Exposure to gluten during infancy may double the risk of celiac disease (CD) in babies genetically predisposed to gluten intolerance, according to a study published earlier this year in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Exposure to some widely used labor medications may negatively impact a newborn’s ability to breastfeed successfully, according to a recently published study in the journal Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care (Brimdyr, K. et al. Birth. 2015; 42(4): 319-328).
The $1.1 trillion Federal spending bill passed by Congress this week includes a two minor wins for advocates of GMO labeling, but a significant loss for anyone concerned about food safety standards and the environmental costs of food transport. First, the good news: Congress jettisoned a provision that would have prohibited state legislatures from passing […]
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge has ruled that New York City’s health department does not have the legal authority to add flu vaccines to the list of mandatory shots required for young children to enter city-licensed preschools and day care centers. According to Justice Manuel Mendez, any changes to the roster of the city’s required […]
Rademenes barely made it past his second month of life. The small black kitten was on the verge of death in the street in the small town of Bydgoszcz, Poland, when a kind stranger found him and took him to an animal shelter. The vets there were considering euthanasia, but something stayed their hands. The […]
A coordinated set of enforcement actions by the Food & Drug Administration, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the postal service and several other federal agencies has the dietary supplement industry playing defense….and also applauding. Earlier this month, the Department of Justice announced its pursuance of civil and criminal […]
White-colored foods have a generally bad reputation among health conscious people, and for very good reason: many of the most toxic and nutritionally vapid foods have had all the color beaten out of them. Bleached flour, sugar, white bread, vegetable shortening are just a few that quickly come to mind. But not all white foods […]
The American Medical Association’s leadership has called for a complete ban on direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription medications and medical devices. The organization announced the move, which it says it will back with a strong lobbying campaign, at its annual policy-making meeting in Atlanta earlier this month. Drug company spending topped $4.5 billion this year, according […]
The old expression “Money’s the answer. What’s the question?” comes quickly to mind in light of a recent analysis of political lobbying expenditures.
The targeting of medical facilities, evidenced by the Oct. 3 bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan is a disturbing trend, one that runs counter to long-established humanitarian principles.
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