PepsiCo, the nation's second biggest soft drink company, is introducing a group of new products, including G2, a Gatorade with half the calories of the normal variety Gatorade. The company hopes that G2 will attract those customers who have refrained from the sports drink in search of lower calorie drinks.

The new G2 will have 25 calories per 8-ounce serving, half the amount of regular Gatorade. The original lemon-lime Gatorade has 50 calories per eight-ounce serving

With Labor Day marking the unofficial end of summer around the corner around the corner snakebite season is still slithering along.

In fact, approximately 20 percent of reported venomous bites take place during the months of September and October. Granted most of the reported snakebite incidents take place in the southern portion of the United States health experts are warning that every state reports of venomous attacks

A study based on the past 40 years of research finds that the stigma toward overweight children comes not only from their peers, but also from parents, teachers and others.

In the article reviewing this study, the researchers wrote, "The stigmatization directed at obese children by their peers, parents, educators and others is pervasive and often unrelenting

A study has found that Echinacea, the alternative popular herbal remedy is still the best way to cure the common cold. The herbal medicine not only reduces a person's chance of catching a cold by 58 percent but also cuts the duration of a cold by an average of 1.4 days.

The study, which is published in the July edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, was carried out by a team of researchers led by Dr. Craig Coleman from the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut

China's regulatory standards chief has vowed to improve the implementation of food safety rules in the wake of international backlash against tainted Chinese exports ranging from toothpaste to pet food ingredients.

China has been the leading manufacturer of fake medicines and drugs, illegally copied music, movies, designer clothes and other goods which U.S. officials surmise cost legitimate producers up to $50 billion USD annually