Scientists and doctors alike have considered gene therapy a potential panacea since it was first postulated on in the 1970s. If harnessed correctly, it is theorized gene therapy could provide real cures for an

Type 1 diabetes, previously known as juvenile diabetes, affects approximately 1.25 million American children and (much less commonly) adults. Unlike the much more common type 2 diabetes, which is largely related to lifestyle, type 1 an autoimmune disease

The Wrap uses the term "embattled" about Dr. Mehmet Oz ever since current and former members of the American Council on Science and Health spearheaded an effort to get Columbia University to reconsider his faculty status due to his promotion of "miracle" vegetables, homeopathy and more suspect treatment.
It's a fair term, he is embattled, much as the evidence-based science and health community has been embattled trying to undo the damage he does five days a week.

As if we needed another supplement story. Between New York s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman s crackdown on retailers that have been selling adulterated or mislabeled supplements, to the discovery of an illegal

The American College of Physicians, the governing body for internists across America, issued a position statement calling for strict regulation of e-cigarettes, including bans on flavors and advertising.

The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) stood firm to their 2009 recommendation that women should receive biennial mammograms from ages 50 to 75. The report also continues the party line that starting mammograms at a younger age (i.e. age 40) is a decision that should be made on the individual basis with inpu

it is important to pay attention to yet one more study of the purported connection between MMR vaccination and autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

As the shockwaves continue to pummel "America's Doctor" Mehmet Oz after the American Council on Science and Health issued a letter to Columbia University asking them to reconsider his faculty status due to his support for "miracles" instead of medicine, his supporters - referred to as "GMO Truthers" by the reputable science and medical community - have ramped up their defense, saying anyone who sides with science must be a corporate shill.

The latest: ACSH Advisor Dr. C.S. Prakash receives the 2015 Borlaug CAST (Council for Agricultural Science and Technology) Communicator Award, blood DNA test could detect cancer tumors, and CSPC watchdog puts agency to task for shoddy science.

Former CPSC Commissioner Nord takes the Commission to task for shoddy science, apparently rendered in service to a pre-determined decision to regulate another safe and useful chemical right off the market.