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The Daily Struggle with Salt

...ation, a lobbying group representing packaged food manufacturers said,“The industry has paid great attention to overall sodium level. It has responded over decades by creating reduced-, low- or no-sodium products, as well as making changes that the consumer never sees.” In spite of all these efforts, American sod...

Government Failed to Prevent Rising Teen Pregnancies

...as been very lucrative for emergency contraception manufacturers - but it was wrong from the start." A Department of Health spokesman said: "Our policy has always been that safe sex, using reliable contraception on a regular basis, is the best way for women to protect against unwanted pregnancy. "We are workin...

Novel Technique Would Prevent Re-Clogged Arteries

...st be delivered only to the affected tissue. Stent manufacturers currently include such drugs in their products for slow release over a six-month period (during which time the risk for restenosis is highest). Precise control of this release process can be tricky, however, and restenosis still occurs in many patien...

Colas can cause bone loss in old women

...r women is likely to add to the woes of soft drink manufacturers in India//, already caught in a controversy over higher than permissible amounts of pesticide in their drinks. American epidemiologists have reported that colas are associated with bone mineral density loss and their consumption may increase osteop...

Free Medicines, Health Insurance for Poor Soon: Paswan

...he banks will be stocked with the help of the drug manufacturers who have agreed to provide 0.5 percent of their an...lief Society that directly procures medicines from manufacturers and sells to patients with a limited mark-up price. Source-IANS...

Chemical in Curry May Help Immune System Clear Plaques Found in Alzheimer's

...rovided by the Sabinsa Corporation, a company that manufacturers phytonutrients and specialty chemicals for nutritional, pharmaceutical and food industries. Fiala participated in a speaking engagement for Sabinsa. Surce-Newswise SRM...

Do Anti-wrinkle Cosmetics Really Work?

...owever, are primed to work from within. Numerous manufacturers are lining up pills and potions designed to get under the epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin, with the aim of smoothing out those unsightly lines, enhancing a natural sun tan or simply helping to counteract the scourge of cellulite. Werner ...

Gene therapy Beneficial in Parkinson's Disease

...colleagues to commercialize the technology are the manufacturers of the gene therapy agent. The study was funded by Neurologix. The second study was led by Dr. William J. Marks Jr. of the University of California at San Francisco, Here the gene for growth factor, neurturin closely related to the better-known gro...

Tooth-Whitening Products Work for Brightening Smiles in Short Term

...ll 25 studies reviewed were funded or conducted by manufacturers of tooth-whitening products, and all measured thei... analysis of unpublished studies if available. The manufacturers paid a submission fee to the ADA and must pay an annual fee to continue using the seal. So what is...

New Zealand Scientist Warns On Fake Drugs

...18 months with Interpol to track down illegal drug manufacturers in Asia, said that most were based in border areas between China, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar. He said two operations in China had been shut down after forensic analysis of fake tablets. "The counterfeiting is so good that it's impossible to tell...

Writing on the Wall - Lead Poisoning Begins at Home?Paints Could Be Toxic!

... wise for people to insist on a guarantee from the manufacturers that the paints are lead-free. The Department of H...ated to enforce a legislation that will entail the manufacturers to abstain from the use of lead in paints. SA...

Kids' Food: Saltier than the Deep Blue Sea

...n, who carried out the meta-analysis, accused food manufacturers of not doing enough to reduce salt. She said: "We...d their salt content reduced, but sadly many other manufacturers are still stuffing salt into their products and marketing them to children. "They need to take imme...

Distribution of Flu Vaccines Unpredictable

...hat orders will be filled faster this year because manufacturers are reporting good progress in vaccine production, unlike in past years. The formula for the vaccine is different every year, and production rarely begins before the year of the flu season. It takes months to grow the vaccine in chicken eggs and tes...

Fast Food Heavy Weights Act Fast To Bell The Fat Out!

...the Government to bring in a law that would entail manufacturers to follow strict norms and safety standards while dishing out food products. Earlier research has always painted trans fat, black. Further, the ongoing research by the Harvard School of Public Health has made no bones about the contribution of tran...

Scinetists Alert to Onset of Pandemic through Bird flu Mutations to Humans

...reby providing public health officials and vaccine manufacturers with time to prepare for a global outbreak of highly pathogenic influenza. Although human and avian influenza viruses recognize different cell receptors, avian flu viruses have an ability to evolve to easily infect humans by exchange of genes with ...

Edible Food Coating Kills Bacteria And Adds Flavor

...The antibacterial coating could be used by produce manufacturers as a spray or dip for fresh fruits and vegetables, they say. The resulting product will taste a bit like oregano, McHugh says, adding that this can be a desirable trait in salads. Besides apple puree, the antimicrobial films can also be made from b...

WATCH's 2006 List Of Ten Potentially - Dangerous Toys

...ities in this issue. WATCH's mission is to alert manufacturers and others. The mission aims that 'there needs to ...gn process, in the testing process ... because the manufacturers are in the best position to know the toys, know the regulations.' Moreover WATCH suggests that it...

Ban Added Trans Fatty Acids

Food manufacturers should be banned from adding trans fatty acids to any food consumed in Australia, AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, said today. // 'The AMA believes the addition of trans fatty acids to food should be phased out completely,' Dr Haikerwal said. '...

Fixation of Prices of Drugs

...ces of non-Scheduled formulations are fixed by the manufacturers themselves keeping in view the various factors like cost of production, marketing/selling expenses, R&D expenses, trade commission, market competition, product innovation and product quality. The Government takes corrective measures where the public ...

Tobacco Companies Admit Their Products Cause Cancer but Not in Those Who Sue Them

...rsonal injury claims brought against major tobacco manufacturers between 1986 and 2003 in the US. They used data archived in the Tobacco Deposition and Trial Testimony Archive (DATTA). Each of the arguments put forward by the companies were categorised into seven different groups. These included an absence ...

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