A retired tobacco spokesman told a historic civil trial Tuesday that his company was already under fire in the 1960s over the potential health risks of smoking.

Dermatologists say the UV lights used to dry nails following some manicure treatments pose a potential skin cancer risk.

Using a tape measure and a scale together help predict which teens have potentially dangerous levels of body fat, Canadian researchers have found.

A U.S. study that is the first to look at methamphetamine's potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behaviour problems than other children.