American Council on Science and Health

New Dietary Guidelines: Health  Nutrition Media Roundup - What is the broader health media community saying about the new nutrition guidelines? We took a look around the country, and the internet, and here are some of the most popular sentiments, from the intriguing to the batty. Read more

Health Briefs: News From the Weekend - Some of the top health stories making news over the last 48 hours. Read more

Opioid Implant: First Good Idea to Tackle Narcotic Abuse? Recent DEA efforts to address our enormous opioid addiction problem have arguably only made the situation worse. But now, an implant that steadily releases buprenorphine — a weaker opioid used to wean users off heroin — has recently been approved by an FDA advisory panel. So hope may be on the way. Read more

Kratom: The Supplement That Will Kill Godzilla - Federal Marshals just seized 90,000 bottles of kratom, another so-called dietary supplement produced by an Illinois company. It's a hallucinogenic narcotic, so what exactly is it supposed to supplement? The LSD you took as a teenager? Once again, this nonsense is made possible by Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch and the insane legislation he co-authored in 1994. Read more

A New Way to Improve the Doctor-Patient Conversation - Choosing Wisely, a campaign which uses lists of appropriate treatments, aims to encourage conversation between clinicians and patients about which diagnostic tests and procedures are most appropriate in addressing patients' health concerns. Read more