Other Science News

In Mike Miller's opinion, the next generation of Olympic drug testing is about to arrive, and right now the race is on to see whether sports officials or the dopers will get out in front of the pack and take control.

Poppy seed tea has potentially lethal consequences according to a new paper published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.

Like science itself, scientific papers are not perfect. When a disagreement arises, there is a mechanism in place for disputes.

The opioid epidemic impacts so much of our lives and now this tsunami has washed upon the shores of academic reporting and studies.

Warning letters by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can be interesting to read. A recent one, from the end of September, is more interesting than most.

Signing an agreement to vaccinate your kid and then reneging kinda takes the wind out of your religious objection sails but that hasn't stopped one Detroit mother.

As a physician, I can unequivocally say that about 70 percent of the illnesses I have encountered has been either directly or indirectly related to cigarette smoking.

When I was in high school, I was part of a community service organization (Key Club) that literally was one of the best in the world.

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced yesterday and, suffice it to say, it was a surprise.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus recently announced her breast cancer diagnosis.  This announcement is very timely since  October has been designated as breast cancer awareness month.