鈥淲hen there is substantial, credible evidence of danger to human or environmental health, protective action should be taken despite continuing scientific uncertainty.鈥� That鈥檚 the 鈥淧recautionary...
Say broccoli to kids and they say "yuck." Say broccoli to researchers at Johns Hopkins University and they say "yumm!" Maybe not for the taste, but for the vegetable's biological effects. Thanks...
鈥淏otanicals鈥� are dietary supplements derived from plant sources that have purported health benefits. Echinacea for the common cold, St. John鈥檚 Wort for depression, ginkgo biloba for memory...
During the Civil War northern forces blocked a number of Confederate ports. One of the consequences of the blockade was a dire shortage of cinchona bark imported from South America. The bark was in...
Sir Winston Churchill said Alan Turing鈥檚 breaking of German codes for secret messages shortened the Second World War by two years. Computer scientists credit Turing with formulating the...
Dr. Mehmet Oz was asked to testify in front of a U.S. Senate Transport, Commerce and Science subcommitte on fraudulent weight loss products. It is a subject he knows a fair bit about. After all he...
