Given the choice between a hot dog and a rotisserie chicken, any self-respecting health-conscious eater would choose the chicken. But according to a new study in the excellently named journal Meat Science, the chicken would be …
Many kids think cheese is naturally orange and strawberry juice a bright red — thanks to a collection of widely used artificial food dyes that a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel (FDA) will now re-examine for safety.
Of course, we think Healthland has the most happening Twitter feed around, but there’s a whole other world of worthwhile tweeting from the science and health community that we think is too good to miss. In celebration of the …
Elizabeth Taylor wasn’t one for understatement: she had eight marriages, won two Oscars and was a bold pioneer in AIDS activism. And let’s not forget those captivating violet eyes. Now, according to Slate’s Brow Beat blog, …
By now, you’ve heard about the air-traffic control supervisor who fell asleep on the job at Washington’s Reagan National Airport early Wednesday morning, forcing two small passenger jets to land without guidance from the tower.
In most mammals, it takes more than month to complete the complex, multistage process of making sperm — which is why scientists have had trouble growing sperm cells in the lab. But now Japanese researchers report success, using …
Regret is as universal an emotion as love or fear, and it can be nearly as powerful. So, in a new paper, two researchers set about trying to figure out what the typical American regrets most.
In an ongoing effort to push legislation to reduce abortion rates — in part by restricting women’s access to the procedure — South Dakota’s Gov. Dennis Daugaard, a Republican, signed into law on Tuesday the most stringent …
Many patients who receive gastric banding surgery for weight loss experience major complications 12 years later, and as many as half of patients eventually have their bands removed, a new study reports.
The news that actress Elizabeth Taylor died Wednesday morning of congestive heart failure at age 79 highlights how common the disease is in the U.S.
Have you ever noticed that people on diets are really crabby? While many might blame low blood sugar or a general lack of pleasure (rice cakes, cabbage soup — ugh!), recent psychological research suggests that it’s actually the …
The prescription drug finasteride, marketed as Propecia and Proscar by Merck, may cause side effects like low libido and inability to orgasm in men who use the medication to battle hair loss, and those symptoms may persist even …
