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Let's face it: New Years resolutions normally happen after the New Years Eve countdown, which means the night before you're probably still practicing old habits

Want to advocate for a food you want to sell or criticize a competitor? There's a study for that.

Hypothesis: A tiny dose of a chemical causes a greater biological response than a small or moderate dose. Sound ridiculous? Sure does. But that idea, known as hormesis, sounds just as wacky as when Einstein outlined quantum mechanics and Wegener proposed continental drift (and we know how those turned out).

I don't want to be a wet blanket about that Fitbit you got for Christmas is not going to make the difference.

People tend to fear what they don't understand, and cannot control. And that adds to the apprehension people have when evaluating the safety of food produced using genetically modified organisms. But added safety may be found in a new concept: a biologically-engineered "kill switch" for GM microbes.

Choosing Wisely, a campaign which uses lists of appropriate treatments, aims to encourage conversation between clinicians and patients about which diagnostic tests and procedures are most appropriate in addressing patients' health concerns.

A French drug company recently gained regulatory approval in Mexico for its dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia. It's the first vaccine geared towards combating the dangerous, and potentially-deadly, mosquito-borne virus. Yet, how poorer countries and patients will pay for this needed medicine has not been determined.

It s been a banner year here at The American Council on Science and Health. From fighting out of control activist to promoting important public health policies we have been very busy promoting healthy living and fighting junk science.

Staying awake during brain surgery? Surgeons in France investigated whether using hypnotherapy could be successfully performed in patients undergoing removal of brain tumor.

Dr. David Shlaes, my former colleague at Wyeth, is one of the world's premier experts in antibiotic research and development. He and I have co-written an opinion piece entitled "Stop Giving Antibiotics to Cows, Pigs, and Chickens Now," that was just published in STAT- the online science site of the Boston Globe. This issue is both timely and critical.

Sodium restriction has been used to help treat heart failure for many years. But new data suggest that the strategy may not be effective in preventing either additional hospitalizations or death. Could it be that salt isn't the villain we've come to think it is?

America's huge addiction problem stems from the use of opioid narcotics, such as oxycodone (Percocet) and hydrocodone (Vicodin). But attempts to limit access to these drugs have had unintended consequences. And as the pills become harder to get and more expensive, heroin use is growing. Here an overview of a big mess.

Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center are examining whether a potential diet treatment that targets fat cells also shrinks tumors, according to a study published in the journal, Molecular Therapy.

Restricting salt intake often results in a preference for less salty foods. If the same were true for sugar, restriction might be a means of lowering sugar, and thus calorie intake. Unfortunately, a recent study suggests this won't work for sugar the "sweet spot" doesn't seem to be altered by restricting consumption.

The world of journalism and science are interwoven which has led David Corcoran, the editor of the New York Times' weekly science section has compiled 125 of the most exciting and riveting scientific stories in the "Book of Science: More than 150 Years of Groundbreaking Scientific Coverage."

Dame Sally Davies, Britain's chief medical officer, has written to pharmacies and GPs warning them to use correct medical practices when treating the sexually transmitted bacterial infection gonorrhea, but too late Somehow, the UK ended up getting three years behind us in treating the infection properly. This is no laughing matter. Thanks to bacterial resistance, we are now down to one drug that still cures the infection. Misusing it, as was done in the UK, will accelerate the resistance problem, and could leave us with no options to cure a very common STD.

Sometimes life just ain't fair. While your friends are guzzling the bubbly on New Year's Eve, if you are descendent from certain parts of the world you might want to stick with ginger ale.

As the year winds down, we share with you some of our notable videos of the year; some made us laugh, some made us cringe, and some made us better advocates for sound science.

It's been a banner year here at The American Council on Science and Health and we have been here to help you to point out the real science that helped you stay healthy and active all year long!

Here are our top 5 quacks from this year.

Here are stories and events that had a major impact in culture from 2015.

It s been a banner year here at The American Council on Science and Health. From covering the CRISPR revolution in biotechnology to helping thousands of people quit smoking to fighting chemophobia, we have been very busy promoting healthy living and fighting junk science.

Engineers at MIT in Boston are attempting to create the so-called Band-Aid of the future. The product is able to stretch and remain adherent, ideal for use on flexural surfaces of the body, like the elbow or knee.

Researchers in London have discovered the science behind the concept of a life without pain. Their work, using genetically modified mice, proved that the naturally-occurring opioid peptides they discovered were key to producing painlessness.

Eating too red much meat is not only a public health concern, but according to some it's also contributing to the climate change crisis. Thats's the take-home message from a published report saying that the livestock sector contributes almost 15 percent of annual greenhouse gas emissions towards the global total.