My mother isn't the only woman I know who won't get a mammogram. A friend of mine from college also refuses this annual torture ritual, though her reason is very different. She believes that mammograms cause cancer. Sounds paranoid, I know, but it turns out she may be on to something.

The deceptive hype created by the soy industry -- which in many ways is not much different than that of the pharmaceutical industry -- has unfortunately been very successful in convincing millions of people that soy is a health food.

I have some good news and some bad news regarding the petition by extremist environmentalists and other special interest groups to have silver nanoparticles (read: colloidal silver) regulated by the EPA as a "pesticide," which would ultimately result in a ban on the sale of colloidal silver products.

In case you missed the rumor going around, Dr. Sanjay Gupta - the high-profile television personality - may become the next U.S. Surgeon General.

Some scientists at the FDA recently got together and wrote a letter to Congress. In a nutshell, the letter read: "Help us Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're our only hope."

I wish them luck. They're going to need it.

In this Q and A, Suzy Cohen fields a question about Scientology's impact on the death of John Travolta's son Jett. Is Scientology to blame for his death, or are people too quick to scapegoat?

As much as I love the incredible advancements of technology, I have to admit that there are some emerging trends of the Internet age that are giving me the creeps.

Guess who doesn't want a flu shot?

Thousands of health care workers.

In the wake of the tainted dairy scandal, Chinese authorities are now admitting that the use of melamine -- an industrial chemical -- as filler in animal feed (which is also exported abroad) is a widespread practice. At this point there’s really no telling what, or how much, of your food might therefore contain this hazardous material.

I'm never surprised when powerful corporations and their government pals subvert science and suppress the truth. That story is as old as the hills.

But I'm ALWAYS infuriated.