What's Really Causing Childhood Obesity? (Forbes.com)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Wednesday, July 6, 2011
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. An alarming one-third of American children are overweight or obese. It's a rate that's climbed three times as high as it was even a generation ago, and the hunt is on to identify the culprit and root it out.  Read Full >>

How Far We’ve Come in the Battle Against AIDS (Medical Progress Today)
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Friday, June 24, 2011
By Dr. Josh Bloom. We may not realize it now, but at some future date the world will look back and recognize May 2011 as a remarkable turning point in the history of the struggle against AIDS.  Read Full >>

Immunity: when it's smart to go with the herd (Guardian)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D., Dr. Henry Miller
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Monday, June 13, 2011
By Dr. Henry Miller and Dr. Gilbert Ross. Infectious diseases that used to claim the lives of one in six children before their fifth year are making an alarming comeback in the US. The culprits are parents who should know better – and the politicians who bend over backwards to accommodate them.   Read Full >>

The biggest unfounded health scares of 2010 (The Daily Caller)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Type : ACSH In The News
Publish Date : Thursday, December 30, 2010
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. As we begin a new year, the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) would first like to try and slay the demons and hobgoblins of the past year. We do this each New Year’s Eve by making a list of the top unfounded health scares of the outgoing year. These bouts of hysteria are prompted by many different things. But what they have in common is that there’s no scientific evidence to back up the alarms being sounded.  Read Full >>

Is There Such a Thing as an Objective Science Journal? (from the Daily Caller)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Thursday, February 25, 2010
By Jeff Stier.  A journal’s ability to tell good science from bad is critical. But some journals have used poor judgment...  Read Full >>