Enough people have died from eating it when unripe that it is forbidden to be imported to the US. Even those who know enough not to eat it unless fully ripe have been sickened. What is it and where does it grow? Read this piece and find out.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has stated that all adult smokers under age 65 will benefit from a vaccine called Pneumovax. It is designed to protect people from the bacteria that cause pneumonia, meningitis & related diseases. But...

Much hay is being made, in today's news, of tainted pharmaceuticals produced in Puerto Rico. This article is dated February 10th. While the focus of the FDA's pharma regulatory failures has been China, we have problems here at home, too.

You are a woman, and you have a twin brother. You're (obviously) the same age and in the same general health. You ask for health insurance quotes with identical coverage. Guess who's going to have to pay a lot more for that policy?

Visit the site to sign a letter that will be sent to many American food manufacturers. People from any country can sign. Some of these coward companies are blocking the email, but many more go through. Tell US food giants we don't want GM food!

AstraZeneca, Bayer, Baxter and Pfizer are planning to outsource pharmaceutical production to China. Eli Lilly already has. People have already been sickened and died from contaminated Chinese heparin. Toxic cough syrup killed thousands. We deserve better.

A scientific look at a rare malady first documented in 1941, when a Norwegian woman's brain was damaged by shrapnel during a German bombing run. She recovered but began to speak her native Norwegian language in a heavy German accent.

The increase in the United States is attributed to a host of factors, including a food additive that is both legal and ubiquitous: salt.

Coping With the Diagnosis Being told that you have breast cancer can be devastating. Your first thought may be: "Am I going to die?" or "...get this cancer out of me".

Soy is nutritious and contains lots of good things. Unfortunately, when you eat or drink a lot of soy stuff, you're also getting substantial quantities of estrogens.