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House members ignore party lines, defeat raw milk measure
A representative from Kentucky said it was about consumers' food choices. A coalition of food safety groups said it was a threat to public health - particularly children. The...
4 hours ago - Food Safety
Weekend Link Love - Edition 504
Research of the Week Healthy food rules at home stick outside of the home . CBD (marijuana compound that doesn't get you high) reduces seizures . Smart people's neurons have...
11 hours ago - Mark's Daily Apple
Straightforward, step-by-step recalls are best for everyone
One month after leaving FDA, I was asked to advise a company that was about to undergo a food recall for the first time. In my tenure at the Food and Drug Administration...
1 day ago - Food Safety
Opioids becoming drug of choice at raves and electronic dance clubs
Besides their children's obsession with computers, some modern-day parents must deal with another, deadlier form of addiction that may be manipulating their offspring: the...
1 day ago - Natural News
The benefits of soluble non-bacterial fraction of kefir on blood pressure and cardiac hypertrophy in hypertensive rats are mediated by an increase in baroreflex sensitivity and decrease in angiotensin-converting enzyme activity
Hypertension is a major risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and heart failure. Thus, controlling blood pressure may be crucial to avoiding...
3 days ago - Nutrition JRNL - 2 articles
How Much Proof Do We Need to Eat Healthier?
Randomized placebo-controlled trials are considered the gold standard of scientific evidence. In such studies, half of the subjects may get the active treatment, and the other...
3 days ago - Nutrition Facts
FDA Approves First-in-Class Drug for Migraine Prevention
The human monoclonal antibody erenumab has become the first anti-calcitonin-gene-related peptide treatment to receive FDA approval for the prevention of migraine. FDA Approvals
3 days ago - Medscape - 3 articles
Some shady ingredients find home in nootropics category
Nootropics is an area of the dietary supplement industry burgeoning with new ingredients. But at the ragged fringe of the category are drug-like substances that just wonât go away.
3 days ago - NutraIngredients-USA
Fatal Overdoses in U.S. Increasing Pool of Transplantable Organs
The increase in drug overdose deaths in the United States appears to have yielded a rise in organs available for transplant, and they are just as viable as those coming from...
3 days ago - Medscape - 2 articles
Cannabis Drug Reduces Drop Seizures in Severe Epilepsy
Phase 3 data add rigorous evidence that a highly purified form of cannabidiol significantly reduces drop seizures in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome; FDA action expected in...
3 days ago - Medscape - 2 articles
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People with large waistlines have lower levels of vitamin D, study finds
Researchers from the VU University, Amsterdam, found obese people who carry excess fat around their midriffs have lower vitamin D levels. Liver fat is associated with low...
Extreme fasting didn't suit rats but my new 5:2 diet's good for us, says...
Could some fasting diets increase the risk of type 2 diabetes? That was the question posed by scientists last week, after researchers unveiled evidence that seemed to suggest...
Pious Lion pulls kratom after illness, positive Salmonella result
A reported illness in North Carolina and state testing that showed Salmonella contamination spurred the Pious Lion company to recall an undisclosed volume of kratom...
More 11-year-olds in England are now obese than in the US
Britain is starting to overtake America in obesity rates, with the latest figures showing that more children in England are classed as obese at the age of 11 than in the US.
Forced into early menopause, now I can't stay slim: MATT ROBERTS answers...
If you are overweight, losing the excess pounds is known to help ease some common menopausal symptoms such as exhaustion and hot flushes.
HEALTH NOTES: Piers's diet downfall. naan bread
He has never been one to shy away from a challenge - and the latest one for Piers Morgan is trying to slim down despite his hectic media schedule.
Hickory Harvest recalls nuts, fruit snacks for Listeria risk
Hickory Harvest Foods is recalling snack packs of nuts and dried fruits from grocers, convenience stores and truck stops in more than 30 states after company testing found...
House members ignore party lines, defeat raw milk measure
A representative from Kentucky said it was about consumers' food choices. A coalition of food safety groups said it was a threat to public health - particularly children. The...
Grand jury scolds county for response to Hepatitis A outbreak
San Diego's recent Hepatitis A epidemic was mishandled by public health officials, according to a newly minted country grand jury report. It charges San Diego County's Public...
Obamacare premiums set to explode again next year; Democrats who passed it...
Americans who have to purchase their own insurance have no doubt noticed that, since about 2012 or 2013, premiums and out-of-pocket deductibles have soared. Now, health...