Americans live sicker and die younger than people in other wealthy countries — and the gap is getting worse over time, a new report shows. Men in the USA have shorter lives than men in 16 developed nations. American women also fall ...
Soda taxes are back, and thank goodness. The sugary beverage industry has spent billions of dollars across the United States trying to defeat any proposal that addresses the serious health costs of the soda and energy drinks we consume, and ...
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The health of most of the planet’s population is rapidly coming to resemble that of the United States, where death in childhood is rare, too much food is a bigger problem than too little, and life is long and often darkened by ...
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Glass Onion Catering in Richmond, Calif., recalled about 182,000 pounds of salads and wraps after 26 people got sick eating their products, officials say. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Sunday ...
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Fifty-two percent of U.S. adults say they are against prohibiting restaurants from using trans fats in food, a survey indicates. The nationwide survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted Oct. 30 to Nov. 6 among 996 U.S. adults, found 44 ...
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One day after a journal said the polio outbreak in Syria could spread, health officials said 20 million children will be Vaccined in Syria and other nations. In a joint statement, the World Health Organization and UNICEF said Friday the ...
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It's been confirmed Syria has 10 cases of polio, and two German researchers warn the infectious disease could silently spread to Europe as refugees move about. Dr. Martin Eichner of the University of Tubinge in Germany and Dr. Stefan ...
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More and more consumers and corporations are touting the benefits of "local" foods, often described as "sustainable," "healthy," or "natural." According to the trade publication, Sustainable Food News, "local" as a marketing claim, has ...
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A flu shot can reduce the risk a person gets the flu, make the flu less severe if caught and help those who can't be vaccinated, a U.S. health official says. Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service and ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed measures that would potentially eliminate artificial trans fat in processed foods as it poses health risks. The agency has announced its preliminary determination that partially ...
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A GP has voiced her concerns about the NHS's controversial new system for collecting and analysing data, Care.data, questioning why the health service needs to obtain so much data from the UK's citizens. Dr. Jane Lothian, GP and medical ...
Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye today announced research has been commissioned to assess New Zealand consumer understanding and the impact of nutrition labelling on food. "I have asked the Ministry for Primary Industries to commission ...
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The market research report "Flexible Packaging Market by End-Use (Food, Beverage, Personal Care & Pharmaceutical), Material (Polypropylene, BOPP, CPP, Polyethylene, EVOH, PA, BOPET, PVC, Aluminum, Paper, Cellulosic) - Global Trends & ...
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A ban on State purchases of vegetable oil processed from imported rapeseeds is to protect domestic farmers' economic interests and does not mean the government is concerned about the safety of genetically modified food, an industry insider ...
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British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has received positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA's) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for additional indication for Synflorix, a pediatric pneumococcal ...
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