FDA

Let the games begin.

Homeopathic treatments can be bought almost everywhere. They're the ones that are likely labeled as "natural remedies" and have pictures of grass or leaves on them.

Recently, I had the pleasure of filming a segment on the top medical, science and technology innovations of 2017 at Reuters TV in Times Square, New York with host of CCTV Bianca Chen (video clip forthcoming).

Nothing elicits a surge in my skeptic meter like the term world-renowned when used in the medical realm. Especially since it is typically self-described by those selling something, routinely an unnecessary product or procedure.

From CAR-T cancer therapy to the power of CRISPR-Cas9, the recent advancements in gene therapy are astounding.

Is the Wild West of stem cell therapies coming to an end? Newly released guidelines from the U.S.

In an effort to combat patient non-compliance with medications, the FDA just approved the first pill with an ingestible tracking sensor.

You can hardly buy a food product these days without seeing a claim that some food or ingredient in the product somehow benefits health. One of these has been that consuming soy protein could help decrease the risk of heart disease.

It is hard to know what gadgets for your new baby are useful, which are unnecessary and which are actually harmful. 

Warning letters by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can be interesting to read. A recent one, from the end of September, is more interesting than most.