The smoking rate among U.S. adults had been falling steadily since the 1960s but stalled by 2004 with some 20% of adults still smoking. In 2009, 21% of U.S. adults smoked cigarettes while alarmingly, 20 of% of teens also smoked.
The Monday ruling is a victory for opponents of expanding embryonic stem-cell research that involves the destruction of human embryos.
School nutrition has advanced for the 2010-11 school year as parents, children, and government programs push healthy menu options.
B vitamins--B-6, B-12 and folate--all nourish the brain. But much remains to be discovered about the relation between these essential nutrients and our brainpower.
A recent study revealed that pet owners, especially children, were vulnerable to Salmonella infection from dry pet food contamination of their dishes.
A study revealed that puberty among American girls is falling. Some girls as young as 7 are entering puberty early and American whites and latinos' age may still be dropping, the research revealed. The initial study was conducted a decade ago.
Baldwin Park, Calif., home of the first-ever drive-through restaurant - an In N Out Burger - has banned construction of new ones for nine months in an effort to curb obesity.
In the recent AMNews, June 7, 2010, pp 6-7, we physicians were given talking points on how to tell our patients about ObamaCare. It was so full of "happy-speak" that one must wonder if the AMA has paid lobbyists for the Administration.
A three-year study by scientists honed in on the benefits of soybean isoflavones, estrogen-like substances, exact role in natural food compounds and the role they play in stregthening bones and their potential benefits.
Though you may not have type 2 diabetes, you probably know someone who does. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research physiologist Sean H. Adams is conducting studies to discover more about this complex disorder and especially to determine how better nutrition and regular physical activity might help prevent it.
About 500 people marched through Washington to the West Lawn of the Capitol on Wednesday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act and to push for greater enforcement of the law.
Reporter Shea Northcut writes about a new van that will make it easier for those who use wheelchairs to roll aboard and sit in the coveted shotgun seat.
Adult stem cell leader, Neostem, Inc. (AMEX: NBS), has been awarded a $700,000 military grant from the U.S. Amry's Medical Research and Materiel Command to study adult stem cell applications in the healing of trauma wounds. The award opens new opportunities for the company's patented VSEL technology.
Pot lovers flocked to Toronto this last weekend, not to get high, but to attend Canada's first World Marijuana Expo that drew thousands interested in medical marijuana. The story drew headlines after the City of Oakland California approved licensing four large-scale pot farms.
The city of Oakland California has approved the licensing of large-scale marijuana farms in order to better control production and sale, which upset small-scale pot farmers in the California community.
