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According to Dr. William Li, a regular diet of red grapes, strawberries, soy beans, parsley, garlic, cooked tomatoes and other fruits and v...

Being obese can be as dangerous to your health as a lifetime of cigarette smoking, a recent Oxford University study has shown. As much as a...

A recent study indicated that 95% of cellphones belonging to hospital staff were contaminated with at least one type of dangerous bacteria....

As I've said much too often, it's a dangerous world we've created for ourselves. The USDA has issued a massive recall of domesti...

A recent Canadian study has led a researcher to believe that the size of a woman's breasts is predictive of her risk of developing Type...

It's getting harder and harder to eat well, or to even eat safely. Recently we've had to deal with spinach recalls , salad bar conta...

A chemical found in many commercial products and in the plastic bottles that the products come in could be "destroying your maleness,...

Though it has a big fat goose-egg's chance of passing, three members of the Mississippi legislature have submitted a bill that would mak...

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday said of Pfizer's smoking-cessation drug Chantix that "it appears increasingly likely tha...

Last week's headlines screamed out that 24 people had died during a study of probiotics (acidophilus, bifidus, etc.). Unless you read th...

Sugar-free gums and other foods that contain sorbitol may be dangerous for consumers, an article in this month's British Medical Journa...

A New York City mother is glad to find out she didn't have breast cancer. But it's a little late. She underwent a double-mastectomy ...

A study released yesterday shows that 94% of U.S. medical doctors "have a relationship" with drug manufacturers, meeting with a d...

From Foodconsumer.org : A new FDA document reveals new plan to classify almost all vitamins, supplements, herbs, and vegetable juices as reg...

A man has brought suit against doctors and a Veterans Administration hospital for removing the wrong testicle, the AP reported . He seeks $2...

There's an epidemic out there... of obesity. Over one billion people are overweight; 300 million are classified as obese. The developed...

Sometimes even when you're trying to eat healthy, you can't. Seven people who ate at a Souplantation restaurant in Lake Forest, Cali...

Yet another study has shown how dangerous it is to go to the hospital. The study, released Tuesday by the independent health care ratings co...

A study published today by Britain's Centre for Ecology and Hydrology suggests that pollution in England's cities is more dangerous...

The U.S. government's Food and Drug Administration today announced it may relax its rules on labeling of irradiated foods and suggested ...

According to New Zealand website Scoop, Vegemite, the popular New Zealand-based toast spread, is being confiscated and denied entry into the...

Though four people died just after receiving flut shots , Israeli officials are quick to say there is "no direct link." Of course....

Finally, it seems, lawmakers are listening to parents concerned over the safety, or lack of safety, in vaccines routinely given to children....

The city of New York's health department has unveiled a proposal to ban from use in the city's 24,600 food service establishments an...

A Chinese man became the first penis transplant recipient recently, but after two weeks, doctors removed the organ after his wife suffered ...

Several U.S. restaurant chains announced on Monday they had removed spinach from their menus, after it was recently linked to more than 100 ...

It's not like Americans don't already have the most unhealthy diet in the world. Now comes... Fried Coca-Cola on a stick! Vendor Abe...

The International Congress on Obesity meeting this weekend in Sydney, Australia warns that an obesity pandemic threatens to overwhelm health...

A 9-year-old Middleboro, Mass., boy died from Eastern equine encephalitis Thursday, IBS reported . On August 18, John Fontaine developed a f...

Children who are very obese by age four have a higher likelihood of having lower I.Q. scores, a new study shows. Daniel J. Driscoll, M.D., P...

South metro Atlanta stinks. The birds and wild animals have fled, and pets are getting sick and refusing to go outside. That's the story...

A quick look at today's headlines reminds us how toxic and deadly our world really is: Human body parts used for transplants are being r...

A new study contradicts a previous one that said that being "a little bit" overweight might be a good thing. A study of a half mi...

Your bologna has a second name, spelled V-I-R-U-S. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved as a safe food additive the spraying ...

One of the most common industrial pollutants in drinking water has been declared a carcinogen . TCE is found in about 60% of the Superfund s...

Almost half of all states received a failing grade in a school foods report card issued Tuesday by a nonprofit group that evaluated school ...

Today's headlines screamed out: "Diabetes rate doubles over last 30 years: Higher incidence of type 2 blamed on obesity, lifestyle ...

Like you need another one more reason to stay healthy? The American emergency medical system is in crisis , says the Insitute of Medicine, a...