Heat-related deaths among football players across the country tripled to nearly three per year between 1994 and 2009 after averaging about one per year the previous 15 years, according to an analysis of weather conditions and high school and college sports data conducted by University of Georgia researchers.

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a 10 percent increase in the company's quarterly dividend to $0.23 per common share. At the new rate, the annual dividend would be $0.92 per share, compared to the previous annual dividend of ...

The board of directors of Abbott today increased the company's quarterly common dividend from 48 cents per share to 51 cents per share.

The Board of Directors of PerkinElmer, Inc., declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share of common stock on January 27, 2012.

Roche announced today that it is proposing to acquire all outstanding shares of Illumina, Inc. for $44.50 per share in cash, or an aggregate of approximately $5.7 billion on a fully diluted basis.

In the first comprehensive review of its kind since 1992, a UC Davis researcher has estimated the national annual price tag of occupational injuries and illnesses at $250 billion, much higher than generally assumed. That figure is $31 billion more than the direct and indirect costs of all cancer, $76 ...

In the first comprehensive review of its kind since 1992, a UC Davis researcher has estimated the national annual price tag of occupational injuries and illnesses at $250 billion, much higher than generally assumed.

(University of California - Davis Health System) In the first comprehensive review of its kind since 1992, a UC Davis researcher has estimated the national annual price tag of occupational injuries and illnesses at $250 billion, much higher than generally assumed.

Those who drink regularly are advised to abstain from alcohol for at least two days a week. A committee of MPs has found current drinking guidelines are unclear and need to be revised. Currently the “sensible limits” for drinking, which were defined 25 years ago, are 21 units of alcohol ...

Over the past 10 years, Americans drank more sugar-sweetened beverages than ever—as much as 13 billion gallons a year—making these drinks the largest source of added sugar and excess calories in the American diet and, arguably, the single largest dietary factor in the current obesity epidemic. While many states have ...

Over the past 10 years, Americans drank more sugar-sweetened beverages than everas much as 13 billion gallons a yearmaking these drinks the largest source of added sugar and excess calories in the American diet and, arguably, the single largest dietary factor in the current obesity epidemic. While many states have ...

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Over the past 10 years, Americans drank more sugar-sweetened beverages than ever making these drinks the single largest dietary factor in the current obesity epidemic. In a latest study, researchers estimated that if a higher, penny-per-ounce tax were imposed on sugar-sweetened beverages, it ...