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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regular exercise can reduce a woman's risk of cancer, but the benefits may slip away if she gets too little sleep, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes appear to increase the risk of certain common throat and stomach cancers, Dutch researchers reported on Monday.

FRANKFORT - Kentucky's financial woes are likely to increase pressure on lawmakers to reconsider raising the state's tax on cigarettes, says Democratic state Rep.

Regular exercise can reduce a woman's risk of cancer, but the benefits may slip away if she gets too little sleep, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

A new study has concluded that increased taxation on alcohol results in fewer deaths caused by or related to the effects of drinking.

The Massachusetts Public Health Council on Wednesday unanimously approved measures to increase oversight of teaching hospital expansion projects with the aim of ensuring that new facilities do not duplicate services offered by community hospitals or imperil existing facilities, the Boston Globe reports.

Belly fat has been linked to an increased risk for heart disease and diabetes. Now an important new study links belly fat to early death.

Afghan education authorities say they are facing a difficult task of convincing parents to send their daughters to school as attacks on female students have increased in recent months. Three girls sus...

The Treatment Action Campaign of South Africa is calling on pharmaceutical companies to 'dramatically lower the prices' of human papillomavirus vaccines to make them more affordable for HIV-positive women, the Cape Times/IOL reports.

The Indian city of Chennai is seeing an increase in unplanned pregnancies and abortions since a ban on over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception was implemented by the state director of drug control one year ago, the Times of India reports.