The study is the latest in an accumulation of research that has raises concerns about bisphenol A, or BPA, a compound that gives a shatterproof quality to polycarbonate plastic and has been found to leach from plastic into food and

Eighty nine per cent of expectant mothers in Bukwo District deliver at home with the assistance of traditional birth attendants, a health sector report presented by the District Health Officer, Dr Michael Mwanga has revealed.

A Ugandan pharmacist is the lucky recipient of a $40,000 (about Shs66 million) fellowship to study abortions. Mr Joseph Babigumire, who is currently a doctorate candidate at the School of Pharmacy at the University of Washington in the US, will

At the centre of the controversial debate that seeks to legalise abortion is a tricky connivance with terms. In the connivance, abortion passes for reproductive health.

A universal flu vaccine which could mean an end to the annual flu jab is being trialled on UK volunteers.

Northern Territory Health Minister Chris Burns says he is not responsible for the death of a woman during a staffing crisis at Royal Darwin Hospital.

The head of the Northern Territory emergency response says compulsory health checks for children have given a record number of Indigenous children much needed medical attention.

The Federal Attorney-General has agreed to extend the deadline for the Clarke Inquiry into the case of former Gold Coast-based doctor Mohamed Haneef.

The University of Tasmania is set to become a world leader in pharmaceutical research, with the opening today of a $4.6 million analytical research centre.

The bacteria E Coli has been found in seven out of 13 reservoirs in the Queensland's far north.

Scientists have reported new evidence that low doses of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), widely used to make plastic food and drinking containers, can impair brain function in primates, extending the findings of previous research conducted in rats.

The University of Massachusetts at Amherst says that binge drinking and overall heavy drinking have declined two years after the school launched a social-norms campaign to combat its "Zoo Mass" reputation as a party campus.

In response to a national campaign to reopen debate on lowering the legal drinking age from 21 to 18, a group of New Jersey agencies and organizations has formed the NJ21 Coalition.

Pharmacies and retailers based on college campuses in Boston would be prohibited from selling cigarettes under new regulations expected to be approved this week.

Graphic health warnings on cigarette packs work but only if they cover almost the entire package, according to a new report from researchers at Health Canada.

The method of inverse probability weighting (henceforth, weighting) can be used to adjust for measured confounding and selection bias under the four assumptions of consistency, exchangeability, positivity, and no misspecification of the model used to estimate weights. In recent years,

Giardia intestinalis is a common gastrointestinal protozoan worldwide, but its effects on childhood growth in developing countries are not clearly understood. The authors aimed to describe its effects on child growth. They followed 220 Peruvian children daily for diarrhea, weekly