Two new studies published in The Lancet suggest that two different classes of drugs, aromatase inhibitors (AIs) and bisphosphonates, can reduce breast cancer deaths in postmenopausal women with early breast

When you think of various countries around the globe, it is unlikely that Botswana pops into your head. Yet, some very important news just came from this impoverished sub-Saharan country.

Well, Berkeley California is once again in the forefront of another health debate, according to the NY Times. And no surprise (again), the topic is anti-science in the service of that city s prevalent left-leaning natural is good, technology is suspect philosophy. A new law mandates a warning, to wit: cellphones and cancer!

We ve been avidly following the progress of California s vaccine law, and we are pleased to note that it is slated to take effect in 2016.

What do New York environmental activists know about science that the entire EPA and earth scientists in 20 states do not? Well, nothing. But science and health was not the reason for New York state's recent decision to formally ban natural gas extraction using hydraulic fracturing - fracking.

A small Montana company has won an XPRIZE for an ocean sensor that can measure alkalinity.

In an op-ed in the NYTimes, a cardiologist bemoans the unintended consequences of state-mandated report cards designed to evaluate care by individual practitioners. He shows how these reports, created to enhance transparency, do the opposite and harm patients and doctors.

Emergency contraceptives, like Plan B One-Step, are taken to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex. Because they are most often taken the morning after intercourse, they re commonly known as the morning after pill. Its a bit of a misnomer: if taken within 72 of unprotected sex, emergency contraceptives can decrease the chance of getting pregnant by 89 perce

Scientists at the NIH s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have come up with a cocktail of VLPs that provides extraordinary coverage against eight flu strains in mice. Ninety-five percent of mice that were subjected to a lethal challenge of these strains survived, while only five percent of the mice that received mock (inactive, control) vaccines lived.

The practice of treating heroin addicts with methadone is hardly new indeed it s been common practice among addiction specialists for almost fifty years now. It is not a perfect solution, but it works pretty well. And the alternative is far worse.