Ralph Nader’s thoughts on Labor Day.

The scientific evidence suggests that the dispersants used by BP will continue to kill marine life far into the future and is far worse than the oil alone.

Nobel Laureate who discovered the HIV presents controversial but well-documented findings that electromagnetic signals can be detected from highly diluted solutions of DNA.

A chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Africans shows that they were regularly consuming tetracycline.

A pioneering treatment using magnetic fields to stimulate brain activity has helped people with depression live medication-free.

Spinal taps are used to collect a fluid that bathes the brain and the spine, which may be the answer to finding ways to treat neurological disease.

Isolation must be one of the oldest medical tools, and in some ways it is one of the most brutal.

HIV-positive women who are breastfeeding should not be given vitamin A supplements because it increases the risk of transmitting the AIDS virus to their infants, researchers said Thursday.

Research finds that an altered form of the cold virus may just be the ticket to keep our system’s disease suppressors on the job.

Rodents, piles of manure, uncaged birds and flies too numerous to count were found by investigators at Iowa farms at the heart of the recall of more than half a billion eggs, the FDA reported Monday.

A gentle stroll several times a week not only boosts fitness levels – it also makes you brighter.

Children drinking water with added fluoride helps dental health in adulthood decades later, a new study finds.

An ancient grain that was once the staple of the Aztec diet is not only surprisingly nutritious, it can also help regulate blood pressure and other risk factors for heart disease in diabetics, Canadian researchers report in a new study in the journal Diabetes Care.

Imported Cocon Grape Gummy 100 percent candy is being voluntarily recalled by the Los Angeles company U-Can Food Trading for high levels of lead, reports NBC Universal in Los Angeles.

The second annual Charlotte Area Farm Tour will take participants to 27 farms Sept. 18-19, including fruit and vegetable growers, livestock producers, North Carolina’s first certified organic dairy and even an ostrich farm.

When we are stressed, we tend to eat more. The key, however, is to eat the foods that actually counteract the effects of stress. So next time anxiety runs high, be sure to grab one of these seven stress-fighting foods.

An extract of the kudzu vine being developed to treat alcoholism may also help treat cocaine addiction, researchers at Gilead Sciences Inc reported on August 22.

A naturally occurring virus in mosquitoes could act as a “late-life-acting” insecticide by killing older adult mosquitoes that are responsible for the bulk of malaria transmission.

The ancient Chinese practice of tai chi may be effective as a therapy for fibromyalgia, according to a study published on Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Exposure in the womb to pesticides known as organophosphates may increase the chance that children, especially boys, will develop attention problems by age 5, a study shows.

A study found that patients with terminal lung cancer who began receiving palliative care immediately upon diagnosis not only were happier, more mobile and in less pain as the end neared — but also lived nearly three months longer.

Lou Gehrig might not have had Lou Gehrig’s disease. A new study suggests that repeated concussions from playing sports can cause a motor-neuron disorder with symptoms that mimic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

A study that began in 1958 has found poor nutrition as the cause of arthritis. And the moose has been contributory to the solutions.

Ayurvedic medicine is the science of life that has been practiced in southern Asia for over 5,000 years.

There are some 5 million children in the United States who have received the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a condition marked by impulsive behavior and a lack of focus.

A former native gang leader chooses another path.

Nicaragua’s new government has made huge strides to eliminate illiteracy.

British chef and TV personality Jamie Oliver has won an Emmy award for his important US series “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” in which he tries to get America’s fattest city off junk food.

In the northeastern Bolivian department (province) of Beni, a region of wetlands, savannah and jungle where three-quarters of the population lives in poverty, indigenous women are building a new kind of leadership to help develop their communities.

Farmer Fred Leman chose a healthy vegan diet in response to cancer and a better understanding of the role of nutrition for good health.