Any pain or soreness within or around a tooth or the jaw should be evaluated.

After only four deaths, the Indian Council of Medical Research called for immediate suspension of the country’s cervical cancer vaccination program.

Turns out, there are even more reasons to supplement with zinc — including promising research on its role in managing depression.

Good news — it is possible to prevent most gallbladder attacks, and the way to do it is simple.

To save space, I’ll just make a list of some of the numerous conditions linked to (and made worse by) low stomach acid…

Researchers have found that three out of 10 women seeking infertility treatment are given a drug that could increase risks to their unborn child.

The FDA is investigating a link between a major Parkinson’s drug and an increased risk of prostate cancer.

Tanning beds aren’t necessarily dangerous. The problem is they don’t generally provide you with the type of radiation that your skin needs to produce vitamin D.

The body recognizes just about any substance you put into it — synthetic or not. The real question is what’s best for you.

Pfizer admitted recently that it paid $35 million in six months to doctors who helped educate (read: market to) other doctors on use of new Pfizer drugs.

If you wait long enough, canker sores usually go away on their own. But there may be an even easier solution that can help you from getting them in the first place: switching toothpastes.

Is there any kind of reasonable explanation the FDA could possibly spin for approving drugs that show absolutely no benefit over those already on the market?

Now there’s yet another benefit to add to the long list: Fighting off cancer of all kinds.

Barrett’s esophagus is a serious erosion of the lining of the lower esophagus.

For a long time now, people have assumed that the drugs they take every day are proven safe and effective by scientific trials carried out by doctors and researchers who care about things like safety and finding the best treatment for a particular condition.

It is true that most instant tea (the kind that comes in tea bags) does contain some fluoride.

As with blood pressure, much more attention is given to the dangers of high cholesterol than those associated with low cholesterol. But low serum levels of cholesterol can increase your risk of cancer, stroke, and depression.

A study from Iowa State Univeristy’s Nutrition and Wellness Research Center found yet another way to fight high cholesterol without drugs.

Sinus and other upper respiratory infections occur so often following air travel because the air in the airplane cabin is recycled throughout the course of your trip.

Turns out that the radiation dose from common CT scans is much higher and more variable than anyone previously thought.

Protecting your prostate could be as easy as enjoying a delicious daily snack.

Vitamin D analogues are basically the synthetic, patentable, evil twins of all-natural vitamin D3.

The first thing to try for any type of chronic inflammation is cod liver oil.

A new study could once and for all link HFCS to the biggest killers of our time.

Bad news about dietary supplements—most frequently in the form of flawed studies or other junk science intended to “debunk” or scare you about them—is usually found on the front pages of daily newspapers, or used as “leading stories” on the nightly news or on-line. But if there’s good news about dietary supplements? Except for the recent “breakthrough” with frequent reporting about the benefits of vitamin D, good news about vitamins and dietary supplements often goes unreported altogether…or, at best, is mentioned in the “back pages.”