Just as exposure to common household and yard chemicals affect us and our children, our pets are affected by these toxins, too. And the exposure to these toxins may produce compounded harmful effects in …

News published online Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes statistics for this year’s influenza season. It was the worst of the last three seasons.

Much to the chagrin of macadamia nut lovers everywhere, they’ve been on the healthful foods taboo list because of their level of saturated fats, higher than most other tree nuts which are approved by the …

The latest issue of The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Alert addresses the high risk for error medical care professionals face when administering adult medication formulations to children. The chance of miscalculation puts children at …

“More needs to be done,” according to Dr. Robert Tauxe, deputy director for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). His assessment is based on 2007 data taken from the CDC’s Foodborne …

The value of a good night’s sleep is becoming more and more evident as studies increasingly identify health risks associated with a lack of sleep. Several recent studies have shown how sleep deprivation leads to …

Just as most of the rest of us have, two doctors at the University of Pennsylvania have always heard that we need to drink eight glasses containing eight ounces of water every day for optimum …

The latest gene-scanning technology may have shed some much-desired light on a potential cause for schizophrenia, a mental disorder characterized by delusions and scrambled thought processes. The disease is believed to affect 1% of the …

The announcement of a breakthrough diagnostic tool was presented simultaneously today in Geneva and Singapore. The device, VereFlu, is a miniature diagnostic laboratory on a computer chip that can detect several strains of influenza …

A growing trend from China seems to be undermining the integrity of Chinese products. Last year alone, diethylene glycol, a component of antifreeze, was found in cold medicines made or sourced in China and shipped …