Medical misinformation has a peculiar advantage: it can outlive the evidence that disproves it, especially when yesterday’s contrarians become today’s policymakers. In Everyone Else Is Lying to You, ...

Walk into the supplement aisle and you’ll find plenty of products promising better health. But sometimes, basic chemistry and biology tell us those claims simply don’t add up. Before spending money on ...

As the use of high-potency marijuana expands with America's liberalized drug laws, researchers are again asking whether frequent cannabis use dulls drive. The science isn't settled, but acute studies ...

From an old pesticide scare getting an official platform to a trendy sleep supplement that fails basic chemistry, ACSH staff ...

A reader writes, “I'm curious about the whole-body health effects of a long-term keto diet -- cholesterol, heart disease, etc ...

Narcan is a drug of striking contrasts: remarkably safe and capable of reversing a fatal opioid overdose within minutes, yet unable by itself to treat the addiction that put a life at risk. Its ...

Protein has become nutrition’s magic word, stamped on everything from pasta to Pop-Tarts as shorthand for “healthy.” But most ...

Suppressing government documents and evading Freedom of Information requests. Thousands of emails, Slack messages and diary entries released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have raised troubling questions ...

Nicotine isn’t harmless—but treating every nicotine product as equally dangerous obscures an important public-health distinction. From cigarettes and vaping to pouches, gum, and patches, ...