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

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

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

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

Lithium batteries are in the news constantly. But lithium has plenty of other uses. It's a drug for bipolar disorder. It used ...

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 ...

John Batchelor and I dive into the accelerating outbreak of avian flu across the U.S. and the hazard of raw milk.

The surge in the “medical freedom” movement has thrust the tension between individual liberty and public health into the ...

Who could imagine a world without plasma TV screens? Or a blood test without measurements of key electrolytes, sodium, and ...

Chocolate is proof that life’s sweetest indulgences come with strings attached. Just when you thought you could justify a ...

The Lancet Commission has declared obesity a disease. With enough controversy to fill a buffet table, their new definition is ...