Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a wellness program and voluntary screenings.
For some countries around the world, it's time to turn the clocks back, marking the end of the Daylight Saving Time (DST). But for the U.S. and Canada, there is yet another week to go. The practice of DST has been criticized and reported to cause problems for farming and other occupations tied to the sun. What about its impact on human health? Is it healthy or harmful?
Television and radio host Montel Williams told the Associated Press Sunday that he admires Israel's liberal attitude toward medical marijuana and believes all of the U.S. should legalize it.
In recent years, a growing number of companies have been encouraging workers to voluntarily improve their health to control escalating insurance costs.
State legislatures have proposed 900 bills dealing with reproductive rights this year, 600 of which are anti-choice.
Merck & Co. announced on Friday that its net income grew to $1.69 billion from $372 million in the prior-year quarter, as gains from the company's diabetes and asthma medication offset losses from their Remicade and Simponi treatments for inflammatory diseases.
A quarter of gay urban men have unprotected sex with casual partners, despite millions of dollars spent on HIV/ AIDS prevention strategies, according to new research published Thursday.
The international black market organ trade is a $75 million per year industry.
Researchers followed over 150,000 people over the course of 13 years.
The plan could make the country healthier, but is it realistic?
First Lady Michelle Obama will release a cookbook next year.
The name Herman Cain meant a disarmingly easy tax plan, some quick witticisms and a typical American success saga. Now that could be changing even as the Republican nomination race is changing gears. How about a pro-liquor Cain who lobbied hard for the tobacco industry and was so anti-worker that he lobbied against a hike in the minimum wage? Recent events have led to a really troubling twist in the tale, for the surprise package in the Republican bundle of White House seekers.
Chest X-rays are not effective in preventing lung cancer deaths involving both smokers and non-smokers, according to a government study involving over 150,000 Americans.
Little spheres deliver medicine slowly and keep it inside the knee.
Vaccine is still the best way to prevent getting sick with influenza
U.S. vaccine advisers on Tuesday voted to recommend that boys be routinely vaccinated with Merck & Co's Gardasil vaccine to protect them from human papillomavirus or HPV infections, which cause genital warts and oral, penile and anal cancers in males and cervical cancers in women.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday issued a warning at the heels of 20 new cases of malaria from Greeks who had no travel history to malaria-infested areas.
Human papillomavirus, or HPV, has been found to increase the rate of heart disease in women, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Scientists are scrambling to develop a universal flu vaccine that will protect against all strains of influenza. Some pharmaceutical companies say that vaccine could be available as soon as 2014.
A drug used to fight off parasites may someday be used to protect against skin cancer, according to new research.
This season Stanford University football players are adding a new piece of equipment to their gear. Seattle-based firm X2Impact has developed a line of mouthguards and headbands for contact-sport athletes designed to aid in gathering data about concussions and other brain-related sports injuries.
The use of mobile phones does not put subscribers at the risk of contracting brain tumors, according to a new study published online, in the Oct. 20 issue of the British Medical Journal.
