSTON (Reuters) - Merck's popular osteoporosis drug Fosamax and other similar drugs may carry a risk for esophageal cancer, a Food and Drug Administration official said on Wednesday.
| | | December 31, 2008 05:29 PM ET
| BOSTON (Reuters) - Machines that send fluid circulating through a donated kidney while it is being preserved for transplant keep the organ healthier than the standard method of simply immersing it in fluid and transporting it on ice, doctors reported on Wednesday.
| | | December 31, 2008 12:45 PM ET
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Diabetes can slow the brain, causing trouble with two types of mental processing in adults of all ages, Canadian researchers reported on Wednesday.
| | | December 31, 2008 01:02 PM ET
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lung cancer cells produce a compound that helps the tumor spread to other parts of the body, a finding that could lead to a new way to prevent this dangerous development, researchers reported on Wednesday.
| | | December 31, 2008 03:50 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Clinical recovery is usually satisfactory in children treated for Lyme neuroborreliosis - infection of the nervous system that usually occurs in the late stages -- and subsequent fatigue or headache are not attributable to the condition, according to a report in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.
| | | December 31, 2008 02:22 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among pregnant women at higher-than- average risk of premature delivery, those who are overweight or obese seem to be afforded some protection, a new study suggests.
| | | December 31, 2008 03:50 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pre-pregnancy physical activity may not influence whether or not a woman will have persistent low back or pelvic pain after pregnancy, suggest researchers from Sweden.
| | | December 31, 2008 12:01 PM ET
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study of stroke patients indicates that those with migraine are much more likely to experience a headache prior to the onset of stroke than are similar stroke patients with no history of migraine or serious headaches, Italian researchers report in the current issue of the journal Headache.
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Teens are influenced by health risks of smoking
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