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 ...

With the safety of American troops resting on its shoulders, the U.S. armed forces have now banned ephedra products from commissaries and military exchanges worldwide. A chemical cousin to speed, ...

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 ...

The deaths this year of three football players who may have been taking nutritional supplements containing ephedra compounds has everyone from professional athletes to teenage dieters to weekend gym ...