A study released on Monday by the Dental Health Foundation found that by third grade, nearly two-thirds of California children have dental disease, making it the most prevalent children's health problem in the state.

David Perry, DDS, Chair of the Dental Health Foundation says, "Dental disease is now the single most common chronic disease of childhood, and is seriously impairing the quality of life for thousands of children in California each year. That not only hurts our children, it hurts all of us

A study claims that there might be a correlation between intellectual couples and autistic children.

Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, of the University of Cambridge, believes that genes which make some analytical may also impair their social and communication skills

An advocacy group is calling for Congress to pass a resolution to limit the amount of fraudulent asbestos cases filed in court.

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) on Thursday encouraged Congress to pass S. 852, the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act (FAIR Act)

Despite surgeon's concerns, the world's first face transplant recipient is using her new lips to start smoking again. Doctors fear it could interfere with her healing and raise the risk of tissue rejection. At the same time, however, the procedure is gaining more and more support worldwide in its aftermath.

The woman's French surgeons made their first scientific presentation on the partial face transplant at a medical conference in the U.S. this week

A study by the University of Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions shows that an estimated 15 percent of the U.S. workforce works while under the influence of alcohol.

"Clear policies should be in place regarding alcohol impairment and impairment at work," says Doctor Michael Frone, principal investigator of the study, in a Reuters report