EPA Proposes New Mercury Air Pollution Rules
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first national standards for mercury and other toxins emitted by power plants, which are some of the biggest air polluters in the nation.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first national standards for mercury and other toxins emitted by power plants, which are some of the biggest air polluters in the nation.
Experts analyze the potential cancer risk of whole-body airport scanners.
An experimental gene therapy injected into the brains of patients with Parkinson’s disease improved tremor, stiffness, and other movement symptoms and was safe with few side effects over six months of follow-up, a study shows.
A study shows that many people in search of the ideal body shape are drawn to magazines that feature models with ideal body types.
An expert panel has advised the FDA to approve a new kind of device to treat recurrent glioblastoma, an aggressive and highly fatal kind of brain tumor.
Osteoporosis drugs and serious jaw problems have been linked in past studies, but new research presented at the International Association for Dental Research in San Diego finds a low risk with oral osteoporosis drugs, known as bisphosphonates.
Patients with fecal incontinence treated with injections of a bulking agent may have a reduction in symptoms, a study shows.
Better HIV testing is finding more people with HIV, and better treatment means patients live longer. But this rising tide of HIV patients is swamping the U.S. HIV care system, an IOM report finds.
Decade-old heart-attack scars heal after being injected with stem cells from patients’ own bone marrow.
Many college students think they can hear just fine, but new research suggests that up to one-fourth of them may actually have evidence of early hearing loss.