Cadmium Body Burden and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Study

Australian consumer regulators are investigating several kinds of squishies toys sold in Australia after testing in Denmark found the toys contained hazardous chemicals.Squishies are small, foam-like toys similar in texture to stress balls. They come in the shape of animals and food such as hamburgers, cupcakes, strawberries and...

As we enter new-gadget buying season, spare a moment to meet the people who end up handling your old stuff. Isauro Flores-Hernandez, who takes apart used smartphones and tablets for a living, keeps thick gloves, metal tongs and a red fireproof bin by his desk here at Cascade Asset Management, an electronics scrap processor. He uses them to whisk aw...

There is new information in Franklin’s ongoing effort to determine whether hazardous industrial chemicals are seeping into the water supply and homes, threatening the health people who live in them.These new test results officials insist, show that the Johnson County community’s air, water and soil is safe.Although federal and state aut...

Using nanotechnology, researchers have developed a way to treat prostate cancer by restoring tumor suppressors, based on preclinical models in the lab.The loss of tumor suppressors, including genes such as PTEN and p53, helps cancer cells grow uninhibited.Researchers from the Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital i...

Just last week, the agency announced a crackdown on companies that make e-cigarettes and stores that sell the products illegally to minors. The companies have 60 days to come up with plans to stop those sales or the FDA said it will consider a ban on the sale of all flavored e-cigarette products."E-cigarettes have become an almost ubiquitous -- and...