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Why some women and not others get endometriosis – the growth of uterine tissue outside the uterus that can cause pain and infertility – is not known, but researchers have come up with one possible contributing factor: pesticide poisoning. Scientists studied 248 women with surgically confirmed...

Girls are starting puberty at younger ages – a full year earlier than previously reported in some cases – and the main factor associated with early breast development is obesity, according to a new long-term study released Monday. Researchers in the Bay Area, New York and Cincinnati...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed banning artificial trans fats in processed food ranging from cookies to frozen pizza, citing the risk of heart disease. Partially hydrogenated oils, the primary dietary source of the fats, have been shown to raise “bad” cholesterol. Reducing the...

Blueberries are called a “superfood” for their high polyphenol content, but when served as warm, gooey pie filling or when lending bursts of sweet flavor to a muffin, their “super” health benefits change. Scientists studied how cooking and baking affect the increasingly popular fruit’s polyphenols...