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It has come to our attention that Dr. Chris D'Adamo is not the son of Peter, as we stated. We regret our error and have ...

For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...

Following Congress’s repeal of the FDA’s long-standing animal testing requirement, the Environmental Protection Agency is now ...

Radiation therapy is often described in clinical terms, but rarely through the eyes of the person lying on the treatment table. After decades of working with medical radiation professionally, I found ...

Based on years of walking alongside my patients through uncertainty, risk, and irreversible choices, I believe I understand what shared decision-making actually requires. At stake, in my opinion, is ...

Twelve years ago, ACSH produced a video based on our publication titled: The Effects of Nicotine on Human Health. In a recent ...

While much effort has focused on avoiding anthrax, history has also seen attempts to explore using the bacterial spores to ...

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The Kilauea volcano, in Hawaii, has been acting up lately, and all kinds of nasty stuff is pouring out of it. But perhaps the ...

A new social-science paper delivers a surprisingly unsettling result: give dozens of expert teams the same data and the same ...

In a world where nutrition headlines swing wildly from fear to hype, even cheese can suddenly become a “brain-boosting” ...