A reader, Lucas Pattan, writes:

“I’m writing to ask if you could do a post over the next few weeks about what you expect the impact of the Gulf spill will be on America’s seafood industry.

Summertime means picnics, barbecues, and celebrating the warm weather with friends and family! However, if you suffer from heartburn, barbecued meat and high-fat snack foods may trigger this uncomfortable condition.

The medical community is locked in a debate as to whether or not red wine is actually good for you.

Think strawberries are expensive now? Wait until they start costing people their lives!

You know that pathetic honking sound of forced gaiety that one of those paper party whistles makes? I swear that’s what I heard when the FDA’s recent news release, on the use of antibiotics in livestock, crossed my desk.

The last thing you'd expect from a blood pressure med is an increased cardiovascular risk--yet that's what may be happening with one common drug.

Having trouble fitting into your old favorite jeans? Don’t like the body you see in the mirror? I know it’s painful…

There’s been a rash

Every week, it seems, we hear the latest news on this or that miracle nutrient. It may be “just the thing to fight diabetes” or “the cure for cancer.” It’s unlikely that a single nutrient can cure cancer, but mounds of research does support that some foods provide unique nutrients with particular health benefits.