A new study links long-term, continuous use of common painrelievers (NSAIDs and aspirin) to a reduced risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). This study does not prove a cause-and-effect benefit, and these drugs can cause bleeding, so discuss with your doctor.

Congress tries to control drug prices and it blows up in their faces. How? Shortages of common drugs, and obscene price gouging for others. Unintended consequences? You bet, along with a few horrendously painful outcomes for patients.

A new study published in JAMA, focusing on a survey of 2,500 ninth graders, suggests that e-cigarettes might be a gateway to traditional tobacco smoking. But a closer look shows how the study falls short.

N.Y. Mets' star, David Wright, returned to the field Monday night and announced his recovery from spinal stenosis in the best possible way: by hitting a long home run in his first at-bat. The mystery of why he came down with this condition is unknown. Sadly, a new report shows that local steroid injections probably won't help people suffering from Wright's condition.

While Dr. Norman Borlaug's humanitarian efforts are so vast, sadly they are so little-known to the public and even to scientists. That's why we're once again calling attention to a short documentary film which highlights a lifetime of life-saving work and his fervent devotion to eliminating global starvation.

Is meat and dairy an addiction? A group of vegans believe that it is, and like with smoking, harm reduction and gradual cessation may be key to transitioning to this new diet.

No, Virginia, you don't have to drink eight glasses of water every day to be healthy. This is a myth that's been handed down for generations. It wasn't true at the start, and it isn't true now. In fact, too much water can be deadly.

Dairy cows have to be dehorned by farmers in a cruel fashion, but its necessary to protect other cows and the farmers that handle them. One scientists, however, is working on a solution: incorporating the genes of from a hornless cow into the regular dairy cow. The technique promises to reduce animal cruelty, but since its a GMO, advocates don't like it.

Would you pay a premium for a product that would prevent your family from getting the food-borne illnesses that sicken 48 million Americans and kill 3,000 more each year? And if it was endorsed by the USDA, the CDC and the WHO, wouldn't you find that safety appetizing?

Vegans are promoting the belief that cheese is somehow addictive. The vegans espousing that call eliminating everything going "cold Tofurky."