A better way to avoid heart attacks: Avoid misleading studies!

By ACSH Staff — Jul 24, 2013
Medical News Today urged readers not to skip breakfast in their article Eat breakfast to improve your heart health, published yesterday.

Medical News Today urged readers not to skip breakfast in their article Eat breakfast to improve your heart health, published yesterday.

FDA s big menthol announcement: Nothing yet, keep in touch

By ACSH Staff — Jul 24, 2013
The FDA s Center for Tobacco Products, through its head, Mitch Zeller, made yet another non-announcement yesterday concerning menthol cigarettes. The 2009 law

The FDA s Center for Tobacco Products, through its head, Mitch Zeller, made yet another non-announcement yesterday concerning menthol cigarettes. The 2009 law

Disparities between black and white women and breast cancer treatment

By ACSH Staff — Jul 24, 2013
It has long been known that there are disparities in health care between black women and white women, specifically in women with breast cancer. A new study,

It has long been known that there are disparities in health care between black women and white women, specifically in women with breast cancer. A new study,

Debate on electronic-cigarette regulation won easily by science-based proponents

By ACSH Staff — Jul 23, 2013
Today s edition of Lancet Respiratory Medicine has a debate on the crucial question of whether e-cigarettes should be regulated, and if so how, and by whom?

Today s edition of Lancet Respiratory Medicine has a debate on the crucial question of whether e-cigarettes should be regulated, and if so how, and by whom?

Vitamin C U Later

By ACSH Staff — Jul 23, 2013
An excerpt from Do You Believe in Magic, by ACSH trustee Dr. Paul Offit was published in the latest issue of The Atlantic magazine.

An excerpt from Do You Believe in Magic, by ACSH trustee Dr. Paul Offit was published in the latest issue of The Atlantic magazine.

Anti-pesticide group deplorably exploits tragedy in India to promote their agenda

By ACSH Staff — Jul 23, 2013
Last week, 25 children in India died and many others sickened as a result of organophosphate pesticide poisoning which contaminated the children s school lunches.

Last week, 25 children in India died and many others sickened as a result of organophosphate pesticide poisoning which contaminated the children s school lunches.

Cold caps could prevent hair loss during chemo, study underway

By ACSH Staff — Jul 22, 2013
It's not [yet] a solution, but certainly a clever idea aimed to minimize hair loss and perhaps lessen the emotional struggles among some patients undergoing chemotherapy

It's not [yet] a solution, but certainly a clever idea aimed to minimize hair loss and perhaps lessen the emotional struggles among some patients undergoing chemotherapy

Astounding rate of reversals of medical best practices found

By ACSH Staff — Jul 22, 2013
A group of researchers led by Dr. Vinay Prasad of the National Cancer Institute reviewed over 1,300 articles published in the New England Journal of Medicine over

A group of researchers led by Dr. Vinay Prasad of the National Cancer Institute reviewed over 1,300 articles published in the New England Journal of Medicine over

10 year anniversary of indoor smoking ban in New York

By ACSH Staff — Jul 22, 2013
This week marks the 10 year anniversary of New York s indoor smoking ban. According to Blair Horner, vice president of advocacy at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network,

This week marks the 10 year anniversary of New York s indoor smoking ban. According to Blair Horner, vice president of advocacy at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network,

TVs and kids can be a dangerous combo: New research

By ACSH Staff — Jul 22, 2013
Parents have been advised frequently to be cautious about their kids exposure to television television viewing, that is. A new study published in the journal Pediatrics

Parents have been advised frequently to be cautious about their kids exposure to television television viewing, that is. A new study published in the journal Pediatrics