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FDA Issues Draft Guidance to Food Industry for Voluntarily Reducing Sodium in Processed and Commercially Prepared Food
Jun 3, 2016The US Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance for public comment that provides practical, voluntary sodium reduction targets for the food industry. Average sodium intake in the U.S. is approximately 3,400 mg/day. The draft ...
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Medtech Manufacturers May Soon Have Clearer Guidelines on How to Get Their Products
Aug 14, 2014Medtech manufacturers may soon have clearer guidelines on how to get their products through the FDA’s 510(k) process—with the changes meant to address the widespread criticism of the regulatory pathway in recent years by ...
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FDA Proposed Format Nutrition Labels
Mar 7, 2014FDA proposed format nutrition labels The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed to update the Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods to reflect the latest scientific information, including the link between diet and chronic ...
Tags: nutrition labels, American Foods, Us FDA
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Drexel University Will Begin a Major Expansion of Its Nurse-Managed Health Center
Feb 27, 2014Drexel University will begin a major expansion of its nurse-managed health center which is nationally recognized as a model of integrated care. With a new gift of $2.5 million from the Sheller Family Foundation, the center at 850 N. 11th ...
Tags: Health Center, RWJF, Drexel University, underserved community
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Automatically Pulls Information Was Associated with a Threefold Drop
Feb 27, 2014A computerized safety checklist that automatically pulls information from patients' electronic medical records was associated with a threefold drop in rates of one serious type of hospital-acquired infection, according to a study by ...
Tags: Checklist, Threefold Drop, Hospital-Acquired Infection, LCD
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IOM Released a 150-Page Summary of The Two-Day Workshop Held in August 2013
Jan 17, 2014The Institute of Medicine (IOM) today released a 150-page summary of the two-day workshop held in August 2013 to examine the potential health impacts from consuming caffeine in dietary supplements and foods. Presenters included experts from ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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U.S. Disaster Funding Distribution Is Deeply Inefficient
Jan 9, 2014U.S. disaster funding distribution is deeply inefficient, with huge cash infusions disbursed after a disaster, only to fall abruptly later, researchers say. Dr. Jesse Pines, director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation at the ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Disaster Preparedness
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Americans Are Living Longer Than Ever and Their Life Expectancy Is Increasing Every Year
Jan 7, 2014Americans are living longer than ever and their life expectancy is increasing every year, federal health officials reported Monday. People born in 2009 can expect to live 78.5 years. That's an increase from just a year before (when life ...
Tags: Americans, living longer, life expectancy, CDC
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Low Levels of The "Sunshine Vitamin" Are More Likely a Consequence of Illness
Dec 27, 2013Low levels of vitamin D have been implicated as a potential cause of diseases ranging from cancer to diabetes. Now an extensive review suggests it's really the other way around: Low levels of the "sunshine vitamin" are more likely a ...
Tags: vitamin D, cancer, diabetes, low levels of vitamin D
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Americans' Love of Salt Continued Unabated, Putting People at Risk for High Blood Pressure
Dec 25, 2013Americans' love of salt has continued unabated in the 21st century, putting people at risk for high blood pressure, the leading cause of heart attack and stroke, U.S. health officials said Thursday. In 2010, more than 90 percent of U.S. ...
Tags: American, love of salt, high blood pressure, salt intake
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Americans Live Sicker and Die Younger Than People in Other Wealthy Countries
Nov 14, 2013Americans 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 ...
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Our New Ratings of Vitamin D Supplements Included Four Children's Supplements
Mar 28, 2013Some do. Because most breast milk does not contain much vitamin D, the American Academy of Pediatrics says breast-fed infants should get 400 IU daily from supplement drops. Our new Ratings of vitamin D supplements included four children's ...
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Study Comparing The Health of Americans with That of Residents of 16 Other Wealthy Nations
Jan 14, 2013The United States spends twice as much per person on health care as the rest of the developed world, with little to show for it except shorter and unhealthier lives than citizens of its peer nations enjoy. That's the depressing conclusion ...
Tags: health, health care, Institute of Medicine, heath insurance
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A Global Enterprise That Bcc Research Anticipates Will Reach Nearly $8 Billion by 2017
Dec 21, 2012The study examines the medical device coating and surface modification treatment industry, a global enterprise that BCC Research anticipates will reach nearly $8 billion by 2017. It describes the eight coating and surface treatment ...
Tags: medical device, coating and surface modification treatment industry
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There's Been a Lot of Buzz Lately About The Safety of Energy Drinks and Shots
Nov 29, 2012There's been a lot of buzz lately about the safety of energy drinks and shots. Following reports of harmful reactions and even deaths possibly associated with the products, two U.S. senators recently released a letter from the FDA stating ...
Tags: Energy Drinks, Drinks
