Year: 2011

Using data compiled from 21,743 men and 24,608 women who took a self-assessment of their health status, the scientists discovered...

The chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is commonly used in much of the plastic manufactured for food containers and in the...

A study released in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that diets lower in carbohydrate and higher in protein...

It's been a bad month for the lucrative health-screening-test industry. Those of us who have been poked, prodded, scraped, and...

A team of researchers from England and Switzerland have discovered a "super-antibody" called F16 that appears to disable all of...

According to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average annual premium for family health insurance coverage in...

A recent study by psychologists at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville found that even watching just a few minutes...

On October 12th, the researchers conducting the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial  published the results of their eight...

A recent study out of the Harvard School of Public Health found that when men eat fatty, unhealthy food, their sperm...

In the near future, instead of being subjected to electronic scanners at airports, you may be searched by mice.

Green tea offers health benefits; that much we have known for years. But it seems to be taking a while...

New research has found that there is a tick parasite that has been transmitted through blood transfusions appearing in the...

A new study tells us that moods may fluctuate according to some universal schedule tied to the hours of the day...

Between the ages of 20-29, testosterone levels drop for all men. Men without children have a 12 to 15 percent decrease in...

In mid-September, Dr. Oz, announced on his nationally syndicated show that apple juice imported from China may be slowly poisoning children...

New research has found that even just "a little elevation" in blood pressure -- what previously was considered safe --...

A recent study has found that a significant portion of men have sperm that is missing a protective protein. When...

A recent study by scientists at facilities around the world found that the countries with the highest income levels also report...

Research has shown time and again that being admitted to a hospital intensive care unit during weekends and evenings translates to...

Pending legislation would force tobacco companies to attach very graphic warning labels, including disturbing images, to cigarette packages.

A new version of the swine flu has been identified in two children in the United States. his H3N2 swine...

In our concluding segment on the immune system, we progressively step outside the box and draw a clear line between...

As of this morning, 16 people around the United States have died from eating listeria infected cantaloupes and 72 have...

FoodCorps is an offshoot of Americorps -- the evolution of the old VISTA program --  will train a team of...

According to a new study that took place at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, cardiovascular exercise was...