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Hard candy is certainly tasty, but a new study has been published in Pediatrics explaining why parents should be cautious with the treat. According to Gary Smith, MD, of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio,

The three million people in the United States who have celiac disease can now rest easy when deciding what food products to buy. The FDA has just issued a rule defining the characteristics necessary to classify a food as gluten-free, without gluten, free of gluten, and no gluten.

Dr. Brad Rodu, one of the world's greatest experts on tobacco harm reduction, has published an overview of what might save millions of smokers this century.

The campaign against artificial sweeteners continues full speed ahead. And judging from the headlines these stories typically generate, it is smooth sailing.
One of the newer tactics is based on a supposition that drinking diet soda actually makes you gain weight, rather than lose it. Except it s utter nonsense.

t s not just another day in the office of environmental group X. Big decisions have to be made.
Have they milked a phony scare of chemical Y to the point of diminishing returns, or are there still enough people to terrify to keep this one going?
In the end it doesn t really matter, because chemical Y will eventually be replaced by chemical Z, and the scientific extortion process will start again.

Here's a countdown of the top 13 health scares of 2013!

There are chemical scares and there are chemical scares. Some are valid, some are not. Some are just plain crazy. Today we look at crazy.
Parabens (derivatives of para-hydroxybenzoic acid, thus the name) have been used forever as preservatives. And they have been the target of consumer and environmental groups for almost as long.
Which is almost comical, considering it would be difficult to find a safer groups of chemicals.

Even we at ACSH were surprised at this one. The discussion about the reasons behind the

Neurology group issues new guidelines on stroke prevention among people with irregular heartbeats atrial fibrillation, mainly. In summary: be more aggressive with blood thinners (anticoagulants).

If you are suffering from moderate-to-severe pain, you can add one more worry to your list the real possibility is that you will not be able to get effective pain-relieving drugs without considerable effort. And maybe not at all.

In their recent op-ed DDT Causes Reduced Cognitive Ability In Journalists, Dr. Donald R. Roberts, professor emeritus of

Vitamin D plays an important role in maintaining strong bones. Observational studies have also suggested that vitamin D plays an important role in heart health. And now, a new study published in the

CALIFORNIA DROUGHT REINFORCES URGENCY FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED FARMING
NEW YORK, March 21, 2014 -- National Agriculture Day (March 25) arrives as legions of

In the no good deed goes unpunished department, California s Gilead Sciences has come under attack by Congressman Henry Waxman a perennial critic of the drug industry. In this case, the issue is the price of Gilead s Sovaldi one of the most revolutionary new drugs to come along in some time.

According to the American Chiropractic Association, each year about 20 million Americans see a chiropractor with complaints

It s hard to figure out what to believe these days. As Drs. Henry Miller (a physician-scientist) and Stan Young (a statistician) point out in their piece on Forbes.com, one day coffee causes cancer and the next

The question of whether or not individuals 45 years of age and older should engage in high-impact exercise, such as jogging or sprinting, is not one that has a clear answer at this point. But in

Definition: Teenager A human entity comprising a certain age group that is explicitly placed on earth for the sole purpose of exploring the boundaries of poor judgement.

Dr. Josh Bloom in the New York Post, December 2, 2013
Thanks to a thoroughly misguided move by federal drug bureaucrats, many Americans are going to have to live with needless pain...[Read more.]

Should Americans be worried about radiation from the Fukushima incident in Japan? The EPA keeps track of radiation within U.S. borders and presents the data online in nearly real time through RadNet, a nationwide system of monitors but the agency does not monitor radiation levels at sea.

In a city where the technocratic mayor prides himself on making decisions based on the evidence, the proposed ban produced one of the most scientifically vague and emotionally charged health committee hearings in recent memory.

The antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza are often used for the treatment of the flu in children and adults. Although past research has suggested that these drugs could reduce hospital admissions and

Dr. James Enstrom, an ACSH trustee, is a fighter to say the least. He has been involved in several legal altercations with his former

Talk of a rapidly accelerating diabetes epidemic has settled into our medical and public health

Critics of aspartame (NutraSweet) who may be getting tired of trying (unsuccessfully) for 35 years to get the sweetener off the market may have something to look forward to. Yesterday the FDA approved advantame the sixth approved sugar substitute on the market today.