In the United States, 66 percent of adults are categorized as either overweight or obese — a number is three times what it … »
At the American Council on Science and Health, our goal is to increase people’s awareness of actual threats to their health — … »
“The EU’s new tobacco policy statement, ostensibly designed to promote public health, will have the opposite effect: Far from reducing the toll … »
While the flu epidemic rages, reminding us that this viral contagion is nothing to be messed with, an ongoing epidemic has taken a bit … »
Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, president and founder of the American Council on Science and Health, sent the following letter to the editor of … »
The World Health Organization predicts that if current trends continue, the likely toll of “tobacco” will amount to one-billion lives cut short … »
Now that a full year has passed since the abortive attempt by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Commissioner, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, … »
Off-label drugs — those used for indications other than what the drug was originally approved for — have been used for many … »
Teen pregnancy is a hot topic in the media and pop culture these days, as attested to by movies including “Juno” to “Teen Mom … »
It is hardly surprising that The New York Times comes out with an anti-pharmaceutical screed on a regular basis. I usually just … »
Roche has recently been taking considerable heat for not providing certain clinical data on Tamiflu (oseltamivir), its flu drug that has been … »
For many years, women have been urged, cajoled, brow-beaten even, to be sure to get their annual mammogram. Starting shortly after puberty’s … »
They have treated heart disease for 40 years, but it now seems that beta blockers don’t work. What went wrong? IT IS … »
Way back when — say, in 2003 — we thought we had all the information about risk factors for breast cancer that … »
It’s been 60 years since the first solid reports of the causal effects of cigarettes and premature death and disease made the … »
It didn’t take long. Less than one week after a paper in The Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, claimed … »
If there is any perfect example of how supplement makers get away with murder, this is it. So-called “energy” drinks are currently … »
A new report — presented at a meeting of acute cardiac care experts, but not yet published in a journal — reveals that among … »
Unless you live under a rock it would have been impossible to miss this week’s big story about vitamins preventing cancer in … »
Way back in the 1970s and 80s, when I was in practice, women of a certain age were more or less routinely … »
