Campaigners reject report that clears factory of cancer link.
A decade-long battle over fears that chemicals in an electronics factory caused workers to develop cancer took an acrimonious turn yesterday, as campaigners questioned the validity of a study that said the claims were unfounded.
The dark side of beauty?
In recent years, watchdog organizations like the Environmental Working Group and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics have released reports looking at chemicals and additives in makeup, hair and skin products.
Climate change policy ignores women farmers.
Research has shown that women are more likely to feel the effects of climate change because they have less access to resources. Changing weather patterns increase poor women’s work burden on gathering water and firewood.
Nicotine in cigarettes linked to breast cancer for the first time.
The substance that makes cigarettes addictive may also cause the growth of cancer tumours, scientists revealed today. It is the first time nicotine has been implicated as one of the chemicals in cigarettes that can trigger the development of breast can...
Radiation, risks are focus of breast screening studies.
Some doctors are concerned about relying too much on breast imaging exams that expose women to far higher doses of radiation than regular mammography. Over all, the U.S. population’s annual radiation dose from medical procedures increased sevenfold b...
Add diet soda to the list of things to avoid while pregnant.
Researchers have added a new item to the list of things not to drink or eat when you're pregnant - diet soda, because the regular consumption of carbonated beverages made with artificial sweeteners significantly increases the risk of preterm delivery.
U.S. advisers to guide breast cancer research.
The National Institutes of Health named a committee on Monday to help guide research into the environmental and genetic causes of breast cancer.
The dangers that lurk in your make-up bag.
When two journalists discovered that formaldehyde was the miracle agent behind their sleek hair-dos, they decided to dig a little further into their beauty products' ingredient lists. What they found was terrifying. That lipstick? That mascara? All ful...
Want a baby? Relax . . .
Scientists have just confirmed what obstetricians knew anecdotally for years — that women under stress can have a difficult time getting pregnant. What’s new: Biochemical markers quantified the degree of stress — and potentially the type — affe...
UK, Iceland lead fall in Europe breast cancer deaths.
Death rates from breast cancer have fallen markedly in Europe in the past 20 years thanks largely to better screening and treatment policies, with Britain and Iceland leading the way, scientists said on Thursday.
