Earlier this year, officials in Pinellas County in Florida decided to remove the cavity-fighting chemical from its water supply. They weren't the first, and won't be last. Was it a mistake?
Eggs are boiled and sterile, but contamination must have occurred after they were peeled or while they were sitting in buckets of salt water.
The disease is big business, and many have been convinced that managing it forever is their only option. But a cure is often possible.
Cancer rates have tripled among NYPD officers who responded at Ground Zero during the attacks of September 11. Fifty-six have died.
A cough and cold remedy offered by the Boston apothecary, Thomas Hollis, in the 19th century, Balm of America was a cure-all for our ills.
The one-time gubernatorial candidate from Georgia who ran on a pro-life platform admitted she wanted funding cut to the network of clinics.
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
A papier mache man standing over five feet tall was used as an oversized advertisement for a medicinal cod liver oil product 100 years ago.
Because false positives and false negatives are common, it's recommended that children only undergo allergy tests when absolutely needed.
If public health is a legitimate reason to curb corporations' advertising to kids, why limit bans to cigarettes, booze, and toys in happy meals, and not include, say, all unhealthy food?
Watching television isn't all bad. New research shows that, when used to gain information, it can lead to more healthful eating choices.
More than a dozen girls in this tiny New York town have started displaying Tourette's-like symptoms, but nobody seems to know why.
A majority of animals are raised in industrial facilities, which generate 300 million tons of manure, but we don't know where it goes.
It was only open for three years, from 1862 to 1865, but Armory Square administered to over 13,000 wounded and sick soldiers in that time.
Despite angry words and hurt feelings on both sides of this argument, this week's controversy will see them come out ahead in fundraising.
A new congressional report found that 90 percent of the 300 salons contacted nationwide said indoor tanning did not pose any risks.
Hoping to control the conversation surrounding Komen's decision to defund the clinics, the top execs from both groups took to the airwaves.
Niece of The Atlantic's founding editor, James Russell Lowell, Anna Lowell collected more than 140 card photographs in the mid-1800s.
People visiting Komen last night were directed to an artificial hack that responded to the ongoing Planned Parenthood controversy.
It's been 27 years -- 27 years! -- since the EPA said it would issue a clear scientific report that could be used to set health-protective limits.