The last few years have produced a rough ride for food safety in the United States and around the world.  Problems with imported foods and foods produced in and shipped across the United States have …

Baby Boomers using the ‘senior moments’ excuse to explain away forgetfulness can stop being embarrassed about it.  New research from the University of Virginia says the brain actually begins declining at age 27.  We just …

Researchers in Florida, the Sunshine State surrounded by beaches, had announced that people swimming in subtropical waters face an increased risk by 37% of being exposed to the dangerous Staphylococcus (staph) bacteria, including the Methicillin-resistant …

The American public relies on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure nothing but the safest drugs are prescribed but the FDA relies on medical research scientists to provide the background data in …

The chief executive officer of AM2PAT, Inc., has fled the United States after two managers from his company’s North Carolina plant were sentenced to several years in prison for shipping medical syringes that were not …

This year’s influenza (flu) season is off to a late but vigorous start, with some areas being so hard hit that medical experts are reminding people that it’s still not too late to get a …

The now-bankrupt Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) inadvertently set off the largest food recall in United States history when it shipped peanut base products to food manufacturers in spite of repeated tests indicating evidence of …

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics recently contracted an independent laboratory to test for two cancer-causing chemicals that might be in some of the leading brand baby shampoos and soaps.  The results are in and they …

Kerry Thomas, 45, has been to prison twice for deliberately infecting others with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and now he’s out again on parole.  This concerns the Ada County, Idaho, deputy prosecutor enough that …

Chief executive officers (CEOs) of major US companies gather each year for a Business Roundtable in which they discuss the issues affecting their businesses.  This year, health care is a hot topic and the consensus …