A Federal Blight for Cherry Farmers

What made the FDA decide to go after the cherry farmers and distributors, when it seems that all kinds of food companies, large and small, promote the health benefits of their products? For example, Kellogg's claims that its HeartSmart cereal is "the best way to treat heart dise …

Burgers for the Health Professional

Under the smiling clown-face of Ronald McDonald, a woman and her 5-year-old daughter had spread before them a burger, Chicken McNuggets and fries. Nearby, a young couple were enjoying two Quarter Pounders with cheese. A neurologist was downing some hot cakes.

Surgery With a Side of Fries

Expelling fast food from hospitals is an obvious step to better health, but suggest it and you run into the same tangle of inertia and apathy that has kept hospitals from serving patients appetizing and wholesome food — and has instead allowed large food service corporations to …

Statistics prove prescription drugs are 16,400% more deadly than terrorists

America was rudely awakened to a new kind of danger on September 11, 2001: Terrorism. The attacks that day left 2,996 people dead, including the passengers on the four commercial airliners that were used as weapons. Many feel it was the most tragic day in U.S. history.

The FDA says a cherry is a drug

In the past, I jokingly said that broccoli might someday be banned as soon as the public begins to learn about the potent anti-cancer chemicals found in the vegetable.

Medicine at gunpoint: Seattle mother arrested for "kidnapping" her own baby to seek alternative treatments

Public trust in conventional medicine has plummeted to such an all-time low that the industry is now resorting to the threat of violence in order to market its services.

A Search Engine That's Becoming an Inventor

When Google was a graduate-school project being run from a Silicon Valley garage, its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, built their own computers out of cheap parts meant for personal computers.

France Beats Brazil at Its Own Game

FRANKFURT, July 1 — At age 34, Zinédine Zidane has prematurely lost much of his hair but little of his magnificent soccer skill, which was on stirring display Saturday night as France ousted the five-time champion Brazil from the World Cup.

Screech Can't Be Saved By The Bell: Dustin Diamond Tries To Save His Home With T-Shirts - CBS News

It will take more than a bell to save Dustin Diamond this time around.

The Digital Gatekeepers

Blogs have gained a growing cultural and political impact in the United States and worldwide. In the United States, they’ve been credited with playing a key role in the resignation of a U.S. Senate Majority Leader and the public repudiation of a longtime TV news anchor.

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