FDA: Ingredient In Antibacterial Soap, Other Products May Be Dangerous
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning to deliver a review this year of whether triclosan is safe.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning to deliver a review this year of whether triclosan is safe.
Findings by a group of researchers at Berkeley's School of Public Health showed nine different metals, including lead, in popular brands of lipstick and lip-gloss.
The bills before the City Council would reduce the visibility and accessibility of cigarettes. The council's health committee took up debate Thursday on the proposals.
Is 15 too young to buy the "morning-after" pill? That's the question dividing parents in our area after a controversial decision Tuesday from the federal government.
The FDA announced Tuesday it has approved making the Plan B morning-after pill available over the counter. But purchasers have to be at least 15 to buy it, and will have to provide proof of age at the cash register.
Scientists at Stony Brook University searching for health risks in everyday products stumbled upon something that might accelerate aging and increase wrinkling.
A Gallup survey on stress in America conducted from January to December 2012 and just released this month found that among those in the Tri-State Area, 43 percent of the people surveyed in Connecticut answered yes to having stress.
These people are only in their 20s, and are just beginning their lives. It should be a time filled with promise and possibility, but many of them are already disillusioned.
Six months after Superstorm Sandy, an unwelcome development is set to make the months to come miserable for allergy sufferers.
Severe basement flooding destroyed the main building's electrical system. The flooding destroyed all of the hospital's diagnostic equipment.
On Sunday, State Sen. Diane Savino and Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal announced state legislation to raise the minimum age for buying tobacco products.
The March For Babies is the signature event of the March Of Dimes, whose focus is fighting to find causes and solutions to premature births.
Kelly and Michael Rice are remembering their son by raising funds for families who may be going through the same experience with their Tunes For Thomas event.
Everyone had an opportunity to dispose properly of unused or expired medications Saturday, dropping them off at sites around the state as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
In the wake of a new study showing that more than 10 percent of New York City adults have been diagnosed with diabetes, the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has issued some reminders for control and prevention.
