High Gas Price Silver Lining: Slimmer Americans?

2007/09/13 10:53:28

There may be some good news to come out the higher gas prices plaguing the U.S.: Slimmer waistlines,...

Eating Less Meat May Slow Global Warming, Study Finds

2007/09/13 08:07:11

Eating less meat could help slow global warming by reducing the number of livestock and thereby decr...

Self Check-In Kiosks Catching on in the ER

2007/09/13 03:35:28

Emergency rooms across the country are slowly gravitating toward self-service computer kiosks, simil...

Life Expectancy in U.S. Rises to Nearly 78 Years

2007/09/12 13:32:54

The life expectancy for Americans is nearly 78 years, the longest in U.S. history, according to new ...

Doctors Pumping 'Icy Cold' Saline into Bills' Everett

2007/09/12 09:40:35

Doctors are following the playbook in treating Buffalo Bills football player Kevin Everett's severe ...

Contraceptive Pill May Cut Cancer Risk, Study Shows

2007/09/12 08:20:09

Taking the birth control pill does not increase a woman's chance of developing cancer and may reduce...

Deaths, Side Effects from Prescription Drugs Triple

2007/09/12 08:05:02

Reports of dangerous side effects and deaths from widely used medicines almost tripled between 1998 ...

Wal-Mart Flip-Flops Linked to Foot-Blistering, Burns

2007/09/12 03:17:47

At least 10 people suffered what appear to be chemical burns from flip-flops purchased at Wal-Mart. ...

Study: Feds Failed to Step-Up Produce Inspections

2007/09/13 08:35:26

Government regulators never acted on calls for stepped-up inspections of leafy greens after last yea...

Study: No Cancer Link to Mobile Phones

2007/09/13 05:45:50

A large U.K. study failed to link cell phones to specific health risks, but found that driving while...

Dieting Teen Girls More Likely to Start Smoking, Study Says

2007/09/13 02:33:32

Teenage girls on a diet are twice as likely to start smoking as their non-dieting peers, a new study...

Report: Fashion Week Models Still Stick-Thin

2007/09/12 13:21:07

Fashion trends may come and go, but the fashion industry's stick-thin models have yet to go out of s...

Study Links Autism to Testosterone in Mother's Womb

2007/09/12 08:26:36

A new study links autism to the effects of high exposure to testosterone in the mother's womb....

Study Weighs Diabetes Drug, Heart Failure Risk

2007/09/12 08:10:53

The widely used diabetes pill Actos appears to lower a patient's chances of death, heart attack or s...

Pollution Harmful to Exercising Heart Patients, Study Says

2007/09/12 06:25:50

Exercising in areas with high levels of diesel exhaust and microscopic soot particles is especially ...