Palama Holdings, food service distributor, is recalling about 68,670 lbs of ground beef products on suspicion of E. coli (O157:H7) contamination.

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy released a report claiming that depression, teenagers and marijuana make up a dangerous mix that results in dependency, mental illness and suicidal thoughts.

30 days-off a year due to mood and anxiety disorders cost Americans at least $193 billion a year in lost earnings alone, a new report shows.

U.S. researchers have found the way to predict heart attack risk. It can be heard by listening for a certain noise in the artery supplying blood to the brain.

Seaweed found at Monte Verde can cast light upon the human race and its settlements in the Americas.

Lately there have appeared several studies revealing link between sleep, obesity, smoking and alcohol use.

Norwegian researchers revealed that the growth of breast cancer tumors was closely linked to age.

Local hospitals find it difficult to recruit and retain qualified nurses.

Republican congressman Mark Kirk, who is seeking re-election this year, is pushing for legislation banning access in schools and libraries to Second Life.

British scientists discovered that a computer keyboard poses a considerable health risk which equates to those presented by a toilet seat.

The California Institute of Regenerative Medicine has awarded the University of California, Davis, $20 million for its $62 million stem cell research facility.

U.S. researchers discovered another risk factor that increases chances of developing dementia.

Four thousand people are reported dead after a cyclone tore through the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar late Friday night and early Saturday morning. Over 10 hours, winds traveling up to 150 miles per hour struck Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, and dumped 20 inches of rain on the harbor town, formerly known as Rangoon.

In a study of adolescent rats, scientist saw that early alcohol exposure led to a tendency toward heavy drinking later on -- and the same might be true for humans.

While global warming is expected to be strongest at the poles, it may be an even greater threat to species living in the tropics, scientists say.