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200 scientists call for new restrictions on antimicrobial chemicals in personal-care products

June 3, 2018 at 2:34 p.m.

The Food and Drug Administration took the bold step late last year of banning 19 chemicals in hand and body soap because of questions about their benefits and concerns about...

Scientists are calling on the international community to further restrict the production and use of two chemicals used in body and hand soap - triclosan and triclocarban - citing "extensive peer-reviewed research" that shows potential harm from both.

200 scientists call for new restrictions on antimicrobial chemicals in personal-care products

June 3, 2018 at 2:29 p.m.

The Food and Drug Administration took the bold step late last year of banning 19 chemicals in hand and body soap because of questions about their benefits and concerns about...

Fathers sing more to daughters and roughhouse with sons, study finds

June 4, 2018 at 1:26 p.m.

The idea that fathers have a sweet spot for their daughters and are stricter with their sons is something of a cliche. Researcher Jennifer Mascaro wanted to find out to...

More than a third of teenage girls experience depression, new study says

June 4, 2018 at 4:25 p.m.

Depression is usually considered an issue parents have to watch out for starting in the turbulent teenage years. The CW channel, full of characters with existential angst about school, friends...

The Alzheimer’s death rate rose dramatically over 15 years. Why?

June 4, 2018 at 5:33 p.m.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has just put out a grim report about Alzheimer's disease in the United States. Death rates from Alzheimer's climbed 55 percent from 1999...

Trump expansion of abortion ‘gag rule’ will restrict $8.8 billion in U.S. aid

August 21, 2019 at 11:20 p.m.

President Donald Trump's executive order to block U.S. aid to groups abroad that counsel or provide referrals about abortion went into effect Monday and will restrict nearly $9 billion in...

Dr. Oz may be America’s most influential — and controversial — physician

June 12, 2018 at 7:11 a.m.

Donald Trump has flip-flopped on plans to reveal his medical records to TV personality Mehmet Oz, but his aides said the Republican presidential nominee will still appear on the show...

Without taking things such as faculty rank and other professional achievements and experience into account, a study of public medical school physicians found that the average woman's salary was $206,641 and the average man's salary was $257,957 - a whopping $51,315 difference.

Med school gender gap: Female doctors earn less, less likely to be full professors

June 10, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.

You've probably heard that women make 79 cents (or 84 cents, 92 cents or some other number depending on whom you ask) to every dollar that men make. Although the...

Coffee itself isn’t cancerous, but watch out for ‘very hot’ beverages

June 10, 2018 at 1:31 p.m.

If you're like many Americans who enjoy a cup of Joe in the morning, you'll be happy to know that the World Health Organization released its long-anticipated report on coffee,...

Don’t take food advice from Beyoncé or Justin Timberlake

June 11, 2018 at 10:11 p.m.

For many American teens, the stars of pop music are like gods. They want to dress like them, talk like them, dance like them and perhaps even eat like them....

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