Some 286,000 pounds of fresh and frozen meat products have been pulled out of the market over the weekend due to possible contamination with Listeria bacteria, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said.

The Department of Agriculture's food safety arm issued a statement Saturday detailing the Class I recall it gave on fresh and frozen beef, pork, turkey, and chicken products from Gourmet Boutique, a Jamaica, Queens-based food manufacturer

A Chicago fertility laboratory claims to have developed a test to measure how many fertile eggs a woman has.

The test kit costs $350. The company marketing the kit, Repromedix, said its target are women who are deciding if they want to have offsprings and want to know their biological limitations

A Chicago fertility laboratory claims to have developed a test that could measure a woman's ovarian reserve or how many fertile eggs she still has for bearing children.

The test kit would cost $350. The company marketing the kit said its target are women who are deciding if they want to have offsprings and wan to know their biological limitations

More and more couples are waiting to expand their families until the woman is into her 30s or older. Work, travel and saving money before having a baby are all factors in the decision

A new study suggests that folic acid supplementation given prenatally may protect babies from having colorectal cancer.

A team of researchers from University of Toronto studied female rats, grouped them on control diet and folic acid supplementation diet prior to breeding for three weeks and continued until pregnancy and lactation