Published September 23, 2015

If a traditional remedy doesn't actually kill bacteria, it's probably just an old wives' tale — right? Not so fast, says Cassandra Quave, an ethnobotanist at Emory University. Quave focuses on investigating traditional remedies used by people in Southern Italy and other areas of the Mediterranean. And some of her research may be paying off in a big way.

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Published September 21, 2015

Ok, let's see if you think there's a problem with this. A drug company comes up with a drug and submits the data on the drug to the FDA. It reviews the data and refuses to approve the drug because it doesn't work very well and has too many side effects. So the drug company resubmits it a second time. Same results. So far so good.

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Published September 18, 2015

In the past, I've talked about how important dopamine is to our physical and mental health. In fact, last year I outlined my theory that Robin Williams may have actually been suffering from a dopamine deficiency — one that contributed to the depression, substance addiction, and Parkinson's disease he battled.

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