TX Lawmakers Reject Governor's Cancer Vaccine Mandate

2007/04/25 04:07:11

Texas lawmakers rejected Gov. Rick Perry's bill requiring girls to receive a vaccine for human papil...

Kids Eat 100 Percent More After Food Commercials

2007/04/25 03:19:47

Children eat 100 percent more after watching food commercials, according to a study from the Univers...

Study: Breast-Feeding Does Not Ward Off Adulthood Obesity

2007/04/24 13:28:26

Largest study to date on breast-feeding and its effect on adult obesity finds that women who were br...

Health Advisers Recommend New Class of HIV Drugs

2007/04/24 05:06:19

Advisers urged the FDA to approve a novel HIV drug that targets the CCR5 receptor, it would be the f...

Study: Death by Injection Often Slow, Painful

2007/04/24 02:20:54

Drugs used to execute prisoners in the United States often fail to work properly, causing slow and p...

Imported Ingredients Go Mostly Unchecked

2007/04/23 10:35:13

Americans are seeing a spike in imported food ingredients that go largely unchecked by inspectors...

CDC Helps Hollywood Keep it Real

2007/04/23 10:13:35

Government health officials consult with shows like '24' and 'Law & Order' for accuracy in health-re...

Study: No Link Between Breast Cancer, Abortion

2007/04/23 05:11:43

A study released by Harvard supports earlier findings that having an abortion does not increase a wo...

Healthy Standards Recommended for All School Food

2007/04/25 03:40:06

The Institute of Medicine presented new standards to Congress for all school food, including vending...

Just One Fatty Meal Stresses Heart

2007/04/25 02:52:21

Researchers find that people who had just one high-fat meal were more prone to cardiovascular stress...

Study Suggests Migraines Might Be Good for the Brain

2007/04/24 13:06:41

A provocative new study raises the remarkable possibility that longtime, middle-aged migraine suffer...

FDA Approves Generic Ambien

2007/04/24 05:00:38

Thirteen drug companies receive FDA approval to manufacture a generic version of the sleep aid, Ambi...

Report: Researchers Call for Study on WiFi's Health Effects

2007/04/23 10:38:07

It's convenient and widely available but researchers warn that WiFi may be hazardous to your health,...

CDC Helps Hollywood Keep it Real

2007/04/23 10:13:35

Government health officials consult with shows like '24' and 'Law & Order' for accuracy in health-re...

Overweight Workers Cost Employers More

2007/04/23 05:14:39

Overweight workers file injury claims at twice the rate of their lean counterparts and are 13 times ...