From cancer and cannabis to perverse research incentives, we’ve been busy confronting nonsense. Here’s a roundup of recent ...

Thousands of people who die by suicide experience chronic pain before they end their lives. It's a tragedy I've seen up close, a stark reminder that suicide prevention must include patients living ...

Promoted as high-tech nutrient delivery, over-the-counter vitamin patches are rapidly gaining popularity among consumers ...

Watch what happens when ACSH organic chemist Dr. Josh Bloom raids a cabinet full of supplements, belonging to none other than Ana Dolaskie’s husband. Some get a pass. A few get absolutely roasted — ...

Few things are more comforting than a hot cup of coffee or tea on a cold day. But what if the heat that makes the drink so enjoyable also increases your risk of cancer?

Eighteen months ago, I asked whether anti-vaccine rhetoric and a retreat from infectious-disease preparedness might open the ...

Science is supposed to correct its own errors. In practice, distorted academic incentives often block that quality control.

As measles cases surged across the country, federal health officials repeatedly stopped short of offering an unequivocal ...

Allulose looks like sugar to a chemist but behaves rather differently inside the body. The FDA recognized that distinction ...

It's the beginning of October, which means it's time to write about a birthstone. But there's a problem: October has two, which is too much work. Fortunately, my horoscope told me to pick opals rather ...

How safe is safe enough? For a decade, EPA has struggled with that deceptively simple question under the Toxic Substances Control Act. A landmark Fifth Circuit decision on methylene chloride now draws ...

Brown rice is supposed to be the virtuous choice, a whole grain, with more nutrients and more fiber. It also contains more arsenic than white rice, a fact the Environmental Working Group turns into a ...