Fluoride

April 26 (Reuters) - Charges that Syria has used the chemical weapon sarin have raised questions about the nerve agent, how it kills and what level of evidence it will take to prove it was used on the Syrian people. WHAT IS SARIN? Sarin is a man-made...

American voters don't understand the very real threat of the Lizard People. Don't they see on the Internet about those shape-shifting reptilian people seeking to rule the world? A nationwide survey conducted by Public Policy Polling finds only 4 percent...

"It doesn't cost anything to smile." For 60 kids in Roanoke today, it didn't cost anything to fix their smile. The program is run by Child Health Investment Partnership, or CHIP.  Dental residents from Virginia Commonwealth University came all the way...

You can never be too rich or too thin, perhaps, but you certainly can drink too much tea.  That’s the bottom line of an unusual case report published in this week’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.  Doctors at the Henry Ford...

This week I'm feeling the need to address a topic that weighs on me more with each passing day: I'm getting old. I've realized this because I no longer spend my weekends traipsing my kids to birthday parties with bounce houses and reptile shows. Instead,...

BRAWLEY — Inspired by her two dogs and natural curiosity, Evelyn Oliva decided to test the intelligence of various dog breeds for a science project. “I made the dogs go through an obstacle course and tested them with spoken commands to...

Water. Your mom said to drink it growing up, your coaches told you to drink it after practice, and your doctor says to drink plenty of it. But Salina Cares worries that its city's water may actually be bad for people's health. "Right now, our focus is...

Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of 10 pieces of information helpful to understanding what is — and sometimes isn’t — happening at the state...

As long as passions are running hot and heavy in Allentown over whether to hock the city's water system decades into the future, it may be a good time to consider whether to continue injecting poison into that system's drinking water. A little bit of...

There's hardly anything more crushing for a 16-year-old girl than taking a bite out of a hamburger only to see her front tooth fall out on to her plate, and the stunned face of the 16-year-old boy sitting across from her. I should know. I was the girl....

Opponents of fluoride are celebrating a win. Fifty-nine percent of Wichitans voted against fluoridation, while 40% voted yes. - More Election Results During a Wednesday morning press conference, spokesman for the group Wichitans Opposed to Fluoride,...

We should know tonight whether Wichitans want fluoride in their water.  It's been one of the most debated campaign issues this year. Both supporters and opponents will gather tonight to watch the returns.  Eyewitness News reporters Michael Schwanke and...