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They include not only "junk food" -- like chips, sweets and fast food -- but also the breads, processed meats, jarred sauces and frozen meals that many people consider staples.

(Reuters Health) - Seniors with declining vision are more likely than peers with good eyesight to experience discrimination as well as depression that may result from this bias, a new study from the UK suggests.

(Reuters Health) - College athletes playing water polo may sustain more head impacts than people have realized, a U.S. study suggests.

NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia on Thursday joined a wave of U.S. media companies, including Walt Disney Co, saying they will reconsider working in Georgia if a new law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected takes effect.

Children under five infected with Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are dying at a higher rate than other patients as their parents shun special treatment centers, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

Eight-year-old Kennedy Muhindo was running a high fever and racked by stomach pain and diarrhea.

WarnerMedia on Thursday became the third major U.S. media company to say it would reconsider working in Georgia if a new law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected takes effect, following Walt Disney Co and Netflix.

Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal said if anti-abortion laws in various U.S. states are upheld, it would "strongly impact" where it produces films and television shows in the future.

On Instagram, the pop star said she had "an unfortunate allergic reaction to tomatoes and my throat pretty much closed."

(Reuters Health) - Elderly people who fall may not always be stumbling over things in the dark. A new study suggests most of these falls at home happen when there's plenty of light.

The fact that osteopenia was just as common in men came as a surprise, said researcher Allison Ford, a professor of health and exercise science at the University of Mississippi.

(MedPage Today) -- Urge passage of bills to avert "catastrophic damage"

(MedPage Today) -- Three reasons they might, says Suneel Dhand, MD

(MedPage Today) -- Rule called too vague, full of loopholes

A tax on baby food, pizzas and cakes could subsidise fruit and vegetables, England's chief medical officer says.

Previously, all forms of marijuana were prohibited in carry-on bags and checked luggage, the Associated Press reported.

(Reuters Health) - Black men are more likely to die of prostate cancer than white men in the U.S., but a new study suggests this racial disparity may be largely due to differences in the medical care men receive.

There are 29 cases in a village - including one death - and people are advised to get checked.

The first case of African swine fever has been reported in North Korea, South Korea's agriculture ministry said on Thursday, showing how the virus has spread widely since the first outbreak in East Asia was found in China in August last year.

Louisiana's Democratic governor said on Wednesday he would sign a bill passed earlier in the day to ban abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected, the latest legislation in a movement in mostly Southern and Midwest states to curb abortion rights.