Out with the bad fat and in with the good
New federal nutrition guidelines plans, for the first time, make a clean distinction between fats Americans should eat and fats they should avoid. Instead of simply reducing overall fat in their
New federal nutrition guidelines plans, for the first time, make a clean distinction between fats Americans should eat and fats they should avoid. Instead of simply reducing overall fat in their
Frustrated by Russia's repeated delays in launching a crucial component of the International Space Station, NASA is preparing to use an American substitute to get the project moving again. Mr.
A Harvard-affiliated hospital in Boston quietly suspended a gene-therapy experiment last summer after three of the first six patients died and a seventh fell seriously ill, previously unreleased
Indonesia's forests are disappearing even faster than studies a few years ago indicated. Despite the proclamations of previous Indonesian governments of a permanent forest estate, with 49 million
With 46 US states beginning to receive payments from their $206 billion settlement with the nation's leading cigarette makers, a legal fight is emerging over whether some smokers are themselves
poised for a big shift ? : The World may be on the brink of a change in climate patterns that could last 20 or 30 years, some scientists believe. If current temperature, conditions in the Pacific
Taking its war on smoking to a more graphic level, the Canadian government has proposed that cigarette packs carry color photographs of diseased hearts and cancerous lungs and lips. And to illustrate
Over the years, researchers have found hundreds of drugs to slow the growth of cancer. But they have found virtually nothing that can prevent cancers from forming. The goal is not just a drug to stop
Japan, the world's largest food importer, is in the midst of a struggle over how to treat genetically modified foods. The government has gone along with consumer demands for labels on such products
The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it is temporarily shutting down every human gene therapy experiment at the University of Pennsylvania after an inspection uncovered "numerous