Eating contaminated food results in foodborne illness in about one in every six Americans each year, and about 70 percent of those cases are caused by unsanitary behaviors that people do in their own kitchens. In her column in

Two mainstream news items echo ACSH topic published last week: the destruction of golden rice and its importance in nutrtion, and another op-ed attacking false fears of e-cigarettes.

Researchers from the University of Hawaii Cancer Center conducted a study with the goal of understanding how fruits and vegetables impact the risk of developing cancer.

When it comes to teen smoking, primary care physicians shouldn t butt out. New recommendations suggest that the dangers of smoking, when broached by the family doctor rather than friends or family, are more likely to influence teenagers to quit the habit, or better yet, to never start.

In a front-page article in the New York Times entitled Golden Rice: Lifesaver, national correspondent Amy Harmon sums up the superstition and activist-generated controversy surrounding golden rice

Health officials have suspected that poor oral hygiene may be related to the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the mouth and throat.

The number of cases has skyrocketed to nearly 300,000 recently; the disease is 10 times more common than previously thought

When dealing with ischemic stroke (the kind caused by a clot that obstructs brain blood flow), it has often been emphasized that early treatment say within a couple of hours

New information shows that melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, affects men far more than women.

According to the World Health Organization, approximately 250 million preschool children worldwide suffer from vitamin A deficiency.