U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials on Monday started detailed studies to find the source of a plume of industrial solvent tetrachlorethene, or PCE, that is leaking into the Edwards Aquifer.

PCE is heavier than water chemical that is commonly used for dry-cleaning clothing and degreasing engines, it can cause kidney and liver damage, as well as cause cancer in people exposed to high enough concentrations over long periods

The Food and Drug Administration's determination that a widely-used chemical found in baby bottles is safe contained mistakes and should be redone, an FDA panel unanimously ruled.

The chemical, bisphenol-A, or BPA, is also found in many other plastic products

No matter what a person eats their basic scent, or body odor, remains detectably the same, researchers say.

It's serious research, because the same unique genes that determine body odor, called "odortypes," also in part are involved in the immune system, scientists from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based nonprofit basic research institute Monell Center say

Manhattan hospital Beth Israel Medical Center is teaming up with designer Donna Karan's foundation to try a combination of Eastern and Western healing methods to treat cancer patients.

The Karan-Beth Israel project will turn the hospital's cancer treatment floor into a year long experiment in using yoga, meditation and aromatherapy to enhance traditional chemotherapy and radiation treatments to combat cancer, according to a New York Times report

A study released by the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress said the hearts of immigrants are at a higher risk due to stress caused by settling down in a new country.

Through an ultrasound, researchers from the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver compared the narrowing of artery of 618 Canadian residents, which included ethnic groups from China, Europe and South Asia. Of the 618 respondents, 460 were immigrants