To Cut The Risk Of A High-Fat Meal, Add Spice
No need to be stingy with spices. Research from Penn State finds heavily spiced meals, think: chicken curry with lots …
Is It Safe To Eat Pink Slime?
Pink slime has been oozing back into headlines in recent weeks after McDonalds, followed by other fast food chains, announced …
FDA: Skin-Lightening Creams Pose Mercury Threat
What is it with heavy metals showing up in cosmetics? First it was lead in lipstick. Now, the Food and …
Oregon Emphasizes Choices At The End Of Life
It turns out Americans facing death want something they also want in life: choice. A two-page form created in Oregon …
Surgeon General Calls Smoking A ‘Pediatric Epidemic’
The U.S. Surgeon General today issued the first report on youth smoking since 1994. And the findings aren’t encouraging. Surgeon …
Detailed Genetic Tests Reveal Cancer’s Complexity
Cancer may be even more complicated than everybody already thought. And that’s why a single tissue sample taken from a …
Inhalable Caffeine Maker Gets Warning Letter From FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to the maker of a caffeine inhaler that’s marketed …
Here’s Hoping You Never Get A Hotel Bill Like This One
Sit back and enjoy a video that will probably give you a chuckle, then might make you fume. The same …
When Caregiving Leaves Nothing Left
Writer Sandra Tsing Loh spoke last week on the NPR national call-in show, Talk of the Nation, about a provocative …
For The Tavenners, Health Care Is All In The Family
Hospital administrators have to deal with Medicare and Medicaid almost every day. Not too many have to deal with Mom …
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