Hazards

If you were planning on whipping out your pressure cooker this week for dinner, you may want to take a second look at the famed appliance. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), a popular brand is recalling nearly 1…

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.Concerns about unnecessary use of a common class of antimicrobial chemicals used in disinfectants reinforces recommendations to opt for soap and water or safer…

Bondi, an 8-month-old toy poodle, had just returned from a walk when he began stumbling. His head wobbled and soon he could barely stand, so his owner, Colleen Briggs, rushed him to the vet.…

Pregnant women should avoid having tea.People should not drink more than three or four cups of tea daily.In India, the majority of people are addicted to tea. Our morning seems incomplete if we don’t have tea in the first place. We have…

By Michael Roizen, M.D. on Apr 20, 2023 The heaviest woman to give birth, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, weighed 532 pounds. That's mind boggling. But in the U.S., more than half of women who deliver a live-born…

As he crosses the mud houses and wheat fields around his village to catch a train to distant Mumbai, Sujeet Kumar says he is thinking about the better life that awaits him in India's city of dreams. The 21-year-old…

For years, Amazon warehouse staffers have complained about unsafe working conditions and the injury risks they face when rushing to fill packages and get them to customers in two days or less.While Amazon claims its injury rate is coming…

More than 1 million three-wick candles from a popular brand sold exclusively at Walmart have been recalled because they can start fires and injure consumers. The products under recall include 14-ounce…

ANI | | Posted by Parmita Uniyal, Washington In an analysis of 2010-2019 information on more than 1.8 million employed and non-employed pregnant women in South Korea, certain occupations were linked with higher risks of miscarriage…

The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations against Amazon at three of its warehouses for exposing workers to safety hazards, the department announced Wednesday.Amazon workers at the three…