You’d think it would be reason to jump for joy when the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which tracks how much we eat of the various sweeteners on the market, says we’re using less high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS).

The medical community seems divided about the appropriateness of flu vaccines. The Wall Street Journal has suggested that there hasn't been nearly as much flu as there has been advertising about the flu. Sidney Wolfe, MD, Public Citizen consumer advocate, believes that drug companies are inflaming people’s worries about influenza in order to sell their drugs.

Here's how hilariously ineffective the FDA's new plan to combat painkiller abuse is: The agency couldn't even convince one of its own rubberstamp panels to rubberstamp it.

It can keep you up at night and often prevents you from doing the things you love. I’m talking about chronic pain—and if you are one of its victims, it never seems to release its grip on your life.

Dear Dr. Mirkin:

Should I avoid foods that are high in cholesterol?

Quick! Wrestle that fork out of your teenager’s hand and read this before he takes another bite.

This column is the third (and final) in the series I promised you for the subject of yeast overgrowth (Candida albicans), which can cause many diseases. Thousands of you have written and although there were many good queries, here are the two most frequently asked questions I received, along with my answer.

I’m amazed when patients come to me with chronic sleep problems… and then apologize as if they’re afraid they’re bothering me. “It’s really nothing, Doc,” they say. “I’m just having a little trouble sleeping.”

The recent woes of drugstore cold medicine king Johnson & Johnson are no secret-- the wave of recalls that kicked off in April have been causing big headaches for the company. Too bad they can't treat them!