The US Senate struck the government's strongest anti-smoking blow in decades, passing legislation long supported by Senator Edward M. Kennedy. The Senate passed the Family Smoking and Tobacco Control Act 79-17.

A study of 500,000 middle-age and elderly Americans found a link between eating red meat and mortality. Eating steak, pork and burgers increases the chances of dying prematurely. Those consuming a small hamburger a day were over 30% more likely to die.

2. Apples. Apples are often grown in mid-western states where they are not native and as a result have not developed natural defenses to predators. Because of this, they are treated with many harmful pesticides that seep into the peel. You can always peel

Campaign success! Through your help, wolves are protected as Endangered Species, farm animals' lives are improving, kids' toys are safer and millions of acres of forest have been saved. Read about these campaign victories and more on Randy Paynter's blog.

A Harvard study of the brains of elderly and younger subjects reveals the secret to aging with dignity. Read about how to do it.

Jolee Mohr fell ill the day after her right knee was injected with trillions of genetically engineered viruses in a voluntary experiment to find out if gene therapy might be a safe way to ease the pain of rheumatoid arthritis. She was dead three weeks lat

Mothers, here's another reason to encourage your daughters to be physically active: Girls and young women who exercise regularly between the ages of 12 and 35 have a substantially lower risk of breast cancer before menopause compared to those who are less

Interesting piece challenging our assumptions about the evils of cholesterol. Author, Gary Taubes, discusses evidence that it may be the particles, known as lipoproteins, that shuttle cholesterol around that are the problems. I learned something!

Lab tests on sushi from 20 Manhattan eateries and markets contained so much mercury that eating six pieces a week would exceed safe levels as proscribed by the Environmental Protection Agency, the New York Times reported.

A banned toxin linked to cancer has been found in a wood floor finish popular in the 1950s and 1960s, researchers in the United States reported.