It should be headline news. That's the degree to which your safety is at stake.

But, of course, it isn't—it's buried in science news sites, with nary a mention in the mainstream medicine. Recent research out of the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy found that medication prescribers correctly identified fewer than half of drug pairs with potentially dangerous interactions.

Q: School is starting soon. Is there any hope that school food will ever improve?

What can we learn about how to transform health care and “bend the cost curve” from a man raised on an Iowa chicken farm, with a Ph.D. in mathematics and physics who helped change our perspective of “made in Japan” from one of derision to one of emulation? 

When Michele Obama planted her organic garden, some considered it an act of subterfuge as unpatriotic as supporting Honda instead of Ford. "Fresh foods grown conventionally are wholesome and flavorful yet more economical," wrote the Mid- America CropLife Association. "If Americans were still required to farm to support their family's basic food and fiber needs, would the U.S. have been leaders in the advancement of science, communication, education, medicine, transportation and the arts?"

Good question -- or so thought other food industry honchos who joined in the mud-slinging.

The health care debate has been hijacked by fears about cost and how we will pay for universal coverage.  Will it cost $1.6 trillion or $900 billion over 10 years? 

This is beside the point.  Every other industrialized nation spends far less (about half) and creates much better health for its citizens.  We are next to Cuba in life expectancy, yet they spend $184 per capita annually on health care and we spend over $8,000. The only way this will shift is if we focus on investing in quality not quantity – namely medical care that creates better outcomes through programs that address the causes of chronic illness – diet, sedentary lifestyles, stress, and social disempowerment.

What are we feeding our kids?  It was bad enough to know that many popular children’s foods are loaded with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), now we find out that the HFCS is contaminated with the toxic metal mercury. 

The Food Standards agency has issued a statement in response to the outpouring of outrage over its study demonstrating that the nutritional value of organic foods is, on average, equivalent to that of conventional foods.  In defense of the study results, the CEO of the agency says...

Contrary to the manufactured hysterics and fake science here in the USA, Australians are being reassured by their Federal Health Minister of Australia, Nicola Roxon, that swine flu does not pose a greater danger than seasonal flu.

The latest brick in the tomb of statins — those cholesterol-regulating meds — comes from a new study confirming that the drugs cause structural damage to muscles. Even worse, the study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that muscle damage can continue to progress even after patients stop taking the drugs.