The use of dietary supplements by high school athletes is an issue the Arizona Interscholastic Association must tackle now, executive director Harold Slemmer said Sunday. For that reason, Slemmer will address the issue at the AIA's Athletic Administrators' Association workshop today at the Prescott Resort in Prescott.

High school athletes would be discouraged from using nutritional supplements under a proposed bylaw approved Monday by the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s executive board.

WASHINGTON - Mary Feehan runs a health boutique near Pittsburgh, selling food and dietary supplements, but a regulatory change might put her out of business.

The findings of a Tribune investigation into widespread use of unregulated and potentially hazardous dietary supplements by East Valley high school athletes, reported in today's special section, “The Supplement Gamble,” raises troubling questions, to say the least.

Two Scottsdale residents named in a federal indictment Thursday involving a fraudulent drug distribution scheme could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine each if convicted of the offenses.

Remember the little colored tablets you were supposed to drop into a glass of water to make an effervescent drink, but instead you stuck it on your tongue to give it a tingling jolt?

Five-hundred years ago, the Guarani Indians of Paraguay, Brazil and Bolivia started using the plant Ka’a He’ê — translated to English as “sweet herb” — for consumption and medical treatments.

CHICAGO - Like many Americans at this time of year, the food industry has been talking a lot about healthy eating, improved nutrition and making better choices.

Last week’s withdrawal of the diet drug Meridia marks the latest setback in a long and frustrating quest for a pharmaceutical solution to our national obesity epidemic. Despite millions of dollars spent by drug companies, none of the handful of diet drugs on the market is considered very effective.

Q: What special care should I give my poinsettias to get them to rebloom next year? Are poinsettias poisonous?

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - An energy drink called Cocaine has been pulled from stores nationwide amid concerns about its name, the company that produces it said Monday.

Healthy Baby Happy Earth, an eco-aware baby and new mom boutique in histroic Catlin Court in downtown Glendale will sponsor the second Baby & Mom Wellness Expo from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Glendale Civic Center, 5750 W. Glenn Drive.

Healthy Baby Happy Earth, an eco-aware baby and new mom boutique in histroic Catlin Court in downtown Glendale will sponsor the second Baby & Mom Wellness Expo from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Glendale Civic Center, 5750 W. Glenn Drive.

A Tempe business is facing possible sanctions under Arizona’s Employee Sanctions Act involving the hiring of illegal immigrants after Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant at 21st Century Healthcare and arrested 31 people on Thursday.

Ever meandered through the pharmacy aisles of Whole Foods, Sprouts, or even Trader Joe’s and wished you knew more about the various supplements and which ones could possibly benefit you? Herbal/dietary supplements (also called botanicals) are plants used for their therapeutic properties, and the roots of herbalism go back to the beginning of humanity. The following list contains some of the more popular herbs that are generally accepted to have psychoactive and/or medicinal properties with positive effects in humans:

A controversial nutritional supplements guru whose wife drowned in the bathtub at their Gilbert home nearly four years ago was arrested Thursday on a first-degree murder warrant.

A controversial nutritional supplements guru whose wife drowned in the bathtub at their Gilbert home nearly four years ago was arrested Thursday on a first-degree murder warrant.

Residents who didn’t want a Wal-Mart in their neighborhood are pleased that two stores will be the major tenants of a new commercial center in southeast Chandler.

July 16, 2004

SALT LAKE CITY - At a sales convention, XanGo executive Joseph Morton said that when he stumbled across mangosteen, a tropical fruit with purported curative powers, "I didn't have to have it confirmed in the New England medical journal before I would listen."

There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but there’s other free stuff. Danny’s Family Car Wash, 4027 S. Gilbert Road in Gilbert, is offering free carwashes through Friday to celebrate its grand opening.

April 20, 2005

WASHINGTON - The federal government announced on Tuesday a ban on the sale of ephedra, an herbal supplement used for weight control that has been linked to a number of deaths and harmful side effects.

There really is an easy way to lose body fat.