For decades, aspartame has been marketed as a harmless shortcut to sweetness, a way to cut calories without consequences. Now ...

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

Sorry, Diet Coke addicts. The World Health Organization (WHO) designated aspartame, an artificial sweetener commonly used in diet sodas, as “possibly carcinogenic ...

Artificial sweeteners are widely found in American diets, marketed as low-calorie alternatives to sugar for weight management.

The World Health Organization (WHO) released its official statement this week on the potential health risks of aspartame, with a committee classifying the non-sugar, low-calorie sweetener as "possibly ...

The World Health Organization declared July 13 that the artificial sweetener aspartame is “possibly carcinogenic to humans,” adding it to the same risk category as breathing in engine exhaust, working ...

The IARC will reportedly classify aspartame as a possible carcinogen. But this isn’t a food safety agency, and the context matters. The IARC will reportedly classify aspartame as a possible carcinogen ...

The World Health Organization’s cancer agency has deemed the sweetener aspartame — found in diet soda and countless other foods — as a “possible” cause of cancer, while a separate expert group looking ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that a popular sweetener found in thousands of food products can "possibly" cause cancer. Conclusive evidence is still lacking for many of these ...

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Aspartame has joined a list of more than 300 other possible cancer-causing agents. The World Health Organization's cancer agency has labeled the artificial sweetener as a ...