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Most consumers either do not own or do not use a food thermometer, which could lead to potential exposure to harmful bacteria during the cooking of poultry, according to a new study from Tennessee State and Kansas State universities and the independent research nonprofit RTI International.

Nearly three-quarters of parents turn their child’s car seat to face forward before the child reaches the recommended age of 2, according to a recent study from the University of Michigan.

Nearly 12 percent of U.S. adults are prescribed aspirin unnecessarily as part of an effort to prevent heart problems and stroke, according to a recent study from Baylor College of Medicine.

More than 40 percent of adults could be risking their health by mixing alcohol and prescription medications, according to a study from the National Institutes of Health.

Fewer people are contacting poison control centers for information, and a group that represents the centers is concerned that the decline could lead to poisonings with more severe outcomes.

Promptly treating human or animal bites to the hand can help prevent serious infections, stress the authors of a new literature review from the Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at the University of Washington.

An average of six people die from alcohol poisoning every day in the United States, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Poisonings from prescription drugs led all causes of injury death in the United States in 2012, according to according to a report from the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center in Denver.

Traffic deaths in the United States decreased by 3.1 percent in 2013 from the previous year and have declined nearly 25 percent in a decade, according to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Exposure to the toxic metal cadmium can cause premature aging of cells and lead to health issues, suggests a study from George Washington University.