The number of cigarette-smoking Americans is holding steady, but more people are opting for the occasional smoke. A new CDC report shows an increasing proportion of cigarette smokers are partaking here and there rather than every day. But how does cu

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Exercise, eat well, get enough sleep. You've heard it from your doctor, the surgeon general, your mom, and maybe even your kids, but you just don't have time to live by the book. You can't even keep track of the latest guidelines, let alone follow th

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“Mystery meat” is losing ground to fruits, vegetables, and low-fat vegetarian meals. It’s National School Lunch Week, and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) announces the winners of its   “Golde

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The Center for Food Safety, along with reproductive rights, animal welfare, and consumer protection organizations, today filed a legal petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling for a moratorium on the introduction of food products

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The Pure Salmon Campaign, a global project of the National Environmental Trust working to raise standards for farm-raised fish, along with Todd Gray, executive chef of Equinox, today hosted a briefing to discuss new hidden costs of farmed salmon, exp

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Public Citizen today called for a criminal investigation into Mentor Corporation’s apparent failure to send the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) data showing safety problems with their silicone gel implants. The consumer advocacy organization

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Samples of cattle manure on pastures surrounding a spinach field have tested positive for the same strain of E. coli bacteria that killed at least three people and sickened nearly 200 others -- the first direct

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Monterey County officials stand to be in big trouble if this spinach and lettuce disaster continues to get more "light of day". They talked farmers whose farms are located in the Castroville Sea Water Intrusion Project area into using terti

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I was a little unprepared. The commercial came on and I heard the familiar ukulele strums of the late Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's famous and famously beautiful version of "Over the Rainbow" (I know, but it really is quite lovely

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A report just released by the Acting Chair of the Coroner's Council has shown natural medicines have the lowest fatality rate of all medical treatments in New Zealand. Despite extensive research, coroner Dr Wallace Bain found no deaths have occurred

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Honey is more effective in treating difficult-to-heal wounds than antibiotics, says Jennifer Eddy, a professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Even methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, the so-called flesh

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You accidentally slip on a wet bathroom floor, trip on a loose throw rug, or lose your balance on the stairs. If you or an older person you know has fallen, you're not alone. Each year, more than 1.6 million older Americans go to the emergency room f

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to insulate itself from statutory requirements that it implement lead-safe housing rules that were due by law a decade ago. In a recent court filing, EPA claims that once six years have elapsed it c

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Garfield and Franklin elementary schools in the San Antonio district are experiencing a change in food education. In that East Oakland neighborhood, children are being exposed at an early age to organic vegetables such as beets, bittermelon and bell

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – New Jersey ranks first and North Dakota ranks last in a new Public Citizen survey of the content and user-friendliness of doctor disciplinary information found on state medical board Web sites. Most sites were seriously defic

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The risks associated with fish consumption outweigh potential benefits, say dietitians and doctors with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). PCRM nutrition experts are available for comment in response to a new report commissione

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As part of the new Exposure Biology Program, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a component of the National Institutes of Health, today announced $74 million in grant opportunities for the development of new technologies that wi

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 Mexico this week barred Monsanto Co. and other biotechnology companies from planting genetically engineered corn, rekindling fierce debate in that country over the technology. Environmentalists said the government's decision will help prevent

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Soaring levels of child obesity may be caused by youngsters getting too little sleep, claim researchers. Children today get fewer hours of sleep than in the past and less than they need, which can disrupt hormones that help control weight gain, sai

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Another GE rice from Bayer contaminates EU food supplies Greenpeace calls for EU strategy to prevent food and feed contamination with GMOs BRUSSELS News that French authorities have detected another variety of illegal genetically engineered (GE) ric

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With the number of uninsured Americans increasing, universal health care is again at the front of the national health policy debate. But as the nation prepares to choose its path, it is important to ask questions that often get ignored, but that affe

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Although the likelihood of Congress passing health-care bills remains uncertain, CongressDaily reported (on September 25) that health-care IT legislation [H.R. 4157] “has the most promising prospects for passage before recess.” Congress p

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  Patient Privacy Rights denounced Blue Cross Blue Shield’s plans to disclose [de-identified] data gathered from its enrollees. On August 4, 2006, Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) announced the creation of Blue Health Intelligence (BHI)

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A lot has been happening around the nation regarding health privacy policies that affect all citizens. A summary follows: Significant Privacy Breaches from Outsourcing Federal Health Services The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported rece

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released new guidelines outlining strategies to prevent the spread of drug-resistant infections in healthcare settings. The new guidelines seek to halt the rising rates of drug-resistant infe

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