public health

There's an odd disconnect between the way we talk about the causes of obesity and the solutions we employ to help people manage their weight.

When I first told my doctor that I took up vaping as a smoking-cessation tool in 2012, I expected a finger-wagging lecture about the dangers of nicotine. But that's not the response I got.

If you're a parent, the chances are good that you know at least one other parent who worries about everything: toxic baby food, pesticides, stranger danger, drug use, COVID—you name it, they're worried it's going to kill their children.

“For many people, regardless of size, stepping on the scale at the doctor’s office can be a triggering, harmful experience,” SELF magazine reported late last month.

Evidence confirming the relative safety of vaping continues to build.

Post-COVID-19, the once-ferocious debate surrounding genetically engineered (GE) crops seems like a fading memory, especially with the anti-GMO movement r

Protests erupted at California's state capitol earlier this week in the wake of Governor Gavin Newsom's proposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public school students.

Do electronic cigarettes help smokers give up tobacco?

Are new parents feeding their children baby foods chock-full of “toxic heavy metals”?

Should celebrities tell the world that they've been vaccinated against COVID-19?