Tag: "consumers" at biology news

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Home-Use Diagnostic Kits Marketed by Globus Media

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to use unapproved home-use diagnostic test kit...ce of any of Globus Media's products. As a result, consumers cannot know with any degree of certainty that test results are correct. For example, a person testin...

DuPont's first biologically derived polymer receives global recognition

...nt." DuPontTM Sorona® offers unique properties to consumers and manufacturers. Consumers appreciate the unique qualities that DuPontTM Sorona® brings to fabrics, including exceptional softness, easy care, and UV- and chlorine-resistance. Mills and manufacturers appreciate its easy dyeability and handling. In ...

McGill researchers shed light on formation of carcinogen in food

...ly canned and bottled foods, there's no reason for consumers to change their shopping habits according to government health agencies. The quantities of furan in foods are well below what is considered dangerous. Although furans have been linked to cancer in experimental animals, there is no direct evidence th...

FDA Announces Series of Changes to the Class of Marketed Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)

...tential CV and GI risks, and information to assist consumers in the safe use of the drugs. FDA is also asking manufacturers of OTC NSAIDs to include a warning about potential skin reactions. The labeling of the prescription NSAIDs already addresses potential skin reactions. This current reexamination of the C...

FDA Works To Speed The Advent Of New, More Effective Personalized Medicines

... medicine, an issue of critical importance to both consumers and FDA. Presentations will be from experts in the field and there will be time for questions. For more information ; for public session . ...

Crisis in African fish supplies looms, experts warn Africa leaders

...onal security for both producers (more income) and consumers (better quality and more quantity). 4. Increase benefits from fish trade Local and regional fish trade is already substantial but has the potential to grow. Regional cooperation and appropriate national policies can provide a major market stimulu...

Leptin-signaling Protein Maintains Normal Body Weight And Energy Balance In Mice

...onal security for both producers (more income) and consumers (better quality and more quantity). 4. Increase benefits from fish trade Local and regional fish trade is already substantial but has the potential to grow. Regional cooperation and appropriate national policies can provide a major market stimulu...

Use of high hydrostatic pressure to inactivate Hepatitis A virus in oysters studied

...lity, but most importantly, also will help protect consumers from foodborne infectious disease. Virginia Sea Grant is part of a 30-state National Sea Grant Program established by Congress in 1966 as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sea-grant colleges research new ideas and technolo...

New tools used to control foodborne hepatitis A outbreaks related to green onions

...y to the later Pennsylvania outbreak. As a result, consumers were warned of the potential risk, and entry of green onions from four Mexican farms into the state was banned. "This research highlights the role of viral sequence analysis in improving our overall understanding of the roughly 50 percent of hepatit...

Use of Antibiotics for Acne May Increase Risk of Common Illness

...y to the later Pennsylvania outbreak. As a result, consumers were warned of the potential risk, and entry of green onions from four Mexican farms into the state was banned. "This research highlights the role of viral sequence analysis in improving our overall understanding of the roughly 50 percent of hepatit...

Large-scale Computer Simulations Reveal New Insights Into Antibiotic Resistance

...y to the later Pennsylvania outbreak. As a result, consumers were warned of the potential risk, and entry of green onions from four Mexican farms into the state was banned. "This research highlights the role of viral sequence analysis in improving our overall understanding of the roughly 50 percent of hepatit...

Disrupting Cocaine-memories To Battle Addiction

...y to the later Pennsylvania outbreak. As a result, consumers were warned of the potential risk, and entry of green onions from four Mexican farms into the state was banned. "This research highlights the role of viral sequence analysis in improving our overall understanding of the roughly 50 percent of hepatit...

New processing method reduces peanut allergenicity

...s a need to inactivate peanut allergens to protect consumers from a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction," says Jianmei Yu, a researcher on the study. In the United States, the most significant rise in food allergies has been attributed to peanuts and other nuts. The allergenicity of peanuts is due ...

Controlling wildlife trade key to preventing health crises, study says

...ons. Along the way, hunters, middle marketers, and consumers experience either direct or indirect contact with each animal traded. The pathogens, and even commonly benign microbes these animals carry are sometimes transmitted to other species, including humans, in the process. Domestic animals and wild scaveng...

Ethanol and biodiesel from crops not worth the energy

... federal and state subsidies that are passed on to consumers and the costs associated with environmental pollution or degradation, these figures were not included in the analysis. "The United State desperately needs a liquid fuel replacement for oil in the near future," says Pimentel, "but producing ethanol o...

Using the genomic shortcut to predict bacterial behavior

... federal and state subsidies that are passed on to consumers and the costs associated with environmental pollution or degradation, these figures were not included in the analysis. "The United State desperately needs a liquid fuel replacement for oil in the near future," says Pimentel, "but producing ethanol o...

'Patient-choice' C-section rate rises 36%: HealthGrades study

...itals, which HealthGrades posts free of charge for consumers at www.healthgrades.com . The ratings are designe...rs HealthGrades has been conducting this study, so consumers are making their preferences known." The rise of 36.6 percent in the nation's "patient-choice" C-se...

UF study first to quantify validity of DNA I.D. tool using marine snails

...ly the most common application, for scientists and consumers alike, would be the ability to instantly analyze the DNA of a plant or animal with a hand-held device, Meyer said. "It's very Star Treky if you can imagine McCoy having this kind of hand-held device, something like his tricorder," he said. "Is that r...

Viagra's hidden help for wildlife

...conservationists told us we were nave and that TCM consumers were unwilling to use a product outside their own ...ng a headache or the many other ailments for which consumers still prefer TCM treatments. Furthermore, Viagra differs from many other Western drugs, in that the ...

Some good news for the world's poor

Millions of poor rice farmers and consumers in Asia have received a little good news just in t...elopment of improved varieties, Rice prices for consumers could have been up to 41 percent higher. Rice-producing nations would be importing up to 8 percent ...

1 2 3