Efforts to ban artery-clogging trans fats from restaurants statewide are gaining momentum. State Public Health Commissioner John Auerbach said on Wednesday he agrees with a lawmaker who wants to impose a statewide ban on trans fats, which have been linked to heart disease.
They were two Washington Redskins defensive starters with wrecked knees, spending long days together in rehab in the offseason. They supported each other and pushed each other, yet they were also subtly trying to beat each other in the race back to football health.
The Mercer School of Medicine in Georgia is getting a $3.1 million grant, the largest one-time grant in the school's history, to conduct a five-year study aimed at decreasing health disparities from diabetes in the black community.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tobacco promotions and depictions of smoking in movies cause teenagers to start smoking, according to a sweeping report on tobacco in the media released on Thursday.
The Bush administration Thursday proposed stronger job protections for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health regulators have approved the use of ionizing radiation for fresh spinach and lettuce, saying the technique already approved for other foods can help control harmful bacteria and other pathogens.
