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ITHACA, N.Y., Oct. 10 (UPI) – U.S. schools’ use of debit accounts to pay for student lunches results in students’ choosing less healthy choices and more calories, researchers say.

David Just and Brian Wansink, both of Cornell University’s Food and Brand…

Postmenopausal breast cancer patients had a significantly lower risk of dying of the disease if they consumed multivitamins with minerals, an analysis of data from theWomen’s Health Initiative (WHI) showed.

Overall, use of multivitamins with minerals was…

After plummeting for the past four years, the falling birth rate in the United States appears to have leveled off, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The number of babies born in 2012 was just less than…

In tests for arsenic in more than 1,300 samples of rice and rice products, the Food and Drug Administration has found levels vary but overall are far too low to cause any immediate or short-term adverse health effects.

The results, out Friday, represent…

Babies who ate more fruits and vegetables and fewer packaged foods were less likely to develop food allergies in a new study that looked at overall diet patterns instead of just specific foods.

“We have been aware that certain diets seem to reduce the…

According to the American Cancer Society, about one in eight women will develop breast cancer during their lifetime. There are more than 2.9 million breast cancer survivors in the United States. Saturday along with their supporters, those survivors took…

In 2011, more than 6.9 million children died before their fifth birthday. Over 98% of these deaths occurred in developing countries. India accounted for 1.6 million deaths. Pediatricians and public health experts say exclusive breastfeeding for six months…

According to a new study from the University of Washington, autistic children between 3 and 10 exhibit distinct brain chemistry from children with developmental delays, as well as those with typical development.

The fact that early brain chemical…

One of the heaviest babies ever born in Germany was born last week at the University Hospital Leipzig.

The baby girl, Jasleen, weighed a whopping 13.47 pounds and measured nearly 23 inches long.

She was born vaginally, not via a C-section, according to a…

It’s no surprise that without electricity, we’d all hit the hay a lot earlier – but a new study has found just how much electric lighting affects our sleep wake cycles. The study, published online in the journal Current Biology, also found that all it…

Boys who have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more likely to spend excessive amounts of time playing video games compared to boys without ASD, MedPage Today reported.

In a study published in Pediatrics, researchers examined video…

A 12-year-old girl in Arkansas is in critical condition after being infected by a rare but deadly brain-eating parasite, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Kali Hardig was admitted to Arkansas Children’s Hospital about eight days…

People who had contact with a calf that was kept near a popular Rhode Island ice cream shop should contact health officials because the animal may have had rabies, state health authorities said Thursday.

The three month old black-and-white calf, named…

A video featuring Memphis QB Jacob Karam and a young cancer patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has been making the rounds on social media.

Karam stopped by the hospital to help with a scavenger hunt and played some music with 11-year old…

Jealous of your long-legged peers? Turns out they may not have won the gene pool after all.

New research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found a surprising correlation between height and cancer risk among…

Immigration officials said Albert Buitenhuis, who weighs 130kg (286 pounds), did not have “an acceptable standard of health”.

He now faces expulsion despite shedding 30kg since he moved to the city of Christchurch six years ago.

New Zealand has one of the…

An elderly Glenn County resident is the second person in the state to come down with West Nile virus this year, health officials reported Tuesday.

The north county resident recently was hospitalized with serious illness, but is recovering, said Glenn…