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In a well-written and lucid presentation, Gary Taubes takes on the confusion inherent in the current status of nutrition research. He explains why, after literally thousands of studies we still don t understand exactly what the best diets are, or what in our environment really triggers obesity and diabetes.

A special joint panel of the Stroke and Heart Associations issued gender-focused guidelines on reducing the toll of strokes among women. In their vast literature review, surprising focus is on younger women.

Here is yet another example of one of the nation s largest brands responding to pressure from American consumers and activist groups. Subway has chosen to remove the chemical

Even we at ACSH were surprised at this one. The discussion about the reasons behind the

Who can consumers trust for information on health and nutrition? It seems that the news media is not in the running at least that s the indication of a new study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) at George Mason University.

Should they be called fractavists or frackophobes? Ah, what s in a name? The simple fact is, no matter how loudly they wail about fracking-related groundwater contamination, there is no there, there. Even Obama appointees agree.

According to Dr. Mark Grabowsky, of the Office of the (UN) Secretary General s Special Envoy, referring to the dramatic reduction in contagious diseases over the past century, The elimination of the diseases from the Americas is a triumph of public health. And how do we explain that triumph? It s

Plasticizer chemicals phthalates by name again found to be safe for infants and toddlers in toys. Also safe in sex toys, so that covers the entire age range, it would seem.

In his recent piece, which appeared in The New Hampshire Union Leader, Deroy Murdock hits all the right notes with a very convincing argument on why everyone regardless, or even despite their political leanings - should think very carefully about the benefits the US could derive from tapping its natural gas supplies as well as about the overstated risks.

According to the USDA, about 23.5 million Americans live in areas known as food deserts areas lacking access to fresh fruits and

CVS Caremark, the national pharmacy chain, announced that it will eliminate sales of tobacco products over the next year. The announcement was met with approval by Drs Schroeder and Brennan (from CVS Caremark and the

In the world of drug research, the language can be a little unusual. For example, it is fair to say that easier disease targets, such as HIV, hepatitis C, ulcers and high blood pressure, and certain cancers, have seen advances that have resulted in game changing therapies for those diseases.

Mouse study purports to demonstrate dangers of...what? Third-hand smoke? How low can peer-reviewed science go before it falls into the depths of space and time? This low.

As momma used to say, Too much of anything is no good for you. This has been confirmed again, in a new study just published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Friends of the Earth (FOE) is just one of the anti-science groups now claiming that bees are dying all over the world as the result of the use of pesticides in agriculture and by people protecting their gardens.

Merck & Co., the third biggest drug maker in the world, is the latest in a string of pharmaceutical companies to halt studies using chimpanzees. They say testing methods have evolved to a point where it is no longer necessary.
Dr. Josh Bloom of the American Council on Science and Health, a non-profit consumer health and advocacy organization, said the decline in chimp studies is also based on cost.

E-cigarette legislation
The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), a public health education and consumer advocacy nonprofit devoted throughout our 35 year history to the promotion of sound science in public health policy, urges the Oklahoma Legislature to promote the benefits of e-cigarettes as a method of Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) in helping smokers quit.

As legalization and decriminalization of marijuana sweeps across the US, many of you will be surprised to learn that there have already been unintended (and deadly) consequences.

Here s another reason why it s important to follow the guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) regarding mammography screenings: It could save billions of

There are chemical scares and there are chemical scares. Some are valid, some are not. Some are just plain crazy. Today we look at crazy.
Parabens (derivatives of para-hydroxybenzoic acid, thus the name) have been used forever as preservatives. And they have been the target of consumer and environmental groups for almost as long.
Which is almost comical, considering it would be difficult to find a safer groups of chemicals.

In yesterday s New York Times, former ACSH trustee and FDA researcher Drs. Henry Miller, currently at the Hoover Institution, and Jayson Lusk of Oklahoma State University, discuss the various reasons why

The U.S. abortion rate is the lowest it s been since 1973, according to a report from The Guttmacher Institute, a private research

Dr. Josh Bloom quoted in USA Today January 31, 2014
Merck & Co., the third biggest drug maker in the world, is the latest in a string of pharmaceutical companies to halt studies using chimpanzees. Many pharmaceutical companies are adopting policies against chimp studies, partly because a 2011 study requested by Congress concluded that nearly all chimpanzee use in research was unnecessary. Read more...

DO fear the radiologist! The NYTimes publishes an op-ed seeming to warn everyone to avoid deadly CT scans at (almost) all costs. Avoid those unnecessary ones, anyway. But who s to say which ones those are the FDA?

The Super Bowl telecast is a fitting venue to truthfully inform smokers about low-risk e-cigarettes. Not only TV ads, but enticing them toward less-harmful behavior using less-informative but more attractive methods out on Super Bowl Avenue may help reduce smoking s toll.