E-cigarette use falls among teens E-cigarette use among teens dropped in 2016, reversing an upward trend that had prompted the U.S. Surgeon General to recommend increased regulation and taxation.
Tainted peanut butter leads to $11.2M penalty a decade later Food giant ConAgra is paying for a salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds of Americans 10 years ago.
Many people don't know what makes smoking dangerous Most Americans don't grasp that the chemicals produced by burning a cigarette are more harmful than the manufacturer's additives that cigarette also contains, and many mistakenly believe filters can protect them from breathing toxic fumes, a recent study suggests.
Telemedicine for PTSD no less effective than in-person therapy Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who have difficulties making it to in-person therapy sessions may be able to get treatment that's just as good by videoconference.
1 in 10 women spy on their husbands, survey says She might not trust you as much as you think: 1 in 10 women admit to spying on their husband’s emails and text messages, according to a recent survey of 1,000 married people from One Poll, a research company in the U.K. In fact, 1 in 20 women have gone as far as downloading secret tracking software to their husbands’ phones.
Dwarf Village May Hold Clues to Cure Cancer Scientists are trying to determine whether a group of dwarfs in Ecuador -- all of them living in a remote village on the slopes of the Andes Mountains -- could hold the clues to cure cancer. The members of the group, about 100 of them closely studied by researchers from the University of Southern California, almost never get cancer or diabetes.
Girl, 10, Gives Birth in Mexico A 10-year-old girl in Mexico who has given birth is under investigation by the Mexican government
Zika virus can keep growing in infant brains even after birth, CDC reports U.S. researchers have found evidence of the Zika virus replicating in fetal brains for up to seven months after the mother became infected with the virus, and they showed the virus can persist even after birth, according to a study published on Tuesday.
Gun laws, mental health spending tied to fewer school shootings As school shootings become more common in the U.S., they're happening less often in states with mandatory background checks on gun and ammunition purchases, a recent study suggests.
Baby teethers may contain low levels of BPA, study finds Next time you hand your baby a teething ring to soothe her aching gums, you may be unwittingly exposing her to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and potentially affecting her development, new research published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology suggests.
