People who eat canned versus homemade soup have high levels of bisphenol A (BPA), according to research released Tuesday about the controversial plastic-hardener linked to developmental disruptions in children along with cancer, diabetes and heart disease in adults.
Young adults who take oral antibiotics for acne may be more likely to get sore throats, according to a new study.
People who are underweight have a 40 percent higher risk of dying in the first month after surgery than patients who are overweight, according to new research released on Monday.
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Three Former Synthes Inc. officials Monday were sentenced to jail for the unapproved medical trials of a bone-cement drug in spinal surgeries that left three people dead.
The United Nation's weather agency, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), has released a report that suggests the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2010. The report particularly noted the levels of nitrous oxide.
Oneal Ron Morris, 30, has been charged with practicing medicine without a license with serious bodily injury. Authorities have found no phone listing for Morris. In Florida, practicing medicine or attempting to practice medicine without a license is a third-degree felony. Anyone caught may face a prison term of up to five years and be fined up to $5,000 per count if convicted.
A year-long study in northeast Madagascar found 30 percent greater anemia in 77 children 12 years and younger compared to children who had access to bushmeat.
According to reports by the WORLD Health Organisation, there has been a four-fold increase in polio cases in Nigeria.
Study suggests that a sense of smell can improve with training.
More people than ever are living with the AIDS virus but this is largely due to better access to drugs that keep HIV patients alive and well for many years, the United Nations AIDS program (UNAIDS) said on Monday.
Overweight adults eat less often than people in the normal body weight range, but still take in more calories and are less active over the course of the day, according to a U.S. study.
Researchers in Chile's Atacama Desert have stumbled upon what is believed to be a most unusual discovery. They are baffled by the presence of a number of skeletons of prehistoric whales, in what is, statistically, one of the driest regions in the world.
Canada and Mexico won a trade case against a U.S. law on meat labeling at the World Trade Organization on Friday.
A new study conducted by researchers at Aalto University and the University of Tampere shows that the human brain processes nude and clothed bodies in different ways; the study reflects the pattern of arousal elicited by the former.
Speculation that Aishwarya Rai had a C-section was liad to rest with Amitabh Bachchan revealing more details of the birth of his granddaughter on November 16.
Scientists at HRL Laboratories LLC, the California Institute of Technology, and the University of California at Irvine have invented a new material so light that even a feathery dandelion can comfortably hold its weight without having its little fluffy seeds mashed.
With U.S. food banks facing a shortage of turkeys this season, Thanksgiving Day will not be the same for some Americans this year. Because of the nation's bad economy, the number of turkey donations will be reduced drastically.
Former Pennsylvania State University football coach Joe Paterno has lung cancer, his son said in a statement. Scott Paterno told The Associated Press in a statement that his father has a treatable form of the pulmonary disease and that he is currently being treated.
Dance therapy, a field expected to grow 15 percent by 2018, uses the body's movement as a door to mental and physical health.
The number of Americans newly infected with syphilis has fallen for the first time in a decade, but sexually transmitted diseases continue to take a staggering toll on the United States, with 19 million new infections each year at a cost of $17 billion annually.
The House of Representatives dealt a blow to childhood obesity warriors on Thursday by passing a bill that abandons proposals that threatened to end the reign of pizza and French fries on federally funded school lunch menus.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) science team has released the highest resolution near-global topographic map of the Moon ever created.
But as Janet Kavandi, NASA flight crew operations director, said,” The experience is well worth the wait.”
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A new mouthwash that promises to eliminate tooth decay in our lifetime has opened up new research into treating dental ailment. Developed by the UCLA School of Dentistry, the new mouthwash targets the Streptococcus mutans bacteria that primarily cause tooth decay and cavities.
Canada's public healthcare system is becoming too expensive but could offer better value without drastic cuts or abandoning its state-funded structure, one of the country's most influential economists said on Thursday.
Canada can expect significant positive news on Friday from a World Trade Organization ruling about a U.S. meat labeling law, Canadian government sources said on Thursday.
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Researchers announced Thursday a new class of next-generation antimalarial compounds that fight the disease-causing parasite in both blood and liver.
