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United Healthcare's schemes unfold, Peripheral diseases for profit sold.
Sociologic studies are hard to define, Qualitative truths are a different kind.
"The Bear" reveals high cuisine's toll, While Google stands as monopoly's role.

Greenpeace may be committed to "saving the whales," but it's happy to let poor children go blind and die.

The field of nutrition is fertile ground for health misinformation. A quick Google search for any food reveals sensationalist articles extolling numerous benefits or emphasizing extreme risks. Unfortunately, this is not a recent phenomenon.

Hydration therapy facilities are springing up all over the place. This is no surprise because they promise that IV bags containing saline and vitamins will cure hangovers. But do they?

My latest conversation with Lars Larson.

Recent headlines claiming a “cure” for autism, and a complete reversal of symptoms, were inspired by a case report published in June 2024. However, with dubious methodology and potential serious conflicts of interest, there's good reason to doubt these conclusions.

While COVID-19 vaccines might have been oversold as the ultimate infection preventers, they did a solid job reducing severe illness. Now, researchers have discovered that a nasal vaccine might just be the secret weapon against transmission — at least if you're a hamster.

In the battle against Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the FDA's latest therapies are desperately trying to separate the forgetful from the truly befuddled. While spinal taps and PET scans remain the diagnostic standard, blood biomarkers are increasingly stepping up as the “heroes” of early detection.

In my most recent Drive Time with Mark Hahn we spoke about COVID, President Biden's health, and new COVID vaccines.

Last week saw an interim victory for some 900 Zantac (a heartburn medication) plaintiffs. Their machinations to bring their cases in state court – as a “joint action" instead of a “class action” in federal court – was approved by the Second Circuit. What’s the big deal, and why would they go to such lengths to accomplish this result?

Texas, oh Texas, is green energy's pride, surpassing California by projects wide.
Kamala and Vivek from caste to elite in one generation's span.
Mount Everest's video shows climbers reaching the sky.
With thirty years of grilling fame, George Foreman's Grill is a household name.

As social creatures, humans often synchronize with each other while watching movies, dancing in groups, and mirroring the behavior of our romantic partners. Could this synchronicity actually influence whom we find attractive? A new study says ... maybe.

Ozempic, the blockbuster weight-loss drug, has ignited a ferocious debate over the ethics and efficacy of treating obesity with medication. Oddly, this intense ideological battle has glossed over perhaps the most important question we should answer: How does the drug impact individual patients? Dr. Chuck Dinerstein, ACSH's Director of Medicine, is working to correct that oversight by documenting his own experience with Ozempic.

Some people look at you as if you have a cancer death wish when they see a Diet Coke can in your hand. But their glass of wine is a far greater risk. Here's why.

With "The Real Opioid Crisis in Three Charts," a patient advocacy group has briefed senior FDA officials on major changes needed in public health policy for the regulation of prescription opioid pain relievers, and doctors who prescribe them. Perhaps now someone is truly listening to people in pain.

The Ozempic Plateau — where weight loss dreams go to level to meet a lackluster fate. You've been shedding pounds like a pro, only to hit a hunger wall that no amount of exercise can break through. Has Ozempic turned from miracle to meh?

As America threw out bags of Boar’s Head roast beef and corned beef this weekend due to possible Listeria contamination, it focused attention, again, on the safety of our food supply. Food safety is fundamental to a functioning society and the minimum we expect as a country. How are we doing?

"Forever chemicals" is a hot news item. The public is paying attention to them because they stick around for very long periods of time – including in your body – where they bioaccumulate. This has caused concern that they may cause cancer, although this has not been proven. Why does this group of chemicals stay around for so long? Chemistry explains.

In a world where experts are our go-to folks for solving everything, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed just how fallible these specialists can be. Despite impressive titles and years of experience, many experts were just as clueless as the rest of us, often with unwarranted confidence. A recent study delves into the uncomfortable truth: the more knowledge you think you have, the less aware you might be of your actual ignorance.

World War II's Manhattan Project – which developed the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in August 1945 – was one of the greatest scientific, technological, and logistical achievements in history. The bombs ended the war and saved millions of lives of combatants and civilians.

Introducing exercise snacking: tiny bursts of vigorous exercise that can fit into even the busiest schedules. While it may sound like a lazy person’s dream, recent studies suggest these mini-workouts can significantly boost your health, making them the ultimate life hack for the chronically time-crunched.

“The fentanyl-related overdose crisis has been largely experienced in North America. In Europe, nonmedical opioid users prefer to smoke or inject heroin,” says a German addiction researcher. “However, with the Taliban clampdown on opium cultivation in Afghanistan, drug trafficking organizations are increasingly substituting heroin with fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, another example of the Iron Law of Prohibition in action.”

The Earth's climate will continue to warm, resulting in greater frequency and intensity of devastating weather events. Many of the supposed remedies proposed by politicians and activists are futile and monumentally expensive. Large arrays of balloons to reflect the sun's rays might be the answer.

In convenience food a boundless pleasure. From Wall Street's Journal, a tale they tell, 7-Eleven's food is selling well
The FDA's task is tough and grim. Captain Crunch, will they replace?
Lobbyists' power from days of yore. In California, battles were fought, Sinclair Lewis' dreams were caught
A small venue with tribute bands, A stage where Creedence Dreams take their stands

The severity of the surge depends on human behavior (such as masking and moving indoors to avoid the heat), the evolution of the virus, and the waning of vaccine- or infection-related immunity. All of those are currently conspiring against us.