Tag: Health
Cancer’s New Face: Younger and Female Although long considered a disease of aging, certain cancers are turning up more often in younger women, according to a new report. By …
F.D.A. Bans Red Dye 3 in Foods, Linking It to Cancer in Rats Consumer and food safety groups have long urged the agency to revoke the use of this …
New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I. An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience. By Gina Kolata from …
Dementia Cases in the U.S. Will Surge in the Coming Decades, Researchers Say By 2060, new dementia cases per year could double to one million because of the growing …
How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence In its original form, the virus survives in just two countries. But a type linked to an oral vaccine used …
What We Know About HMPV, the Common Virus Spreading in China While cases are climbing in China, the situation is very different from what it was when Covid-19 emerged …
Even Adults May Soon Be Vulnerable to ‘Childhood’ Diseases Outbreaks among the unvaccinated are a predictable consequence of falling immunization rates. But even vaccinated adults may be vulnerable to …
Research Finds Vaccines Are Not Behind the Rise in Autism. So What Is? There is no one factor that causes autism — or explains its growing prevalence. Researchers are …
What We Know About HMPV, the Common Virus Spreading in China While cases are climbing in China, the situation is very different from what it was when Covid-19 emerged …
Study Links High Fluoride Exposure to Lower I.Q. in Children The results of a new federal analysis were drawn from studies conducted in other countries, where drinking water contains …