The execs at Haleon, a huge multinational consumer products company, ought to take a good look in the mirror. That is, unless misleading, sleazy marketing is in the mission statement. In that case, ...

The Carnivore Diet—where fruits and vegetables are banished, and butter is a snack—may seem like satire, but it’s a growing ...

Water fluoridation transformed dental care, saved billions of dollars, and inspired an iconic scene in a Hollywood satire ...

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 ...

The medical journal The Lancet recently published a detailed consensus statement classifying obesity as a disease. The ...

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

The journey of pasteurization is one of science's most significant public health triumphs. However, a nostalgia for the "not ...

Pseudoscience has recently been reemerging in the US. While much of it concerns vaccines, an "oldie" is again making the rounds: HIV is neither the cause nor the sole cause of AIDS. This nonsense has ...

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

Americans venerate the four ethical principles as articulated by Beauchamps and Childress: autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice. However, in the current controversy pitting “medical ...