A favorite herbal medicine of the ancients, peppermint leaves have been found in Egyptian pyramids dating back to 1,000 BC. Modern...

Sometime in the late 18th century, in an English home on Christmas Eve, a small boy has left the dinner table, taking the dessert with...

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, when it comes to Brussels sprouts it seems there’s no in-between. One study found that our strong feelings about...

SUMMARY I always considered celery a pretty benign vegetable, but it seems most people either can’t get enough of it or can’t stand it....

SUMMARY If we played a word association game and I said “vegetable,” chances are your response wouldn’t be “artichoke.” That’s a pity...

SUMMARY Cashews are incredibly versatile nuts (well, drupes), providing creaminess and flavor to Indian and other Asian dishes,...

Over-the-counter melatonin (“anti-gonad hormone”) supplements tend not to contain what they say they do, and the contaminants could be...

One of the key weapons in the so-called “War on Terrorism” is what the George W. Bush administration officials called Enhanced...

The public health community appears to have all but given up on eliminating obesity. The latest World Health Organization goals include a...

Could gluten's toxicity extend to the nervous system, producing symptoms identical to classical Parkinson's disease? A remarkable case...