Dietary guidelines used to be a relatively easy process. They were considered authoritative, mainstream media dutifully portrayed them as such because they had government backing, and people obeyed.…

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2 percent of America has celiac disease but over 20 percent of Americans say they are concerned about buying gluten-free foods - and marketing departments are happy to charge 230 percent more to make…

In the United Kingdom's National Health Service, 50 percent of health care workers do not get flu vaccines. Obviously they are not anti-vaccine, they work in health care, so what explains their…

The Supreme Court is set to consider Whole Woman's Health v. Cole, which addresses two Texas laws related to abortion clinics. A group has filed an amicus brief arguing that this law violates the '…

I couldn't help but laugh — one has to, or cry: the headline read, "EPA looks to build on 2015 wins this year," in The Hill, January 4th. Wins? For whom? Like Charlie Sheen? Not for the USA, not…

The New York Times continues its grand tradition of always letting its ideology trump sound science and journalism at every opportunity. In a 25-page opus last weekend, they published a piece…

Atherosclerotic Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is responsible for one in every six deaths in the United States as well as being the leading cause of death throughout the developed world.  The…

Pre-test Q: What in blue blazes does he mean by that? (Answer at the end)**A commenter pointed out to me the apparent insensitivity of the juxtaposition of "Watermelon" and Obama. I am sorry — that…

Wikipedia may be wildly inaccurate but at least it isn't dangerous. For really dangerous advice, the assumption has been to go on Internet health forums.  Faint praise, but a new analysis …