A new study, utilizing the technology of specialized CT scanning for coronary artery calcification (CAC), found that prolonged abdominal obesity

We at ACSH are heartened to know that America has gotten a little safer this week.
Self-proclaimed vaccine expert Jenny McCarthy will soon become a co-host on The View, where she will no doubt be sharing her medical acumen with millions of people who will devour every word.

NBC s headline An aspirin every other day cuts colon cancer risk for women may be catchy,

Adding to the growing body of research that cognitive and social stimulation in seniors is beneficial,

When the EU adopted the anti-science precautionary principle as its guiding paradigm a decade or more ago, we don t think anyone (except perhaps its anti-progress advocates) had any idea how low the regulatory process would stoop in service of its ideology.

The FDA is at it again, this time with a proposal on acceptable levels of arsenic

Clinton Leaf, author of The Truth in Small Doses: Why We re Losing the War on Cancer

Opinion piece alleging that artificially sweetened sodas are as likely to cause obesity as sugary drinks is not remotely a scientific study, despite the headlines implying that it is.

Of all the supplements that people take, most have been shown to be either useless, or even harmful once they are studied in well-run clinical trials.

According to a new study, Atrial fibrillation (Afib) the most common arrhythmia, caused by irregular atrial contractions