One of the great medicines of all time, ephedra (Ephedra sinica) has been in use for as long as 5,000 years. Known as Ma Huang in traditional Chinese Medicine, ephedra is native to Central Asia. The ...

As ephedra steadily disappears from store shelves, a slew of new substances are angling to take its place as a top-selling weight-loss supplement. Though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration hasn't ...

On Feb. 16, pitcher Steve Bechler of the Baltimore Orioles collapsed while running sprints at the team’s spring-training camp in Florida. He died a few hours later. Subsequent investigation linked the ...

At age 35 Capt. Michael McDonald was an up-and-coming Army pilot, and as far as anyone knew, the picture of health. But, as CBS News Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports, three years ago McDonald's ...

The death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler appears to be linked to a widely available and commonly used weight-loss supplement that is loosely regulated, a medical examiner said Tuesday. The ...