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Meet Snus and e-cigarettes, the tobacco industry's new growth areas
Sally Herships Apr 24, 2013
While cigarette usage has dropped, profits for the tobacco industry are expected to be up.
China's toxic harvest: Consumers flock to imported food
Rob Schmitz Apr 18, 2013
Thanks to a string of scandals that have damaged the reputation of China’s domestic food supply, more and more among the country's rising consumer class are turning to imported foods.
Help wanted: No smokers need apply (Map)
Stephen Dubner Apr 17, 2013
In many states, it is perfectly legal to not hire someone who smokes. Should employers also be able to weed out junk-food lovers or motorcyclists -- or anyone who wants to have a baby?
China's toxic harvest: A "cancer village" rises in protest
Rob Schmitz Apr 19, 2013
Farmers in Liuchong village in the Central Chinese province of Hubei are standing up to a local phosphate mining operation and fertilizer factory they blame for polluting the village's water and air, killing their crops and livestock, and leading to a sharp increase in cancer rates in the region.
Six diet-related lifestyle changes: Which works for you?
Millie Jefferson Apr 11, 2013
Gluten-free diets are picking up steam, but they're not alone. We pin six more common lifestyle and diet changes.
Biogen Idec CEO on drug costs and taking on multiple sclerosis
Jeremy Hobson Apr 11, 2013
Biogen Idec CEO George Scangos discusses his company's new multiple sclerosis drug, pricing strategy, and research process.
Stricter school lunch nutrition standards reduce childhood obesity: Study
David Weinberg Apr 10, 2013
School lunch programs with stricter nutrition standards may be helping to reduce obesity in children, especially those who receive free or reduced lunches.
Obama chooses between cigarettes, soda and booze
Kai Ryssdal Apr 10, 2013
In his budget, the president chose to tax one sin more than others.
China tackles a new outbreak of bird flu
Rob Schmitz Apr 5, 2013
Officials in China announced today that a sixth person has died from a new strain of bird flu. 14 people near Shanghai have been infected, and today authorities there decided to close all of the city's poultry markets.
Dementia is highest cost disease and rising
Dan Gorenstein Apr 4, 2013
A report in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine says the U.S. spends more on treating dementia than any other disease including cancer and heart disease.
