Move over cleansing juices; there’s a new way to detox, and it doesn’t require a liquid diet. Yep — you heard that right. A company in Sweden has developed a revolutionary way to cleanse your body from toxins with a simple wardrobe makeover: The Detox Socks.

Dr. David Shlaes, American Council advisor and infectious disease expert, has been blogging about antibiotics since 2009. His latest entry concerning the FDA is rather encouraging, but it's also a bit disturbing.

While on first glance this story appears to be an April Fool's joke, it isn't. Really. The giant African pouched rat may be the latest weapon in the fight to eradicate tuberculosis. It's already proved its usefulness in detecting landmines, and the rodent is now being trained to detect TB.

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A mammogram might do more than just screen for breast cancer. A recent study says the test might also help detect a women's risk of heart disease by assessing what's called breast arterial calcification. BAC levels are highly correlated with coronary artery calcium deposits, a key indicator of heart disease.

The American Council on Science and Health, since 1978 America's premier pro-science consumer advocacy non-profit, is pleased to announce the Spring 2016 edition of our Priorities magazine.

For more than a decade New York City schools have offered "Breakfast in the Classroom," a program that had hoped to boost academic performance as well as school attendance. However, the BIC program fell short on both counts, according to a study that concluded that there was no evidence of success for the initiative.

When a company selling a naturalistic fallacy has to claim that the cleaning agent in a regular product, as compared to the one in a Whole Foods version, are different -- saying that the Whole Foods version “is plant-based and not the same” -- you know science has left the discussion.

When it comes to environmental politics, history and improved scientific understanding often fail to inform. And according to guest writer Angela Logomasini, an author and Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, alarmism and irrationality are prominent in the current debate involving flame retardant chemicals.

Millions of Americans are, mistakenly, big believers in the power of dietary supplements. At the same time many remain completely ignorant about the inherent risks associated with them, especially since they can interfere with prescription drug medications. And in some cases combining the two can have severe consequences.