A group of college and university presidents and chancellors from around the United States would like to see the drinking age lowered somewhere closer to 18, the typical age of college freshmen.

More than 100 university presidents and chancellors have signed the Amethyst Initiative, a statement encouraging legislators to evaluate the effectiveness of the 21-year-old drinking age

Health experts at the University of Western Ontario recommend that people drink water, not fruit juices to take medicine. A study by university researchers showed some juices drastically reduce the body's ability to absorb some drugs.

Drugs that interact with juices includes medications for life-threatening conditions such as cancer and heart ailments. For instance, antihistamine, when taken with grapefruit juice, will only be 50 percent absorbed by the body

Women who suffered from preeclampsia, which produces high blood pressure during pregnancy, are at a greater risk of developing end-stage renal disease (ESRD), new studies have found.

Preeclampsia is a complication of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure, protein in the urine, and swelling, as well as more serious problems, according to the National Institutes of Health

Exposure to arsenic, a toxic chemical often found at low levels in public drinking water, may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to researchers.

The findings, published in the Aug. 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, indicate that people with high levels of arsenic in their urine were almost four times more likely to have diabetes than those with trace levels

Alcohol misuse and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were more common in U.S. National Guard and military reserve soldiers who returned from Iraq and Afghanistan than active-duty soldiers, a new military study suggests.

The study, published in the August 13 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests that lack of preparation for dealing with the stress of combat and reduced access to support services at home is to be blamed for alcohol abuse among soldiers. There was also increased stress among individuals and their families who were deployed, according to the report