I think it is true that you can eat extremely healthy food at McDonald's, and you can eat amazingly badly at Chipotle.

I started to write about science and medicine at the Washington Post, in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.

Your dollar cheeseburger isn't a dollar if you factor in what it's going to cost in health care.

I have never earned one penny from any pharmaceutical company. I will never accept one penny from them either. Ever.

Benjamin Franklin refused to have one of his children vaccinated against smallpox. The four-year-old boy died, and Franklin wrote later of how mistaken he was to expose him to the needless risk.

I understand the horrors of having no insurance, but, believe me, eight hours of sleep and good meals are NOT going to prevent you from getting sick. Don't gamble with your life; it's a stupid bet.

I think it is true that you can eat extremely healthy food at McDonald's, and you can eat amazingly badly at Chipotle.