A nonprofit environmental group has sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, claiming the agency failed to regulate toxic chemicals found in "antimicrobial" soap and other personal care products.
A 17-month-old boy, who was impaled in the skull by a metal rod, has been released from the hospital less than two weeks after the object was lodged 2 inches into his brain.
Researchers in Japan have designed a test to identify patients who are likely to be resistant to imatinib, the standard drug for treating leukemia or cancer of the blood cells.
One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.
More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.
There is a new solution for parents who worry about having about having unattractive babies called the Fertility Forum, Agence-France Presse (AFP) reported.
The drilling, the scraping and the sheer pain of getting a filling in your tooth could be a thing of the past thanks to a new gel developed by French scientists, the Daily Mail reported.
How far will some women go to fit into high heels? The menu of services at Beverly Hills Aesthetic Foot Surgery in Studio City, Calif., provides a clue.
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer plans to sell a children's form of Viagra to treat a rare lung disorder as a humanitarian gesture in exchange for getting a six-month extension of its patent on the adult version.
Wrinkles on our clothes or skin are ubiquitous in life, but perplexingly complicated in science. A new study of the physics of wrinkles helps iron out some of the uncertainty.
An undercover investigation by the Government Accountability Office found that four genetic testing companies delivered contradictory predictions based on the same person's DNA.
After he was wounded in Iraq, Joseph Bowser was told he could keep his right leg or have it amputated. If it were amputated, he was told, he would be able to keep doing all things he used to do. The first thing that came to his mind was hockey.
A Las Vegas man who misrepresented himself as a retired physician convinced more than 100 chronically ill patients to undergo experimental stem cell implant procedures that he claimed could cure incurable diseases, federal agents say.
