The first of its kind study, conducted by David M Mosen of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research at Denver surveyed 1,113 asthma patients above 35 years of age, while controlling risk factors like smoking, use of oral or inhaled medications, gastroesophageal reflux disorder, and demographics that might explain the obesity-asthma association.

Grocery store chain Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. on Friday alerted its customers of the voluntary recall by the Hershey's Chocolate Shell Topping that can be poured over ice cream.

The drugs, 20 in total, have been identified based on a review of reports in FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS), which contains millions of reports of adverse events submitted to the FDA by drug manufacturers, health care professionals and patients.

Grocery store chain Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. on Friday alerted its customers of the voluntary recall by the Hershey's Chocolate Shell Topping that can be poured over ice cream.

The National Toxicology Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, notes "some concern" for effects on the brain, prostate gland, and on behavior in fetuses, infants, and children.