From the American Council on Science and Health

Athletes being given narcotics so they can play through injuries? Dangerous, unethical, perhaps criminal? - A chilling segment featured on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel describes how young, injured athletes are given narcotics so they can stay in the game, a practice which has caused both addiction and death. This is wrong on so many levels.

FDA bans marketing of testosterone for non-specific symptoms, concerned about possible heart effects  - The Food and Drug Administration pulls the rug out from under "low-T" therapy: testosterone prescriptions can no longer be given for vague symptoms more consistent with aging than with actual illness. 

Federal committee encourages tuna consumption for pregnant women - There is strong evidence that fish consumption by pregnant women is beneficial to developing fetuses and nursing infants. Now, federal committee is saying that even for tuna, the benefits outweigh the risks.

The New York Times On Drugs - Wrong, Naive Or Misleading? - Dr. Josh Bloom writes on Science 2.0 in response to a misleading editorial in the NYTimes, "Painkiller Abuses and Ignorance." He sets the record straight and concludes that the "war on drugs" has been a dismal failure, turning those in pain into collateral damage.