The American Psychiatric Association announced in early December that it is making substantial changes to autism diagnostic criteria. The Diagnostic Statistics Manual, also known...

Autism is an illness that is still not well understood by the medical community. While a great deal of research is still being conducted...

Fracking is a form of oil and gas exploration that has gotten a lot of buzz lately. However, many people do not really know...

While a great deal of buzz arose with the recently vilified Stanford University study about the questionable benefits of organic foods for children, new...

In a study completed by the University of Montreal and the CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital Research centre, researchers found that children who regularly stayed in...

Pain is a real problem for millions of people. It can affect quality of life and overall health. As a result, in the 1990s,...

The United States has the best acute care and disease management system in the world. Do you realize how bad our health is in...

“The mainstay of conservative treatment for neck pain is non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication and the evidence of its effectiveness is contradictory, while side effects such...

In a study published in the online journal Environmental Health, researchers set out to outline the link between breast cancer risk and workplace exposure...

As the childhood obesity epidemic continues (the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now estimates that 1/5 of American children are obese), public health officials continue to look at ways...