An ingredient found within olive oil and other unsaturated fats has been found to prolong the time between meals."A new study in the October Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press, reveals that once this type...
More cases of Salmonella outbreaks, this time in Oregon and Washington states. The culprit this time around: Alfalfa Sprouts. It is believed that the infected sprouts were contaminated by farm animals grazing the...
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"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today requested that SEI Pharmaceuticals, of Miami, Fla., recall all Xiadafil VIP Tabs sold in 8 tablet bottles (Lot # 6K029) or blister cards of 2 tablets (Lot # 6K029-SEI)...
Participants in a study testing the health effects of chocolate are required to eat a modified sample of the stuff every day. Sounds like they're still looking for participants too..."LONDON, England (CNN) --...
Some plucky Girl Scouts have decided to take a stand on the cookies that group is famous for. They've learned the production of palm oil, an ingredient in the cookies, is bad for the habitat of endangered Indonesian...
"Food and Drug Administration’s center for drug evaluation and research, have identified a contaminant in batches of the blood thinner heparin associated with 19 deaths and is at the point in concluding that the US might be the latest victims of lethal Chinese drug...
This press release from Campbell's Soup forecasts top soup trends for 2008 cclassified as 'emerging' or 'embraced' trends in soup. I'm ok with mum's chicken rather than rhubarb or fig soup."Beets, Farro, Fig Relish...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAnd we complain about the price of a gallon of gas?Vancouver, British Columbia is Canada's leading supplier of Winterized Windsheild Washer fluid, a key ingredient...
New research shows that honey is more beneficial than commercially produced cough remedies."Honey is better at treating children's coughs than an ingredient used in many over-the-counter medicines, according to new...
Mother Sues Over 4-Month-Old's Cough Medicine Death"CHICAGO — A mother whose 4-month-old son died after taking over-the-counter cough and cold medicines sued two distributors of the drugs, saying they should have known the dangers of a key ingredient and warned...
Not to pile on the problems parents already have, girls at a very young age want to use lipstick and sometimes boys too. Sometimes it seems we need to put our children in a bubble."Parents worried about the dangers...
The pine beetle has become the foremost threat to North American forests, and particularly within the Lodgepole lumber-dependent BC forest industry. Millions of dollars in research money has been set aside to...
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Hopefully people will not use the intervening 12 months to stock up their garden sheds."A group of councils and "green waste" companies has succeeded in persuading an environmental regulator to block householders'...
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I've met many who refuse to eat from street vendors for this very reason, but events such as the one described below are very rare."More than 120 people who ate from the same booth at the Taste of Chicago food...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know if I had not read this in the media, I would have thought it was a "Simpson's Skit", Whereby, Shopkeep APU proudly proclaims to Homer Simpson who hungrily...