Bayer HealthCare is investing $100 million to build a product testing facility at its Berkeley manufacturing site that will support research and emerging generations of treatments...
Laura Ungar and Jayne O’Donnell, USA TODAY (USA Today) — Three-quarters of emergency physicians say they’ve seen ER patient visits surge since Obamacare took effect...
Lynne Peeples, THE HUFFINGTON POST (The Huffington Post) — In 1961, a DuPont toxicologist warned colleagues that exposure to their company’s increasingly popular Teflon chemicals enlarged...
CURT ANDERSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — One man ran naked through a Florida neighborhood, tried to have sex with a tree...
(ABC News) – The Food and Drug Administration today approved a new drug that promises to get rid of double chins without surgery. The drug is...
(Huffington Post) – Think about this: more than 4 in 10 people in the United States live in counties that have unhealthy levels of either...
(Nature World Report) – Teenagers, with their innate drive to do things that will come as close as possible to killing them without actually doing...
(DNA India) – Women who have breastfed in the past face a 30% reduced risk of breast cancer recurrence, claims a new study. According to a new Kaiser...
(Reuters) – Only 34 countries have national plans to fight the global threat of antibiotic resistance, meaning few are prepared to tackle “superbug” infections which...
(India Times) – “In the eyes of the law, once people reach the age of 18, they are considered adult but the brain continues to...
(American Live Wire) – The findings of a new study have revealed how creating smiley faces on health foods and meals can encourage kids to...
(HNGN) – Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have conducted a study that shows chemotherapy can lead to mind-wandering and an inability to concentrate. Long...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Police have killed at least 369 people in the first four months of 2015, with 103...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Being poor can have a bigger impact on your health than your race, according to a...
(Telegraph) – Asthma could be cured within five years after scientists discovered what causes the condition and how to switch it off. In a breakthrough...
(Telegraph) – Asthma could be cured within five years after scientists discovered what causes the condition and how to switch it off. In a breakthrough...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Major recalls from two well-known ice cream companies due to the discovery of listeria bacteria raise questions about...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Major recalls from two well-known ice cream companies due to the discovery of listeria bacteria raise questions about...
FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Mehmet Oz says last week’s attack by 10 doctors who accused him of promoting “quack treatments”...
FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Mehmet Oz says last week’s attack by 10 doctors who accused him of promoting “quack treatments”...
(CBS News) – If you’re hitting the gym every day but don’t see the numbers going down on the scale, you might be going about...
(CBS News) – If you’re hitting the gym every day but don’t see the numbers going down on the scale, you might be going about...
(NBC News) – Vaccine laws across the nation may be toughened, observers say, if California passes a fervently debated bill that would strip parents’ rights to...
(Irish Times) – An experimental Ebola drug cured three monkeys intentionally infected with the virus, according to a study published in Nature magazine. The development...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A top federal drug regulator says increased safety problems with homeopathic remedies contributed to the government’s decision to...