My old stomping grounds (for only two years), The Associated Press, is at it again. Whenever some government pronouncement about...

You Docs, Oz & Roizen It never ceases to amaze me how certain voices in the medical community attain status as experts on all things...

Brian Williams Leading voices in the media are probably more dismayed by former NBC-TV news anchor Brian Williams’ misrepresentations of...

The You Docs are making progress, but they’re not there yet. Their last column in my local newspaper had them starting out on a mostly...

The media, for the most part, scorn the folks who resist vaccinations for diseases or are disinclined to have their children vaccinated....

Well, the government diet gurus have switched positions again. Now they don’t think cholesterol is bad for you. Not long ago, so-called...

Dr. Mehmet Oz The You Docs are at it again. After results of a huge meta-analysis were published in March, Drs. Mehmet Oz and Michael...

How are Americans supposed to know what food is healthy if the major medical organizations propagate wrong information? So far, so good...

Human intestines Nineteen years ago, I had my first colonoscopy. My then-wife and I had returned from a trip to California, during which...

A. Eggs, meat, dairy and fish. Meat up It follows that, unless vegans and strict vegetarians take a B12 supplement, they are getting...

Let’s see … I need some cashews and pistachios. Where shall I go get them at a good price, Walgreen’s or CVS? Walgreens store Used to be,...

“I’m not going to send you for a colonoscopy,” my primary-care doctor said. “We don’t do that anymore for people once they turn 70.” Man...

“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing,...

Ancel Keys on a Time cover in 1950; a 1984 Time issue; the current Time issue Well folks, it’s finally happened. Time magazine, the...

Critical cholesterol study: no reporting Did you know about the large study in 2011 that showed women with high cholesterol had fewer...

Wheat up!? Eat wheat. That’s the mantra of the medical establishment and conventional nutritionists. Wheat Leading alternative physicians...

How much does Dr. Oz know? A lot of so-called experts achieve their reputations only partly because of their skills and knowledge. They...

Forest fire out West caused by global warming Which is a worse way to die, by water or fire? The way things are going, future generations...

GMOs are safe? Researcher shows GMOs dangerous GM forces discredited the study. But after he presented his results to the European...

There it was, in the March 30 edition of the Palm Beach Post, part of the syndicated People’s Pharmacy column by Terry & Joe Graedon:...