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ACSH advisor, Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency room physician at New York s Lenox Hill Hospital, has seen more than enough. And they recently announced shortage of

Another attempt to deny the efficacy of e-cigarettes for helping addicted smokers quit, in another JAMA publication. Another misleading, distorted agenda item without merit, pretending to be science. How low will they go?

Phthalates ¦.
It s a good thing there aren t more days in the week, cause this could get awfully tiresome.
But on March 21st (a Friday) those of us who were unfortunate enough to stumble upon Deborah Blum s piece A Plastic Threat to Male Fertility were treated to a world-classless tutorial on (of course) phthalates which come across as one of the most dangerous chemicals on earth if you believe any of this nonsense.

Norman Borlaug, known as the Father of the Green Revolution and a Founding Trustee of ACSH, was a member of the first international agricultural research and production team namely the Cooperative

We at ACSH give a huge shoutout to Dr. Kristen Feemster, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleague of ACSH trustee Dr. Paul Offit.
In her recent op-ed in The New York Times, Dr. Feemster argues that there should be no exemptions from vaccinations for personal or religious reasons.

The majority of Americans do not consume enough fruits and vegetables. In fact, only 33 percent of Americans consume the recommended amount of fruits and only 27 percent consume the recommended

Ever since the first genetically-engineered (GMO) crop was introduced in 1996, nay-sayers and fear-mongers have busied themselves trying to convince the public that foods produced by such means are, if not deadly, at least bound to have negative health effects. Even though no science supports their position, these folks have forged ahead, and unfortunately have made some headway.

GM Press Release March 2014

Food and You: Feeding The World With Modern Agricultural Biotechnology by

Another scare story about toxic nicotine poisonings: another epidemic without any actual victims. But yes, do be careful! Some day, someone will be poisoned we re only human after all.

In the no good deed goes unpunished department, California s Gilead Sciences has come under attack by Congressman Henry Waxman a perennial critic of the drug industry. In this case, the issue is the price of Gilead s Sovaldi one of the most revolutionary new drugs to come along in some time.

Bariatric surgery (weight-loss surgery) is widely acknowledged as an effective treatment for obesity, especially for individuals

This week's wrap highlights the latest findings on the relationship between saturated fat and cardiovascular health, our shout-out to ACSH friend Michael Shaw for his knowledge and writings on the infamous Andrew Wakefield scandal, and why an astounding number of Americans believe medical conspiracy theories!

A couple of months ago, a scary op-ed in the NYTimes warned about the cancer epidemic being fed by excessive CT scans. We debunked it then, and now Medscape s dialogue provides more perspective, featuring an ACSH advisor.

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), a joint project of the Department for Health and Human Services and the USDA, must be re-evaluated and updated every five years. The last set of DGAs was produced in 2010, and thus the next set is due in 2015. While the DGA is simply advisory for most Americans, it sets the agenda for the military, school food programs, prisons and federal workplaces.

We re pretty sure that by now you re at least somewhat familiar with the fraudulent (and supremely damaging) research done (made up, really) by Andrew Wakefield the former physician whose

CALIFORNIA DROUGHT REINFORCES URGENCY FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED FARMING
NEW YORK, March 21, 2014 -- National Agriculture Day (March 25) arrives as legions of

More fearmongering hype about e-cigarettes: Minnesota Dept. of Health trumpets alarming increase in children s poisoning from e-cigarettes. Let s look at the data: nothing actually happened, but let s be very afraid anyway.

About 7 million Americans have Alzheimer s disease today, burdening families with not only the added role of providing care

Statins, drugs that lower LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, are perhaps the most widely prescribed pharmaceuticals in the United States. Currently nearly 43 million US adults 38 percent of Americans

Teenage American girls are more likely to get pregnant than teens living in any other developed country. Although teenage

When trying to restore brain circulation to a stroke victim, minutes even seconds count. One minute faster led to 2 days more of health.

Measles has been much in the news of late, especially with respect to the outbreak in New York City. Currently, there have been 20 confirmed cases of measles, nine children and eleven adults. And now,

As a group that deals with medical misinformation virtually every day, we at ACSH (falsely) believed that we were inured from the worst scientific and medical garbage out there.
We are sorry to say that even we miscalculated the capacity of the American public to fall victim to the most idiotic conspiracy theories.

Could it be: saturated fat unproven as heart risk? What s next: drugs and alcohol also OK? Not what momma told us!