Obese American kids run an alarmingly high risk of iron deficiency, a study by UT South western Medical Center researchers has found. The study, appearing in the September issue of the journal Pediatrics, is the first to report an link between iron deficiency and childhood obesity among children as young as 1 to 3 years old.

A national survey of 1,641 toddlers has found that 20 percent of overweight toddlers to be iron-deficient compared to 8 percent of those at risk for being overweight, and 7 percent of normal-weight toddlers

Scientists in Canada are elated over the successful completion of the first human trial of a DNA-based vaccine to combat multiple sclerosis (MS). The vaccine, BHT-3009 works by reducing the damaging immune system attacks which cause the disease.

Researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute in Canada carried out the trial on 30 patients by injecting three different doses of the vaccine into their muscles over few weeks

Following a deadly steam pipe explosion in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday asbestos was found at the scene. Investigators of the explosion concluded asbestos albeit found in solid chunks at the scene was not in the air.

Ongoing tests are being conducted however the Office of Emergency Management revealed in a statement that long-term health problems were "unlikely

July is ultraviolet, or UV, safety month, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology news release.

The AAO warns Americans to protect their eyes from the invisible and harmful UV rays of the sun

Giving out the new behavioural signs of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), scientist now say that about half of all cases of the disorder may be diagnosable at about one year of age, the earliest the disorder has ever been diagnosed.

After evaluating the social and communication development in ASD from 14 to 36 months of age, researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland found that approximately half of all children with autism can be diagnosed around their first birthday