By Christopher Doering | Reuters | Sep. 2, 2008
Food and milk from the offspring of cloned animals may have entered the U.S. food supply, the U.S. government said on Tuesday, but it would be impossible to know because there is no difference between cloned and conventional products.

By Michael Hawthorne | Chicago Tribune | Aug. 30, 2008
Midwesterners are better off, but the more money you make could mean higher levels of the toxic metal. The nation's first region-by-region analysis of mercury in women's blood shows vast differences based on where they live, with the highest levels found in the Northeast.

By James Randerson | The Guardian | Aug. 12, 2008
Scientists are exploring the use of psychedelic drugs such as LSD to treat a range of ailments from depression to cluster headaches and obsessive compulsive disorder. The first clinical trial using LSD since the 1970s began in Switzerland in June. It aims to use "psychedelic psychotherapy" to help patients with terminal illnesses come to terms with their imminent mortality and so improve their quality of life.

By Barbara Liston | Reuters | Jul. 30, 2008
Those consumers already worried about genetically engineered or cloned food reaching their tables may soon find something else in their grocery carts to furrow their brows over -- nano-foods.

By Sally Stride | ScientificBlogging.com | Aug. 1, 2008
New science indicating fluoride’s dangers to the brain and other organs will be presented by prominent fluoride research scientists during back-to-back conferences of the International Society for Fluoride Research (ISFR) and the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) in Toronto August 7-11, 2008.

BBC News | Jul. 23, 2008
The study, published in the journal Human Reproduction, found 41 million fewer sperm per millilitre of semen after just one portion every two days. The authors said plant oestrogens in foods such as tofu, soy mince or milk may interfere with hormonal signals.

By Will Dunham | Reuters | Jul. 10, 2008
Water systems serving about 30 percent of Americans are not giving them fluoridated water, six decades after fluoridation was started as a public health measure to prevent tooth decay, officials said on Thursday.

By Carla K. Johnson | The Associated Press | Jul. 8, 2008
Pressured by desperate parents, government researchers are pushing to test an unproven treatment on autistic children, a move some scientists see as an unethical experiment in voodoo medicine.

By Susan Edelman | NY Post | jul. 2, 2008
Of 10,000 Ground Zero workers suing the city, medical records show 67 percent suffer respiratory ailments and 45 percent have a gastrointestinal disease, their lawyers claim.

By Tim Jones | Chicago Tribune | Jun. 24, 2008
The great American assault on tooth decay began here 63 years ago, earning Grand Rapids a special place in the annals of dental history: the first city in the world to fluoridate its public water system.

By Elizabeth Svoboda | Salon.com | Jun. 11, 2008
And genetically modified his goats and chickens to produce drugs for humans. But hold on. Should we be doing this to animals?

By Tara Parker-Pope | The International Tribune | Jun. 11, 2008
What do brain surgeons know about cellphone safety that the rest of us don't? Last week, three prominent neurosurgeons told the CNN interviewer Larry King that they did not hold cellphones next to their ears. "I think the safe practice," said Dr. Keith Black, a surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, "is to use an earpiece so you keep the microwave antenna away from your brain."

By Susan Heavey | Reuters | Jun. 4, 2008
Health Officials Issue Warning to Pregnant Women. Silver-colored metal dental fillings contain mercury that may cause health problems in pregnant women, children and fetuses, the Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday after settling a related lawsuit.

By Sean Poulter | Mail Online | June 6, 2008
Eight 'clone farm' cows have been born in the UK, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Their mother is a clone – created in a U.S. laboratory with cells taken from the ear of a prize-winning animal.

Queens Gazette | May 28, 2008
A new study by Mount Sinai School of Medicine showing high rates of psychological distress among Ground Zero workers underscores the need for a strong federal response to the health impacts of the 9/11 attacks, several New York area lawmakers declared last week.