For men forced to manage an oversized prostate, some words of caution. A new study finds that men who take either of two prostate-reduction drugs for a prolonged period have a greatly higher chance of experiencing a prolonged bout of erectile dysfunction.

Plagues, like tuberculosis and leprosy, have devastated mankind for millions of years. Steve Schow, Ph.D., a 40-year veteran of biomedical research and an amateur medical historian, examines some of the most deadly diseases. In a 10-part series written for ACSH, he asks: What's next? Part One: Going Back to Neanderthals.

A French study appears to implicate pyrethroid insecticides with behavioral issues in children. They give us a whole lot of numbers. But do they mean anything?

Our academic medical centers are offering treatments that officials know come from flawed randomized controlled studies, or observational/case studies. While they follow the money, they harm medicine as a science. The shamans have returned.

It's relatively easy to accidentally overdose on acetaminophen. The compound is found in headache and cold medicine. When people get sick, they often take a combination of over-the-counter drugs to relieve symptoms. But there may be an option.

The Environmental Working Group is out with its latest "Dirty Dozen List," highlighting foods it believes you should most fear. That's bad news for farmers, and certainly America's poor. That's because even if you score nearly perfect on this test, you could still fail.
 

So are baldness and height related? After studying the genetic material of more than 22,500 adult, bald men, German researchers determined that "short men have an increased risk of becoming bald prematurely."

Couch potatoes pay attention — you don't have to run miles each day to benefit your health. Indeed, recent research indicates that moderate levels of activity can significantly lower mortality risks.

Again the mainstream media gets a study wrong, but they do have a great headline. The study concludes we should emphasize good and bad eating habits; it doesn't have any idea how many deaths are attributable to diet.

The Day Without a Woman protest is one of many protests garnering support around the nation. So we thought, what would happen in we had a day without chemicals? Ana Dolaskie tries to live a day of a life we wouldn't want to have.