German police say the number of criminal complaints filed after the events on New Year's Eve in Cologne has risen to 516 - 40% of which relate to allegations of sexual assault.Police in Cologne investigating the crimes are focussing on people of North African…

The Food and Drug Administration has banned a chemical commonly used in pizza boxes because there’s a reasonable chance it could cause harm to consumers’ health.Food Safety News, an advocacy group that reports on foodborne illness outbreaks, recalls and changes imposed by the FDA,…

This past March, KIND received a warning letter from the FDA. The FDA asked KIND to make adjustments to the packaging language on four of its snack bars, as well as on its website – including removing the word healthy in certain instances. This is…

London – Malaria-carrying parasites in parts of Cambodia have developed resistance to a major drug used to treat the disease in Southeast Asia, according to research published on Thursday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.The drug piperaquine, used in combination with the drug artemisinin,…

A Connecticut woman battling blood cancer was just months away from early retirement when she was informed by officials from the New York town she works for that she lost her job as court clerk, and the health benefits that came with it.Trish Rubino,…

Rising levels of obesity and unhealthy weights could be linked to 670,000 extra cases of cancer in the next 20 years, a UK report predicts.If current trends continue, experts say, almost three in four adults could be overweight or obese by 2035, bringing a…

How often do we get to report good news in the war on cancer? Not often, but today, there's cause for celebration.There has been a 23% drop in the cancer death rate since its peak in 1991, according to a new report from the…

Just in time to help with your New Year's resolution to eat more healthily, the government announced its latest dietary guidelines on Thursday.The 2015 guidelines recommend a "healthy eating pattern" with limited sugar and saturated fat, less salt and more vegetables and whole grains.…

Blocking the production of new immune cells in the brain could reduce memory problems seen in Alzheimer's disease, a study suggests.University of Southampton researchers said their findings added weight to evidence that inflammation in the brain is what drives the disease.A drug used…

Low levels of exposure to the metal cadmium may increase the risk of weaker bones and fractures in elderly men, a Swedish study suggests.Cadmium is a naturally occurring metal used in batteries and found in cigarette smoke and exhaust from fossil fuels or waste…