A new study accepted for publication in the International Journal of Food Microbiology predicts an increase in the burden of food-borne disease. The study focussed on the European Union and to a lesser extent the United States and more global issues. Current and potential future trends in technology, consumption and trade of food that may [...]
FDA is notifying consumers and healthcare providers of its warning not to use ear candles – a hollow cone about 10 inches long made from a fabric tube soaked in beeswax, paraffin or a mixture of the two – because they can cause serious injuries, even when used according to the manufacturer’s directions. According to [...]
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Trust the French. They do seem to have a penchant for doing their own thing or being different for the sake of being different. That probably is a quality the chemical industry can exploit. In an update to its position on bisphenol A (BPA) last week, the French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA) said it did not accept [...]
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Consuming two or more soft drinks per week increased the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by nearly two-fold compared with individuals who did not consume soft drinks, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Although relatively rare, pancreatic cancer remains one of the [...]
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Damage inflicted by amyloid protein implicated as shared disease mechanism Nearly 20 years ago Huntington Potter kicked up a storm of controversy with the idea that Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s were the same disease. Now the evidence is in: He was right. And that’s not all. Down syndrome, artery-clogging cardiovascular disease, and possibly even diabetes, [...]
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