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The latest in health news: The Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Agency releases review on low-risk fracking, a stem cell transplant method provides new hope for MS treatment, & why Golden Rice mustn't be stopped.

Among the many nonsensical agenda-driven attacks on fracking, the allegation that the process produces dangerous radiation is among the more ludicrous. Now the PA environmental agency agrees.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable, disabling disease of the central nervous system. In its severest form, MS may impair locomotion, vision, bladder function, and even respiratory function, and can be fatal. Many experts estimate that up to 400,000 Americans have MS.

Dr. Alan Moghissi of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies (and former chairman of the ACSH Board of Directors) and colleagues cogently reviewed the evolution of

If you happen to find a chemical that has been the subject of more wasted time and funding than bisphenol A (BPA), please let us know about it. We wish you luck.

A new report in the New England Journal of Medicine seems to show worrisome levels of formaldehyde in e-cig vapor. These findings are as technically flawed as Big Tobacco s smoking machine data from last century.

Earlier this month, we covered a measles outbreak that began in Disneyland, where nine cases of the disease were confirmed. Now, the outbreak is continuing to spread across California, as 59 cases of measles have been

If you scour a vast amount of data from various inputs versus various outcomes, you will eventually find some statistically significant linkage in the test sample but that often does not

It has been accepted dogma in certain circles that we a suffering a global catastrophe of bee colony collapse, which, of course is caused by use of insecticides.
The only problem with this is, as we have discussed before, there is no bee colony collapse:

The USDA approved for commercial sale the Innate potato, produced by the JR Simplot company last November. The product is still waiting for FDA approval, who is in the process of reviewing the data. Innate potatoes produce less acrylamide than usual when

An opinion piece in the Independent Women s Forum by CEI s Angela Logomasini explores the science behind endocrine disruptors. Summary: there isn t any.

The latest in health news: Why a sedentary lifestyle is deadly, but pizza consumption isn't, and Dr. Ross's latest op-ed in The Daily Caller discussing the sad state of our nation's public health when it comes to stemming the toll of cigarette smoking.

Can you remember what you ate yesterday? Last week? Last month? The answer is probably not, and that s one of the major issues with nutrition research: a lot of studies rely on what is known as the Food Frequency Questionnaire, the most commonly used dietary assessment tool in which participants report the foods they ate over a defined

An opinion piece in Sunday s NYTimes by ACSH friend, psychiatrist Sally Satel, paints the sad picture of the e-cigarette wasteland if the FDA s proposed e-cig regulations get adopted.

We ve noted before that sitting for extended periods of time is bad for health. Now a new study just published in the Annals of Internal Medicine adds some support to earlier work in this area.

Dr. Gilbert Ross in The Daily Caller, January 19, 2015.
Just when I thought the state of America s public health regarding smoking could not get any worse, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) showed me how wrong I was. Their new leaflet: Protect Your

The flu is really pissed off this year, and wants to take it out on your lungs. And there isn't a whole lot you can do about it. The annual vaccine, which normally is about 60 percent effective, is a disturbingly low 23 percent this year, according to a new CDC report.

Although we here at ACSH have often been skeptical about the utility of various dietary supplements including many vitamins and minerals there is one that we think is vitally important.

Hysterectomy involves the surgical removal of the uterus, and is the second most commonly performed surgery among American women after cesarean section. Each year, more than 400,000 women have hysterectomies, and it is estimated that one in three women in the US will have a hysterectomy by the age of 60. But according to a new study, 1 in 5 hysterectom

In health news: why no one is to blame for this year's failed flu shot, one in five hysterectomies are unnecessary, & here's one supplement we do love!

We have written about the antibiotic crisis quite often, both in Dispatch and published op-eds. Many others have done the same.
Although much of the focus has been on the development of new antibiotics to combat resistant bacteria, there are other fronts in this war. Although the need for antibiotics is undisputed, it is better not to need them in the first place. This is an area in which good progress has been made.

A substantial minority of teens believe that occasional cigarette smoking is not so bad; worse still, a majority think that light smoking is OK. Well, it s not, and since smokers begin as teens nine times out of ten, that s the time to correct these myths.

It s been well established that physical activity can help ward off or ameliorate various ailments, ranging from arthritis to heart disease, and may even help prolong life. But the extent to which such benefits are associated with obesity, or how much exercise is needed hasn t been clearly defined.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than a third of U.S. adults are obese. Bariatric surgery in which either an inflatable band is placed around the stomach to reduce stomach size or in which the stomach and part of the small intestine are bypassed is perhaps the most effective means of

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression related to changes in seasons. Most people with SAD experience symptoms that start in the fall and continue throughout the winter months, then fade away as spring begins. Symptoms of major depression that may be part of