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White wine, beer and Brussels sprouts can be major sources of the toxic metal arsenic in people's diets, according to a new study.
Researchers analyzed the diets of 852 people in New Hampshire, and the levels of arsenic in their toenails, which show...
The global death toll from cancer rose to 8.2 million in 2012 with sharp rises in breast cancer as the disease tightened its grip in developing nations struggling to treat an illness driven by Western lifestyles.
Cancer deaths were up 8 percent from...
Surprisingly, children’s environmental health is still a new field. Many medical conditions result from what youngsters breathe in, eat, drink and touch. A recent international conference in Jerusalem discussed the issues.
More than 80,000 new...
It was a year when people were fed up. With pipelines in Canada. Fracking in the UK. Coal trains along the Columbia River. A crematorium and an oil refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area. A waste recycling plant in Ohio. Fluoride in Portland, Ore.
A...
Written by Yvonne Bishop
Walking, we’ve all done it. But did you know that this simple exercise reduces your risk of breast cancer? Several studies have shown a positive association between regular exercise and reduced risk of certain...
