We live in a nation of needless pain, where tens of millions suffer daily despite the existence of effective treatments. Yet ...

A group of (mostly NIH) scientists just published a Nature paper on a drug called DFNZ—a highly potent nitazene opioid that, at least in mice, appears to avoid many of the liabilities of traditional ...

Given that the evidence of glyphosate being a health concern for humans ranges from scant for occupational exposure to none ...

Nuclear power: it's safe, sustainable and reliable—arguably the best energy source humanity has ever developed. Yet most ...

Should men dab their peenies after peeing? It's going crazy on Instagram, so ACSH better cover it. Good thing it's April Fool ...

Physicians don't receive enough training in nutrition. This has become a flashpoint in Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) and ...

March Madness inspires millions of sports fans to fill out brackets and pretend they can predict the unpredictable. Inspired ...

Telehealth has become a permanent part of modern medicine, with strong evidence supporting its use in mental health and chronic disease management. However, the popular narrative of “healthcare ...

The terms “synthetic” and “ultra-processed” are widely (and opportunistically) used as warning labels and marketing ...

Drug policy and microbiology might seem like completely different worlds. But both are shaped by the same evolutionary ...

Every so often, nutrition makes claims that require readers to suspend not just disbelief but basic understanding of ...

AI has all but overtaken the thinking universe. Training an early version of ChatGPT consumes about 1300 megawatt-hours of ...