Never mind that the New York Times Style section today can t seem to tell the difference between smoking and vaping. The latter is the term that has been adopted by the majority of the large and growing e-cigarette community,

Toys with lasers have long been one of the coolest options for playtime for young children. They can be used for all sorts of fun activities, such as various imaginative space hero narratives and coveted laser tag outings with friends. But how safe are these lasers?

Soda is being attacked again, this time by doctors from Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and University Hospitals Case Medical Centers in Cleveland, Ohio. According to a study done by Yale University in 2011, each American consumes an average of 45 gallons of sugar-sweetened beverages each year. And over 69 percent of adults are considered overweight or obese.

The wise elders of the Massachusetts town of Canton will meet in conclave next Monday the 12th to contemplate how best to reduce the dreadful toll of smoking in their community. The proposed approach includes raising the legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21.

When looking at the numbers, about 10 percent of visits to primary care doctors are related to back and neck pain. And we spend about $86 billion a year taking care of this kind of pain. But, according to a new study

There s a ray of hope on the horizon about the American obesity epidemic, according to the CDC.

Josh Bloom in Medical Progress Today, August 6, 2013
As if the FDA doesn't have enough to do.
Yes, they sure do, but this didn't stop them from issuing a warning last week that is so ridiculous that it gave me a headache.

A 50-year old, very commonly used class of blood pressure drugs may have some very unexpected baggage.
There are about 100 million prescriptions written for calcium channel blockers

Since the 1970s, tamoxifen (developed by AstraZeneca) has been shown to prevent breast cancer recurrence secondary prevention in women who were surgically treated for a primary tumor. The drug is an estrogen-receptor modifier,

In the culmination of a five-week trial, California s Judge Brick ruled that health warnings would not be necessary on various fruit and vegetable products, 100% juices and baby foods, from companies including Del Monte, Dole, Gerber, Hain-Ãelestial, J.M. Smucker, Seneca Foods and Welch s.