The Carnivore Diet—where fruits and vegetables are banished, and butter is a snack—may seem like satire, but it’s a growing ...

The fluoride controversy, where advocates and opponents argue in the media, is a distraction because the views of real and ...

Americans venerate the four ethical principles as articulated by Beauchamps and Childress: autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice. However, in the current controversy pitting “medical ...

Pseudoscience has recently been reemerging in the US. While much of it concerns vaccines, an "oldie" is again making the rounds: HIV is neither the cause nor the sole cause of AIDS. This nonsense has ...

Water fluoridation transformed dental care, saved billions of dollars, and inspired an iconic scene in a Hollywood satire ...

The journey of pasteurization is one of science's most significant public health triumphs. However, a nostalgia for the "not ...

We've slapped a tax on sugary drinks, watched prices rise, and people bought less soda—but their waistlines didn’t seem to ...

Americans venerate the four ethical principles as articulated by Beauchamps and Childress: autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice. However, in the current controversy pitting “medical ...

We are well into the flu season, and people have different strategies for preventing or treating viral infections. Of course, ...

There were unforgiveable shortcomings in management, which included critical information not reaching senior officials as ...

The medical journal The Lancet recently published a detailed consensus statement classifying obesity as a disease. The ...

After 20 years of hemming, hawing, and “evaluating the science,” the FDA is finally muscling its way onto the most coveted ...