A new study finds that a high percentage of dietary supplements still contained banned drugs at least six months after being recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Approximately half of all FDA
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NYC Health Commissioner Supports Government Regulation of Portion Sizes
Government should impose limits on portion sizes as part of its strategy for combatting America’s obesity epidemic, argues Thomas Farley, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in an article
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JAMA: Calories, Not Protein, Count for Weight Loss
Eating too much is what makes us gain weight, and calories alone are more significant than protein when it comes to a weight-loss regime.
That’s the finding of a new study published in the current
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Legal Experts Comment on New Food Safety Act
The new food safety law gives the U.S. food protection system a much-needed renovation. But in the face of budget shortages, getting these new rules off the drawing board and into practice may prove difficult.
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JAMA Commentary Sees Gaps in Food Safety Act
An editorial in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association heralds the new FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) as “a remarkable step forward for the food safety system” but cautions that the “act
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New Study Shakes Medical Advice on Low-Salt Diets
Salt is commonly viewed as the enemy of a healthy diet. However, liberal use of the salt shaker might actually be more of a cure than a curse when it comes to human health, according
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