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LOS ANGELES – Blame the potato chip. It's the biggest demon behind that pound-a-year weight creep that plagues many of us, a major diet study found. Bigger than soda, candy and ice cream. Full Story »
COMMENTARY | I'm a smoker. It is not something I'm proud to admit, but it isn't something I'm ashamed of either. I know the horrors associated with smoking -- lung cancer, emphysema, low fetal birth weight -- and yet I still smoke. Changing the labels for my cigarettes to gruesome images isn't going to change my choice to smoke or my desire to have a cigarette. When I am good and ready to quit, I will. Almost any former smoker will tell you that the only way to quit smoking for good is to really want to do it for yourself. Full Story »
Is there anything that says summer in America like cruising with the windows low and the tunes on high? Too bad the activity may be a health hazard Full Story »
Smoking may make prostate cancer deadlier. Men who are smokers at the time of diagnosis are more likely to see a recurrence after treatment and to die of the disease, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers spent an average of eight years following 5,366 men who'd been diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1986 and 2006. Compared with never-smokers, current smokers had a 61 percent increased risk of cancer recurrence and a 61 percent increased risk of dying of the disease. ... Full Story »
MONDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Gymnasts, wrestlers and boxers often feel pressure to lose weight to boost performance, but the drastic methods they sometimes use -- including strictly limiting calories and intentional dehydration -- can be dangerous to their health, experts warn. Full Story »
BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in China have detained 52 people in a crackdown on fake drugs, including the anti-impotence pill Viagra, seizing pills for other illicit aphrodisiacs and pornographic pictures in the process, state media said on Tuesday. Full Story »
Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions Inc will provide services to Sanofi SA that could help the French drugmaker navigate increasingly difficult reimbursement and regulatory waters. Full Story »
SAN FRANCISCO - An unlikely coalition of Jews and Muslims on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to block a San Francisco ballot measure that would ban the circumcision of male children, a procedure widely practiced by members of both faiths. Full Story »
WEDNESDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- The spinal fluid of people with mild memory problems may help identify those who will later develop Alzheimer's disease, according to new research. Full Story »
AFP/File GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation published Tuesday new global guidelines for expanding AIDS treatment, focusing for the first time on homosexuals, who face discrimination in many countries. Full Story »
TUESDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've pinpointed a small number of genetic variants that are most strongly linked with the risk of melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. Full Story »
WEDNESDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- Children born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy have lower levels of "good" HDL cholesterol, which may increase their risk of heart attack and stroke later in life, a new study suggests. Full Story »
GENEVA (Reuters) - Homosexual men and trans-gender people should get equal access to HIV/AIDS programs under the World Health Organization's first guidelines aimed at ending stigma that denies quality care to many, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday. Full Story »
(HealthDay News) -- "Not me" is a common response to a recent diagnosis of diabetes, the American Diabetes Association says. Full Story »
AFP/Getty Images/File CHICAGO (AFP) - Childhood food allergies are on the rise, said a US study published Monday that suggested twice as many children are allergic to food as the US government has previously estimated. Full Story »
Time and again after losing a point, Venus Williams rolled her eyes, slumped her shoulders and let out a shriek of dismay that echoed through Centre Court, reverberating off its roof. Full Story »
The government has made a change in its policy for patting down young children at airport checkpoints, and more are promised. Full Story »
"Jackass" star Ryan Dunn had a blood-alcohol content that was more than twice the legal limit when he and a passenger died in a fiery one-car crash this week, according to a toxicology report. Full Story »
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