Diet and Health Articels

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A worsening of symptoms soon after starting the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) suggests that the drug is unlikely to have a lasting beneficial effect, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obesity and a common sleep problem called obstructive sleep apnea may raise the risk of atrial fibrillation, a rapid, irregular heartbeat that increases the risk of stroke, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday branded the outpatient care of U.S. troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan "unacceptable" and promised officials would be held accountable for the failings.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning linked to peanut butter has widened to 329 people in 41 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - More than 40 percent of women in India have not heard of AIDS, according to a government survey that has alarmed activists.