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Legendary, Emmy-winning Fox TV anchor, Ernie Anastos -- who just had a day named after him by the mayor of New York City-- kicks off his

A lot of alternative medicine sounds reasonable enough.

There have been a few images in the news in the past few years that have made tears roll down my face as soon as I saw them. I don't have even to say what they were - you know already.

Today, it seems that honest disagreement just isn't possible. Social media, which has become a sewage pipe of political hyper-partisanship and unscientific propaganda, magnifies this disturbing trend.

Every student in America should be required to take a class called, "What Do We Know, and How Do We Know It?" Perhaps if we learned from an early age how we know the things we claim to know, fewer Americans would fall for ridiculous conspiracy the

It's likely that everyone has experienced it — you're ready to go somewhere or do something, but you can't because you can't find your keys, or your purse, or that special screwdriver for that weird set of screws.

I recently wrote an article about a young, healthy woman who went to a healer (likely a naturopath), received an IV of turmeric as a treatme

In last week's episode of Shark Tank, the five "sharks" elevated themselves from wealthy, successful business people to champions of science.

Given the media attention devoted to weak observational claims about health (miracle vegetables, chemophobia of the month) and the rampant mistrust of science that has resulted, it is worth asking if they're worth the expense at all

A new paper in JAMA Cardiology titled Long-term S