Aspartame is an artificial sweetener commonly found in products like chewing gum, soft drinks and tabletop sweeteners, but ...

A year-long experiment found that even low doses of aspartame—well below current safety limits—may disrupt brain energy use ...

The artificial sweetener aspartame can be found in everything from chewing gum to fizzy drinks and tabletop sweeteners. A new ...

A new study linking the artificial sweetener aspartame to cancer is creating a buzz. The lead study author from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston explained her findings in an interview with NBC's ...

The non-sugar, low-calorie sweetener aspartame has been linked to potential problems with memory and learning, according to a study from the Florida State University (FSU) College of Medicine. In the ...

Just last month, the World Health Organization and the International Agency for Research of Cancer announced that they’d both be researching the link between aspartame and cancer, as reported by the ...

WASHINGTON – A huge federal study takes the fizz out of arguments that the diet soda sweetener aspartame might raise the risk of cancer. No increased risk was seen even among people who gulped down ...

Regulatory bodies in the United States and Europe have said they will review a new study linking aspartame to an increased risk of cancer, but have reiterated that until an evaluation of the data is ...

Thinking you'll make up for your Thanksgiving feast in the coming days by filling up on a lot of diet soda? A new study out of Massachusetts General Hospital suggests you may want to think again, ...

Looking at more than 500 reports, including toxicological, clinical and epidemiological studies dating from 1970’s preclinical work to the latest studies on the high-intensity sweetener, along with ...

DAVIS (CBS13) - Aspartame, a sugar substitute, won't make you fat despite what many people believe. That's the result of a new international study headed by a nutrition biologist at UC Davis. The ...

Diet soda lovers may be able to sip a little easier, thanks to a new study that shows that the artificial sweetener aspartame does not raise the risk of cancer. Last year, an Italian study of rats ...