By Will Dunham | Reuters | Jul. 10, 2008
Water systems serving about 30 percent of Americans are not giving them fluoridated water, six decades after fluoridation was started as a public health measure to prevent tooth decay, officials said on Thursday.

By Carla K. Johnson | The Associated Press | Jul. 8, 2008
Pressured by desperate parents, government researchers are pushing to test an unproven treatment on autistic children, a move some scientists see as an unethical experiment in voodoo medicine.

By Susan Edelman | NY Post | jul. 2, 2008
Of 10,000 Ground Zero workers suing the city, medical records show 67 percent suffer respiratory ailments and 45 percent have a gastrointestinal disease, their lawyers claim.

By Tim Jones | Chicago Tribune | Jun. 24, 2008
The great American assault on tooth decay began here 63 years ago, earning Grand Rapids a special place in the annals of dental history: the first city in the world to fluoridate its public water system.

By Elizabeth Svoboda | Salon.com | Jun. 11, 2008
And genetically modified his goats and chickens to produce drugs for humans. But hold on. Should we be doing this to animals?

By Tara Parker-Pope | The International Tribune | Jun. 11, 2008
What do brain surgeons know about cellphone safety that the rest of us don't? Last week, three prominent neurosurgeons told the CNN interviewer Larry King that they did not hold cellphones next to their ears. "I think the safe practice," said Dr. Keith Black, a surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, "is to use an earpiece so you keep the microwave antenna away from your brain."

By Susan Heavey | Reuters | Jun. 4, 2008
Health Officials Issue Warning to Pregnant Women. Silver-colored metal dental fillings contain mercury that may cause health problems in pregnant women, children and fetuses, the Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday after settling a related lawsuit.

By Sean Poulter | Mail Online | June 6, 2008
Eight 'clone farm' cows have been born in the UK, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Their mother is a clone – created in a U.S. laboratory with cells taken from the ear of a prize-winning animal.

Queens Gazette | May 28, 2008
A new study by Mount Sinai School of Medicine showing high rates of psychological distress among Ground Zero workers underscores the need for a strong federal response to the health impacts of the 9/11 attacks, several New York area lawmakers declared last week.

WNBC.com | may 23, 2008
Expectant mothers can safely use prescribed antidepressants during their first trimester, according to a new study from the Université de Montréal and Ste. Justine Hospital.

Reuters | May 27, 2008
A quick shock from a Taser may have zapped a man's fluttering heart back into a healthy rhythm, doctors reported on Tuesday.

By Colin Fernandez | Daily Mail | May 26, 2008
Coca-Cola is phasing out a controversial additive that has been linked to damage to DNA and hyperactivity in children.

By Julio Godoy | IPS | May 23, 2008
The food crisis has prompted some looks towards genetically modified food production as a solution. That in turn has led to stronger warnings over the consequences of such food for health and the environment.

By Geoffrey Lean | The Independent | May 18, 2008
A giant study, which surveyed more than 13,000 children, found that using the handsets just two or three times a day was enough to raise the risk of their babies developing hyperactivity and difficulties with conduct, emotions and relationships by the time they reached school age. And it adds that the likelihood is even greater if the children themselves used the phones before the age of seven.

By Leslee Dru Browning | NaturalNews.com | May 13, 2008
Chemicals used to make nonstick (teflon) cookware and stain-resistant (scotchgard) fabrics are spreading around the world and turning up in surprising places, everywhere from wildlife and drinking water supplies to human blood. Now, a team of researchers including Kathleen Arcaro of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has found these suspected carcinogens in samples of human milk from nursing mothers in Massachusetts.