Oral contraceptives account for just 1% of the estrogen found in our drinking water supply, according to a new report in Environmental Science & Technology.
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The bone-building drug Zometa does not appear to prevent breast cancer from coming back in most women, researchers report.
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Even a single cigarette poses health risks. That’s the latest conclusion from the U.S. surgeon general in a new report on the health effects of smoking.
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In the latest of a string of huge recalls, Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil division has recalled 13 million packs of various brands of Rolaids Softchew products.
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Redheads may feel pain more sharply, but the facts don’t support their reputation for excessive bleeding during or after surgery, U.K. surgeons argue.
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Postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who take newer hormone drugs known as aromatase inhibitors are 26% more likely to develop heart disease than those who take the old standby tamoxifen, researchers report.
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Only about half of women whose insurance pays for mammograms go in for annual breast screens, researchers report.
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Photo: Peter Blanchard , Flickr, CC There’s a unique initiative built into the new EU constitutional treaty, called the “European citizen’s initiative”. It allows a million or more people to join together, in the form of a petition, to ask the governing body to change legislation. And guess what the first test run for the initiative’s efficacy is going to be? A petition, sponsored by Greenpeace, that asks the EU to stop approving new genetically modified foods. More than a million people have signed on to support the measure…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Simply imagining eating a certain food may help you eat less of it, new research indicates.
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