When scientists reported last week that diuretics can be better than newer, more expensive drugs for treating high blood pressure, many people may have wondered: Can I get the same effects from herbal ...

PHILADELPHIA — Herbal shampoo and medicine makers could learn something from American Indians about harvesting medicinal and aromatic plants without endangering some vanishing and valuable species.

Slimming down is supposed to be healthy. It was not in the case of a woman who developed a series of serious neurological problems after losing forty pounds over an eleven-month period, according to a ...

The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into a company that markets a popular diet supplement containing ephedra. Some believe the herbal stimulant has dangerous and sometimes ...

Health food goes gourmet at the bright, shiny Mustard Seed, where carob bars share space with Valrhona chocolates, tofu jerky joins forces with free-range lamb, and quinoa salad competes for attention ...

Proceedings from the September 2002 Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, organized by the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group, hosted by WWF-EARPO, and Faciitated by the College of African Wildlife ...

Yesterday, shortly after I filed the first installment in our exchange, I tuned in to CNN and saw Ted Williams’ daughter complaining that her half-brother has frozen Williams’ body and hopes to sell ...

After reading Tufts' Urban and Environmental Policy Professor Julian Agyeman's recent op-ed piece for MSNBC, "From Responsibility to Sustainability," I sent it through a mass email and received the ...