A quarter of adult New Yorkers have elevated blood mercury levels, according to survey results released today by the Health Department, and the elevations are closely tied to fish consumption.
Indian Government announced that all places of work in the country will be declared smoke free and those found flouting the law will be strictly punished.
Indian medical experts conducted tests on the blood samples collected from patients suffering from fever in Kerala, India have confirmed that they were inflicted with chikungunya.
Neuroscientists are attempting to understand if structural changes in the brain are related to sensory experience or the performance of learned behavior, and now University of Washington researchers have found evidence that one species of songbird apparently has something in common with a few baseball sluggers.
A recent study at Hamilton Health Sciences proves that sperm freezing and banking is an effective way to preserve fertility in adolescents and young adult (AYA) males with cancer.
Results from a new study involving high blood pressure patients taking Tekturna? (aliskiren) and Diovan? (valsartan) were published in The Lancet.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume Great Value brand Original Chili with Beans and Hot Chili with Beans due to botulism concern.
Health Canada is advising consumers not to use the sleep supplement product Optimum Health Care Sleep Easy, because it contains the undeclared drug clonazepam, which can be habit forming when used for as little as a few months.
As health consumers across the country demand better and more detailed information about their physicians and hospitals, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) is stepping up to detail its own performance efforts ranging from the percentage of clinicians who clean their hands to the number of times physicians take the proper steps in treating heart attack patients.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expanding its July_18 warning to consumers. This expansion is for consumers and pet owners regarding canned food products and dog food produced by Castleberry Food Company of Augusta, Ga., due to the risk of botulinum toxin.