CNN s Dr. Sanjay Gupta interviewed David Jack, an editor from Men s Health about five foods one should supposedly never eat. And the ridiculous claims made by Jack were soaked right up by Gupta. James Cooper sums up the

Yesterday we wrote about a program designed to provide guidance about when antibiotics should be used and which kind (broad or narrow spectrum) of drug should be used.

Headlines are meant to catch the attention of the audience. But we wonder, who decided that bad news is more attention grabbing than good news? Even when new information represents positive changes in the world, we ve noticed that headlines focus on the negative parts of the study.

Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, kills 9,500 Americans each year. And rates of melanoma have been on the rise since 1992, at a rate of about 3 percent each year in white women ages 15 to 39.

ACSH staffers met for 2 hours with several representatives of the NYC Council to educate the officials about harm reduction and e-cigarettes. The session went quite well, with much information being exchanged. Stay tuned for the videotape. And the current JAMA has a misleading, useless propaganda piece on e-cigarette regulation.

After having a child, Emily Oster began to to question the conventional wisdom given to her by doctors.

Today s Wall Street Journal features a very informative article entitled Antibiotics Do s and Don ts.
The article lists infections for which use of antibiotics is warranted and a longer list of those for which it is not.

Periodontitis is a serious inflammation of the gum tissue that can result in loss of teeth and bone if not treated appropriately.

Fear of chemicals all around us, especially in our food, can be of great concern to the consumer. However, such concerns (or even fears) are unfounded based on the science.

In April of this year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert about products shipped from NuVision Pharmacy of Dallas because of poor sterile production practices.