dietary supplements

Just what pain patients didn't need: Another useless substitute for real pain medication.

There's a disturbing item in the news from Japan where at least five people have died (more likely to follow) of kidney fa

Dietary supplements are a big business.

Given the pandemic, returning to work out of the office, the constant drumbeat of a dysfunctional federal government, and a world that appears increasingly unstable, it is no wonder we all feel a bit fatigued.

For years I've written extensively about the fraud perpetrated against the American people by the dietary supplement industry, and here are three pieces, for example: 

It's time for a rant, and apple cider vinegar (ACV) – one of today's supplement darlings gets the spotlight.

If you're done sorting Skittles – be careful, they cause cancer but only if you eat them in California

I'm not a big fan of TV ads for drugs. They are cloying and sickening, and that's even before you're bombarded by the cyclone of side effects at the end.

I recently wrote about the frequent failures of the "peer-review" system for vetting scientific articles before their publica

Melatonin has been in the news recently because of potential safety concerns in children,