|
Last Updated: Jul 19, 2008 - 2:11:16 PM |
|
|
A healthy diet helps prevent 75% diseases. Subscribe to Food Consumer newsletter now!
|
Looking to get a new credit card? USCards.com offers more than 100.
|
General Health
:
Drug News
Human blood vessels grown in lab mice
Researchers
have successfully grown functional human blood vessels in lab mice using cells
from adult human donors, according to a new study in Circulation Research:
Journal of the American Heart Association. The success could be an important
step in developing strategies to grow issue in a laboratory for treatment of
heart attack, acute injuries and wound healing.
Jul 19, 2008 - 12:15:00 PM
Diet & Health
:
Heart & Blood
AHA responds to Israel diet/weight loss study
In response to
a widely reported Israel study of three common diets and their effects on
weight loss, American Heart Association (AHA) said on July 17 on its website that
the organization has no longer recommended the low fat diet used in the study.
Jul 19, 2008 - 10:16:39 AM
Misc. News
:
Consumer Affair
FDA: Tomatoes are now safe to eat
Federal health
regulators said on Thursday all types of fresh tomatoes are safe to eat,
officially ending the 40-day-old warning that scared restaurants from serving
and food consumers from eating tomatoes and resulted in a loss of tens of
millions of dollars for the tomato industry.
Jul 19, 2008 - 9:32:16 AM
Diet & Health
:
Body Weight
State-Specific Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults --- United States, 2007
Obesity is associated with reduced quality of life, development of serious chronic conditions such as heart disease
and diabetes, increased medical care costs, and premature death
(
1,2). A
Healthy People 2010 objective is to reduce to 15%
the proportion of adults who are obese (
3).
Jul 18, 2008 - 10:20:16 AM
General Health
:
Government
Congress overrides Bush’s veto, blocks pay cut for physicians
Both houses of Congress
override Bush's veto for a bill that aims to postpone the planned cut in
payments to physicians and reduce the payments to insurance companies involved
in a private program under Medicare.
Jul 17, 2008 - 1:16:16 PM
General Health
:
Other News
Preterm infants at higher risk of adulthood disabilities
Infants born
prematurely would have a higher risk of physical, mental, and social
impairments in their adulthood compared to those born at the expected time,
according to a study in Norway published on July 17 in the new England Journal of
Medicine.
Jul 17, 2008 - 12:33:54 PM
Diet & Health
:
Body Weight
Low carb diet effective at helping weight loss for a short term
Once again a trial
proved that weight loss is not easy: people on three dietary programs with
intake of calories tightly controlled and dieters receiving consultation from
researchers yielded only a loss of no more than 10 pounds in a 2-year period.
Jul 17, 2008 - 10:11:43 AM
Diet & Health
:
General Health
Fruit juice lined to increased diabetes risk
When it comes
to type 2 diabetes, whole fruit and fruit juice do not have equal effects.
A study suggests that fruit juice may increase
risk of type 2 diabetes in women while whole fruit has an opposite effect.
Jul 16, 2008 - 6:53:25 PM
Diet & Health
:
Cancer
Vitamin A pushes breast cancer to form blood vessel cells
Washington, DC – Researchers at
Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered that vitamin A,
when applied to breast cancer cells, turns on genes that can push stem
cells embedded in a tumor to morph into endothelial cells. These cells
can then build blood vessels to link up to the body's blood supply,
promoting further tumor growth.
Jul 16, 2008 - 6:31:40 PM
Misc. News
:
Consumer Affair
Can you be born a couch potato?
Mouse model studies point to genetic influence in active and sedentary behavior
Jul 16, 2008 - 6:29:56 PM
General Health
:
Environment
Global warming may raise risk of kidney stones
It seems we
have not gotten enough problems with global warming.
A new study suggests that the global climate
change that has led to Al Gore winning a Nobel Prize would expose more people in
the United States to the risk of suffering kidney stones.
Jul 16, 2008 - 10:19:07 AM
General Health
:
Other News
Exposure to x-ray linked to increased risk of prostate cancer
A new study in
the British Journal of Cancer suggests that exposure to diagnostic x-ray may
increase the risk of young-onset prostate cancer, which accounts for about 10
percent of all prostate cancer cases.
Jul 15, 2008 - 2:45:35 PM
General Health
:
Other News
Cardiorespiratory fitness linked to brain atrophy in early Alzheimer's disease
Cardiorespiratory
fitness has something to do with brain atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease,
according to a new study published in the July 15, 2008, issue of Neurology,
the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Jul 15, 2008 - 10:57:37 AM
Food & Health
:
Cooking & Packing
Healthy Recipes: Bean and Cheese Quesadilla
Summer
meal preparation should be fast and simple. But that doesn’t mean that
you have to sacrifice nutrition. Corn, red bell pepper and fresh
cilantro are colorful additions to this week’s recipe that also provide
important vitamins, minerals and cancer-fighting phytochemicals.
Jul 15, 2008 - 9:10:05 AM
General Health
:
Lifestyle
Intermittent sun exposure related to melanoma risk
A new study
published in Journal of Investigative Dermatology advance online publication,
10 July 2008 suggests that intermittent sun exposure overseas among young white
women living in temperate climates is related to risk of melanoma.
Jul 14, 2008 - 5:08:35 PM
General Health
:
Drug News
Amgen’s drug cuts osteoporosis risk in prostate cancer patients
A study found
Amgen Inc's experimental drug denosumab reduced the risk of osteoporosis and
fracture in men receiving treatments for prostate cancer that can cause bone
loss, the company said Monday.
Jul 14, 2008 - 4:44:19 PM
General Health
:
Lifestyle
Cell phone users at higher risk of tumors
Using cellular
phones may increase risk of tumors of the parotid gland, according to a new
study in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Jul 14, 2008 - 12:37:04 PM
Food & Health
:
Technologies
Spice-Rack Favorites Battle E. coli and Other Foodborne Pathogens
Herbs and spices like oregano, thyme, cinnamon and clove do more than
add pleasing flavors and aromas to familiar foods. The oils from these
plants, or compounds extracted from those oils, pack a powerful,
antimicrobial punch--strong enough to help quell such foodborne
pathogens as Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Jul 14, 2008 - 9:27:10 AM
Misc. News
:
Recalls & Alerts
Salmonella outbreak: What you need to know
The following is the FDA consumer information and advice regarding the ongoing salmonella outbreak updated on Friday July 11.
Jul 14, 2008 - 7:53:56 AM
General Health
:
Diseases
Get to know melanoma
Melanoma is the most life-threatening type of skin cancer.
This disease is diagnosed in more than 50,000
people each year in the United States, according to the National Cancer
Institute.
Jul 14, 2008 - 7:44:14 AM
Misc. News
:
Recalls & Alerts
Salmonella probe could lead to shortage of hot peppers
Federal health
officials are testing imported hot peppers to see if the produce could be the source
that has caused the ongoing salmonella outbreak.
As a result, the market of jalapeno peppers
may soon experience a shortage.
Jul 14, 2008 - 5:54:41 AM
Misc. News
:
Non-food Things
Low vitamin D harms bones of IBD patients
Maintaining adequate levels
of vitamin D in the body may help ward off bone disease in patients
with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a new study in the
June issue of American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Jul 14, 2008 - 4:47:38 AM
Diet & Health
:
Heart & Blood
Diet affects cardiovascular disease
Increased intake of minerals
such as potassium and possibly magnesium and calcium through a diet may
reduce the risk of high blood pressure and lower blood pressure in
people with hypertension, a new study suggests.
Jul 14, 2008 - 4:45:24 AM
Misc. News
:
Non-food Things
Pioneering heart surgeon dies at 99
World renowned heart surgeon
Michael E. DeBakey, the father of modern cardiovascular surgery, died
on July 11 of natural causes at the Methodist Hospital in Houston. He
was 99.
Jul 14, 2008 - 4:39:01 AM
General Health
:
Lifestyle
Higher gas price means low risk of traffic deaths
A study sponsored
by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation showed that higher gas price was linked
to lower risk of deaths from car accidents.
Jul 13, 2008 - 4:12:20 PM
General Health
:
Diseases
Six genes identified affecting some autism cases
The long hunt for
gene mutations responsible for autism has finally borne some fruit. Researchers
identified six genes which when mutated contribute to autism.
Jul 13, 2008 - 3:06:44 PM
Misc. News
:
Consumer Affair
USDA will reveal names of stores involved in meat recalls
The Department of
Agriculture will identify the retailers who are selling recalled meat, but only
in cases that the agency believe pose the most serious health threat.
Jul 13, 2008 - 12:48:38 PM
Diet & Health
:
Cancer
Melanoma rates on the rise among young women
The prevalence of
a form of deadly skin cancer called melanoma has been on the rise particularly in
younger women, according to research by federal scientists, cited by Washington
Post.
Jul 13, 2008 - 12:24:55 PM
Misc. News
:
Non-food Things
Gates Foundation Food Charity Raises Ethical Questions
It almost sounds like a
joke. Set up dairy enterprises in rural African villages with no
refrigeration, electricity, veterinary care or passable roads for a
population that can't drink milk because it's 90% lactose intolerant.
Jul 12, 2008 - 3:57:12 PM
Misc. News
:
Non-food Things
22 Americans infected with West Nile so far this year
The Illinois
Department of Public Health announced July 10 that the state has been notified
that first birds infected with West Nile Virus this year were found in
Winnebago County.
Jul 12, 2008 - 11:07:27 AM
|
