Taking strong objections to an article that appeared in a US-based report, regarding heavy metals in Ayurvedic medicines, Union health ministry has said that the report is "seriously flawed" and "discloses a strong bias against Ayurvedic medicines".

Employers' right to discriminate against smokers in hiring was upheld by the Florida Supreme Court in 1995, when a woman sued the city of North Miami for violating her privacy by asking about her safety habits.

Short and sweet - a compendium, with links, to the 10 best online psychology tests as evaluated by Psych Central. Bet you'll take some of these!

Pu-erh is a super tea. Full of antioxidants, it's most favored for reducing cholesterol levels.

"We have a lot of control over our moods," says William Fleeson, associate professor of psychology at Wake Forest University, who has shown in studies that subjects can actually change the expression of basic personality traits on demand

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PARENTS should be warned not to give cough syrups to toddlers on the back of a US ruling on the "potentially life-threatening" side effects, a leading paediatrician says.

According to a new study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the first month of the year is the worst for carbon monoxide poisoning. At least two people die each day from carbon-monoxide poisoning in January

The French Association for Research on Treatments Against Cancer is convening a trans-Atlantic group of leading cancer specialists to present scientific evidence on the role of environmental pollutants as major causes of cancer and other diseases.

ust weeks before children take to the streets October 31 to collect Halloween treats, a US lawmaker warned Thursday that some of the buckets they will put them into contain scarily high levels of lead.