People who regularly use paracetamol are at three fold risk of having asthma, a new research has found.

Study author Dr. Seif Shaheen from Imperial College London and team questioned over 500 adults with asthma and over 500 people without asthma about the use of painkillers. Taking paracetamol weekly increases the risk of asthma three-fold, research has found

Regent Sports is recalling about 190,000 MacGregor and Mitre folding soccer goal nets after a 20-month-old child from Texas was found dead tangled in a net.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission officials say the fixed knot flexible openings in the net can cause head and neck entrapment or strangulation to young children. The agency has received two reports of children's heads getting entangled in the nets

Researchers from various countries now say that there is no such thing as a "safe tan" as ultraviolet rays (UV), no matter that the source is, causes skin cancer.

Their findings, published in the October issue of Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, say that exposure to UV radiation, from sunbathing or indoor tanning beds can cause DNA damage, photoaging - damage to the skin from chronic exposure to sunlight - and skin cancer

Giving antibiotics to pregnant women to delay the premature labor may increase the child's risk for cerebral palsy, U.K. researchers said.

The drugs each increased the risk when given singly but to a lesser degree, the Oracle study carried out by the University of Leicester of more than 4,000 pregnant women found. The researchers now add that the drugs shouldn't be given to women who show signs of premature labor unless there is clear evidence of an infection

Nine major retailers including Target, Walmart, ShopKo and Babies "R" Us, are recalling 600,000 drop-side cribs made by Simplicity after many parents complained that it can create a dangerous gap that could kill a child.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall Wednesday saying the drop side can come off its track creating a hazardous gap that could trap or suffocate infants and toddlers