Way back when say, in 2003 we thought we had all the information about risk factors for breast cancer that we needed, or at least that we were going to get. These included: early onset of menstruation, few (or no) full-term pregnancies, strong family history of the disease (especially those with the BRCA mutations), postmenopausal obesity, and advancing age, most prominently.

The nation s smoking cessation programs just aren t working but health officials are stubbornly refusing to admit it.
Statistics released yesterday from the Centers for Disease Control show that 19 percent of U.S. adults smoked in 2011, a rate little changed from the 19.3 percent that did in 2010 and the 20.9 percent who puffed in 2005.

The Environmental Working Group is wasting no time in trying to influence policy now that the election is over. The group issued a statement Wednesday saying it look[s] forward to working with the administration to advocate more effective regulation of oil and shale gas drilling and overhauling the federal Toxic Substances Control Act. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed the Safe Chemicals Act earlier this year, but the bill never even made it to the Senate floor, much less to the House.

The cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins can reduce the risk of subsequent cardiovascular events among those who have had one already, and possibly prevent an adverse event from ever occurring. Can they also prevent you from dying of cancer? That s what a number of headlines are suggesting today, based on a poorly conceived study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Are you among the majority of people who dread having a colonoscopy? Well then here s some good news for you. A new study suggests having the procedure done just once in a lifetime may be enough for most people.

We d call the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine wolves in sheep s clothing, but we re certain they would take offense. They are a vegan group posing as health experts, but that didn t stop gullible journalists from carrying their water. And it seems the President is their new target?

Rheumatoid arthritis an autoimmune disease in which the body s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue, gradually destroying the body s joints affects an estimated 1.5 million Americans, with an estimated 30 to 40 percent of them beyond the help of available drugs.

The iconic 90-year-old perfume Chanel No.5 is one of the most well known perfumes worldwide. Now, this world-famous perfume along with other famous brands such as Shalimar may soon be banned by the European Union after scientists found that some of the ingredients may cause allergies.

Patients who undergo total hip replacement surgery may have a four- to five-fold increased chance of stroke within the first two weeks, a recent study suggests.

Patients with type 2 diabetes taking a widely prescribed drug are suffering more heart attacks, strokes and deaths than those taking another common treatment, according to a startling new study that raises the question whether the drug is dangerous.