Rise in autism diagnoses may be largely due to changes in diagnostic criteria

By ACSH Staff — Jan 07, 2015
The prevalence of ASD has increased significantly over the last thirty years. In order to explain this increase, everything from mercury in vaccines, the vaccines themselves, to pesticides have been blamed all of which have

The prevalence of ASD has increased significantly over the last thirty years. In order to explain this increase, everything from mercury in vaccines, the vaccines themselves, to pesticides have been blamed all of which have

Detroit Free Press Features ACSH On Keeping E-Cigarettes Away From Children

By ACSH Staff — Jan 07, 2015
Dr. Gilbert Ross in the Detroit Free Press, January 6, 2015. What a topsy-turvy world we live in: the only groups opposed to keeping kids away from e-cigarettes are the so-called "public health" groups. If we can agree that youngsters and e-cigarettes shouldn't mix at least not

Dr. Gilbert Ross in the Detroit Free Press, January 6, 2015.
What a topsy-turvy world we live in: the only groups opposed to keeping kids away from e-cigarettes are the so-called "public health" groups. If we can agree that youngsters and e-cigarettes shouldn't mix at least not

O2 No! Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is back. Let the breather beware.

By ACSH Staff — Jan 06, 2015
In the neverending world of alternative medicine, it s always something. The non-medical roulette wheel from hell has a far greater number of wrong choices (37 on a standard roulette wheel ) than you ll find in a casino. And the wheel keeps spinning. It just landed on 16 (the atomic weight of oxygen), and it is unlikely that there were any winners.

In the neverending world of alternative medicine, it s always something. The non-medical roulette wheel from hell has a far greater number of wrong choices (37 on a standard roulette wheel ) than you ll find in a casino. And the wheel keeps spinning.
It just landed on 16 (the atomic weight of oxygen), and it is unlikely that there were any winners.

New report supports the place of whole grains in a healthful diet

By ACSH Staff — Jan 06, 2015
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, led by Dr. Hongyu Wu, investigated the relationship between consumption of whole grains and risk of death from any cause, from cardiovascular disease, and from cancer.

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, led by Dr. Hongyu Wu, investigated the relationship between consumption of whole grains and risk of death from any cause, from cardiovascular disease, and from cancer.

Interior Secretary Jewell calls out fracking bans as antithetical to U.S. interests

By ACSH Staff — Jan 05, 2015
Sound advice on fracking from an unexpected source: Obama s Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, castigated those towns, counties and even one particular state for banning hydraulic fracturing, based on politics and fear, not science and certainly not economics.

Sound advice on fracking from an unexpected source: Obama s Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, castigated those towns, counties and even one particular state for banning hydraulic fracturing, based on politics and fear, not science and certainly not economics.

Think supplements are gonna make you lose weight? Fat chance

By ACSH Staff — Jan 05, 2015
It should come as no surprise to our Dispatch readers that we have a real problem with the ever-changing, bogus world of dietary supplements. Although these allegedly non-medicines make cleverly disguised non-claims about utility for just about every human malady real or imagined the most popular of these useless

It should come as no surprise to our Dispatch readers that we have a real problem with the ever-changing, bogus world of dietary supplements. Although these allegedly non-medicines make cleverly disguised non-claims about utility for just about every human malady real or imagined the most popular of these useless

Flu activity on the rise across the US

By ACSH Staff — Jan 05, 2015
Today, children across the country are returning to school from their winter breaks, and in New York City, those children in all city regulated preschools and child care centers who are between the ages of 6 months and

Today, children across the country are returning to school from their winter breaks, and in New York City, those children in all city regulated preschools and child care centers who are between the ages of 6 months and

Early results for stem cell treatment of MS: So far it s good

By ACSH Staff — Jan 05, 2015
Currently, the efficacy of stem cell transplantation in preventing the progression of MS is being investigated, particularly in patients whose disease is not well-controlled with pharmacologic agents.

Currently, the efficacy of stem cell transplantation in preventing the progression of MS is being investigated, particularly in patients whose disease is not well-controlled with pharmacologic agents.