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Diet & Health
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General Health
Viagra can’t help you? Try yohimbe bark extract!
Got impotence
and worse of all Viagra can’t help?
Researchers
published a study in July 2008 suggesting that yohimbine, a compound found in a
Chinese herb yobimbe, may be the drug you should try next.
Dec 1, 2008 - 10:20:35 AM
Diet & Health
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Cancer
Prenatal choline affects breast cancer prognosis in offspring
A new study published
today in The FASEB Journal suggests that pregnant women should have enough
intake of a nutrient called choline because lack of it may worsen the prognosis
of breast cancer in their offspring.
Dec 1, 2008 - 10:09:57 AM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Green tea lowers blood pressure and cholesterol: study
A new study
published in 2008 in Nutrition suggests that daily intake of green tea
(Camellia sinensis) extracts may lower blood pressure, cholesterol and
biomarkers of oxidative stress.
Dec 1, 2008 - 8:50:45 AM
General Health
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Government
Celebrate Life: World AIDS Day 2008
December
1 is World AIDS Day; a time to celebrate the many lives saved by HIV
prevention and treatment programs. It also serves as a reminder that we
all must do more—as individuals, communities, and as world citizens—to
fight the spread of HIV and AIDS
Dec 1, 2008 - 8:25:55 AM
Diet & Health
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General Health
Vitamin C may reduce gout risk
A new study
published in 2008 in Journal of
Rheumatology
suggests that taking high doses of vitamin C supplements may reduce the
risk of gout.
Dec 1, 2008 - 6:55:24 AM
Diet & Health
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General Health
Fructose may raise risk of gout
A
study published in 2007 in
Hypertension
showed that drinking sugar-sweetened beverages increased serum uric acid in
men, but not women.
Dec 1, 2008 - 6:49:40 AM
Diet & Health
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Cancer
Fear acrylamide? Drink green tea or red wine
Acrylamide found
in processed foods is known to cause cancer in animals and suspected to raise
cancer risk in humans as well.
Nov 30, 2008 - 11:21:27 PM
General Health
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Other News
Asteroid Threats to Earth – UN Officials Briefed on Need for Global Response
A milestone-making report on the need to develop an
international decision-making program to respond to the threat of Near
Earth Objects (NEOs) has been briefed to United Nations officials in
Vienna, Austria.
Nov 30, 2008 - 11:14:03 PM
Diet & Health
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Body Weight
Persistent pollutant may promote obesity
Tributyltin,
a ubiquitous pollutant that has a potent effect on gene activity, could
be promoting obesity, according to an article in the December issue of
BioScience.
The chemical is used in antifouling paints for boats, as a wood and
textile preservative, and as a pesticide on high-value food crops,
among many other applications.
Nov 30, 2008 - 11:10:03 PM
General Health
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Drug News
Antibiotics: Single largest class of drugs causing liver injury
Antibiotics are the single largest class of agents
that cause idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI), reports a
new study in
Gastroenterology, an official journal of the
American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute. DILI is the
most common cause of death from acute liver failure and accounts for
approximately 13 percent of cases of acute liver failure in the U.S. It
is caused by a wide variety of prescription and nonprescription
medications, nutritional supplements and herbals.
Nov 30, 2008 - 11:04:55 PM
Diet & Health
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General Health
Scientists developing food allergy treatment
A team of scientists from across Europe are embarking on new research to develop a treatment for food allergy.
Nov 30, 2008 - 4:29:10 PM
Food & Health
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Laws & Politics
With Mad Cow, The Only Thing Cattlemen Have To Fear Is the Press Itself
"Texas has had
one variant CJD case," the Texas Department of State Health Services
Infectious Disease Control Unit assures the public on its web site after a
November mad cow scare. " Investigators have concluded that the patient
was a former resident of the UK where exposure was likely to have
occurred."
Nov 30, 2008 - 2:38:58 PM
Diet & Health
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Cancer
Broccoli offsets cancer promoting effect of stress
Stress is known
to boost cancer risk.
But a new study
published in the August, 2008 edition of the International Journal of Oncology
showed that eating broccoli may offset the cancer-promoting effect.
Nov 30, 2008 - 2:20:59 PM
Food & Health
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Laws & Politics
Obama's team includes dangerous biotech "Yes Men"
Biotech “Yes Men” on Obama’s
team threaten to expand the use of dangerous genetically modified (GM)
foods in our diets. Instead of giving us change and hope, they may
prolong the hypnotic “group think” that has been institutionalized over
three previous administrations—where critical analysis was abandoned in
favor of irrational devotion to this risky new technology.
Nov 30, 2008 - 1:56:15 PM
Diet & Health
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Cancer
Low magnesium, high calcium boosts colorectal cancer risk
Some researchers
believe that drinking milk or eating dairy products is a risk factor for
colorectal cancer.
A new study has found
additional evidence to support the notion.
Nov 29, 2008 - 9:08:02 PM
Diet & Health
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Cancer
Effect of body weight on breast cancer varies
Epidemiologic
studies showed that the association between body weight and breast cancer risk varied
depending upon the statuses of menopause and hormone receptors.
Nov 29, 2008 - 8:50:03 PM
Food & Health
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Laws & Politics
FDA sets new standard for melamine in infant formula
The Associated Press reports that the Food and Drug
Administration has set a safety threshold for the industrial chemical melamine
in baby formula at 1 part per million.
Nov 29, 2008 - 8:39:45 PM
Misc. News
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Recalls & Alerts
Balanced Health Products, Inc. Conducts Voluntary Urgent Nationwide Recall of Starcaps Dietary Supplement Capsules
Balanced Health Products, Inc. is voluntarily recalling
STARCAPS DIET SYSTEM DIETARY SUPPLEMENT, Lot 12/2011 – 84810, sold in 30 capsule plastic bottles.
Nov 28, 2008 - 8:32:38 PM
Misc. News
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Recalls & Alerts
New Jersey Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination
Dutch Prime Foods, Inc., a
Long Branch, New Jersey firm, is recalling approximately 345 pounds of
ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli
O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and
Inspection Service announced today.
Nov 28, 2008 - 8:30:43 PM
Misc. News
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Recalls & Alerts
Texas Firm Recalls Chicken Products Due to Undeclared Allergens
John Soules Foods, Inc., a
Tyler, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 8,496 pounds of
cooked chicken strip products. The chicken products may contain an
undeclared allergen, wheat, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food
Safety and Inspection Service announced today. Wheat is a known
allergen, which is not declared on the label.
Nov 28, 2008 - 8:29:30 PM
Misc. News
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Recalls & Alerts
Massachusetts Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Frozen Beef Sandwich Products For Possible Listeria Contamination
Home Market Foods, Inc., a Norwood, Mass., firm, is recalling approximately 5,250 pounds of ready-to-eat frozen beef sandwich portions that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
Nov 28, 2008 - 8:27:35 PM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
People with vitamin D deficiency more likely to get hurt by statins
Statins cause
muscle aches and pains in a whopping 38.8 percent of patients, according to nutritionist
Byron Richards.
Nov 28, 2008 - 5:10:13 PM
Diet & Health
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Heart & Blood
Vitamin C lowers CRP just as well as statins
One study we have
recently reported found that statins lowered plasma C-reactive protein or CRP
in people with relatively high CRP, but normal cholesterol levels.
Nov 28, 2008 - 4:35:39 PM
Diet & Health
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General Health
Eating fish lowers risk of albuminuria in diabetics
A new study published
in the Nov 2008 issue of American Journal of Kidney Diseases suggests that
eating fish may reduce risk of Albuminuria in people with diabetes.
Nov 28, 2008 - 3:53:04 PM
Food & Health
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Laws & Politics
FDA Acts to Reduce Risk of Salmonella Infections
What do 1,000 yellow-bellied sliders and Mississippi map turtles have to do with public health?
Nov 28, 2008 - 3:46:17 PM
Misc. News
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Consumer Affair
Avoiding Drug Interactions
There
are lots of things you can do to take prescription or over-the-counter
(OTC) medications in a safe and responsible manner.
Nov 28, 2008 - 3:44:08 PM
Diet & Health
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Cancer
Eating garlic, onions reduces risk of endometrial cancer
A new study published in the Nov 2008 issue of Public
Health Nutrition suggests that eating allium vegetables like garlic and onions
may reduce the risk of endometrial cancer.
Nov 28, 2008 - 12:30:33 PM
Misc. News
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Consumer Affair
FDA Tips to Prevent Foodborne Illness This Holiday Season
The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) encourages consumers to
pay special attention to the handling and preparation of foods during
the upcoming holiday season.
Keep in mind that the elderly, children, and individuals with weakened
immune systems – including pregnant women – are especially at risk of
foodborne illnesses
Nov 28, 2008 - 10:23:12 AM
Diet & Health
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General Health
Selenium may slow march of AIDS
Increasing the production of
naturally occurring proteins that contain selenium in human blood cells
slows down multiplication of the AIDS virus, according to biochemists.
Nov 27, 2008 - 11:23:39 PM
Misc. News
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Consumer Affair
FDA on the hot seat over finding of melamine in infant formula
After the Chinese
melamine scandal, the U.S. government has almost banned all dairy imports from
China regardless of the melamine status and claimed that U.S. made infant
formulas are safe.
News broke on Nov 25
that melamine was now found in one infant formula product made in the U.S.,
putting the FDA on the hot seat.
Nov 27, 2008 - 3:41:51 PM
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