The United Kingdom’s House of Commons has voted to allow creation of a human embryo using the DNA from three people. If the legislation is approved by the House of Lords, the United Kingdom will be the first country to allow this type of cell manipulation in…
The New York State attorney general’s office is demanding that GNC, Walmart, Walgreens, and arget stop selling their store brands of several popular herbal supplements. The supplements were tested and found to contain little or none of the herbs on the label…
Researchers at Kansas State University have found that if you are like most home chefs you may be inadvertently contaminating the food you are making, even if you have received information about food safety.
A large study has found an association between drinking sugary beverages and a younger age at first menstruation in girls in the United States. This is important because an early onset of menstruation, called menarche, is associated with a higher risk of breas…
Several physicians over the past few years have asked patients who do not want vaccinations to seek other regular medical care. They came to this decision because they feel that a child who has not been vaccinated puts other children at risk.
The incidence of neural tube defects that affect the spine and brain has dropped 35% since the government started requiring folic acid to be added to grain products.
