Dr. Suzanne Koven from the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston explores the reasons why primary care physicians (herself included) are unlikely to prescribe weight-loss medications to their obese patients.

If you thought the debates about the role of e-cigarettes in dealing with the most important public health problem we face smoking was hot before, you ain t seen nothin yet. There were a flurry of new commentaries this weekend, based on sound science and commonsense.

Eyebrows across the US must have gone up a few notches after Gilead just announced that Sovaldi, its revolutionary drug for hepatitis C would be priced at $1,000 per pill (!). Is this as bad as it seems? Maybe not.

This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the CDC, state and local health departments and other health agencies are observing National Influenza Vaccination Week. This includes

Dr. Gilbert Ross on TheParliament.com, December 9, 2013
Europe's 'Vapers' must unite against the EU's 'unelected and unaccountable' attempts to sabotage the use and availability of eCigarettes, warns Gilbert Ross.
Two months ago, when the European parliament took up deliberations on the...[Read more.]

Another useful, safe chemical bites the dust, thanks to California's ridiculous Prop 65, which lists chemicals as dangerous "at the drop of a rat." This time, it's the ubiquitous "high phthalate," DINP. Good luck finding a replacement!

A new scientific statement in the journal Stroke, published by the American Heart Association (in concert with the American Stroke

A panel at the CDC found that as of 2011, the elimination of measles, rubella and congenital rubella syndrome had been sustained in the

If spring evokes thoughts of tissues rather than love because of allergies, there may be some new treatments on the horizon.

Smokers opposed to a proposal to snuff electronic cigarettes from public places filled a City Council hearing room Wednesday and puffed away.