Health

Around one million packets of birth control tablets are being recalled in the US, as they might not prevent pregnancy. The pharmaceutical company Pfizer said a "packaging error" meant the doses were not ...

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." This text is known as the Tenth Amendment of...

Nike introduced a new wristband gadget to measure not only running but any kind of body movement. NIKE+ FuelBand, the Oregon-based company says its website, captures and displays time, calories, steps and...

New York and New Jersey are both moving forward with plans to comply with the national health care law, which would extend coverage to the uninsured by 2014. An analysis by The Associated Press shows 13 sta...

Federal health officials have fined the American Red Cross nearly $9.6 million for sloppy and unsafe blood management practices, the second multi-million-dollar penalty levied against the agency in the last t...

One of the primary reasons Dante’s Soma exists is to address how technology impacts our lives. That impact is different for just about every demographic, culture or geography — it’s not one size fit...

France vowed on Tuesday to investigate failures to detect faults with the French-made breast implants at the centre of a global health scare, as a senior lawmaker urged a full parliamentary probe. Meanwhile ...

Brown water rippled across a sludgy puddle, about 20 yards wide, along a walkway in Prospect Park. Hundreds of insects dotted the surface. Mosquitoes in the area, New York City officials announced last w...

It's almost time for back-to-school vaccines. And there are some ways to cut costs or have them covered altogether. Under the Affordable Care Act, many individuals or families who enroll in a new group o...

A smoking habit is so hard to break that it doesn’t seem possible that a series of simple encouraging text messages could help in any significant way. But a study of wannabe quitters published by the Lance...