As a heated battle rages in Portland over whether it should add fluoride to its water for the first time, the city of Salem has fluoridated its water since 1964.
The government has halted a study testing treatments for a brain condition that can cause strokes after early results suggested invasive therapies were riskier than previously thought.
Officials in charge of three key international treaties said delegates agreed by consensus to a gradual phase out of the flame retardant hexabromocyclododecane, or HBCD, which is used in building insulation, furniture, vehicles and electronics.
Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up key components of the sweeping federal overhaul
Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found.
A Food and Drug Administration investigation into the safety of caffeine-added foods has prompted Wrigley to take its new caffeinated gum off the market for the time being.
Local researchers are scanning college students’ social media sites to identify which will become alcoholics later in life.
The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a new once-a-day inhaler drug from GlaxoSmithKline for patients with chronic lung disease.
A new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help tens of thousands of men each year decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it.
Coca-Cola says it will work to make lower-calorie drinks and clear nutrition information more widely available around the world.
Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
How can you get your kids to eat healthier foods? Dr. Miles Hassell has the answer -- and it's something that worked with his own son.
A situation in Oklahoma where thousands of patients were potentially exposed to HIV and hepatitis got us thinking about dentist safety here in Oregon. We were surprised to learn that a local group in the dental industry is actually trying to roll back the rules on patient protection.
Indoor tanning beds would carry new warnings about the risk of cancer and be subject to additional regulations, under a proposal unveiled by the Food and Drug Administration.
In a first for the drug industry, Pfizer Inc. told The Associated Press that the drugmaker will begin selling its popular erectile dysfunction pill Viagra directly to patients on its website.
Salem uses fluoridation chemical that Portland's hotly debating (Photo Gallery)
Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls
Obama to promote benefits of health care law
Study: Fish oil doesn't help prevent heart attacks
Wrigley pulls new caffeinated gum after FDA investigation
Can Facebook be used to find young alcoholics?
Gene test may help guide prostate cancer treatment
Coke goes global with anti-obesity push
Baxter drug fails to slow Alzheimer's in big study
Commit 2 Be Fit: Get your kids to eat healthy food (Video)
Clean dentists: Do you know how sanitary your dentist's office is? (Video)
FDA wants cancer warnings for tanning beds
Bashful? Pfizer to sell the little blue pill online
