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Fraud Food Ingredients

A new report published in the April Journal of Food Science includes the first ever public database which compiles reports on food fraud. Included are the most fraud-prone ingredients in the food supply, the most recent analytical detection methods and the type of fraud that has been reported. This new report has been a compilation of records from scholarly journals which was created by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) a nonprofit scientific organization that will identify the quality and the purity of food ingredients. This study is more than just an in depth assessment of ...

The Link Between Injectable Contraceptives And Breast Cancer In Young Women

The first large-scale US-based study was made to evaluate the link between injectable contraceptives and breast cancer risk in young women. The study was led by breast cancer epidemiologist Christopher I. Li, M.D., Ph.D., of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and was published online as well as a print issue of Cancer Research. A study made focused on the contraceptive called depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate, or DMPA. This contraceptive contains the same kind of progestin compared to menopausal hormone-therapy regimen which was found by a Women’s Health Initiative ...

The Risks And Benefits Of First Line Treatment For Diabetes

A study conducted by French researchers has been published at PLoS Medicine suggested that the long term benefits of metformin compared to its risks are not yet clearly established. This study is in line with the use of this drug to manage type-2 diabetes all around the world; metformin is taken by millions of people who suffer from diabetes with the belief that this medication has long-lasting health benefits. In the past decades, metformin has been the drug of choice as the first line treatment for type-2 diabetes; it has been recommended along with diet control and exercise can ...

Beach Sand Unsafe For Digging And Playing

Little do we know that digging and playing in beach sand can be very hazardous to your health; now that the summer months are coming, there is strong evidence that playing with beach sand exposes a person to disease-causing bacteria. A new report that appears in ACS’ journal Environmental Science and Technology is all about exposing this dangerous summertime hazard. Authors of the study Tomoyuki Shibata and Helena M. Solo-Gabriele reveals that disease causing bacteria from sewage can lead to skin infections and various gastrointestinal problems which are present in beach sand. ...

Poultry Products With Banned Antibiotics

A study made by researchers of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Arizona State University has found evidence that a class of banned antibiotics from the US has made their way into poultry products and is still being used. The results of the study were published in Environmental Science & Technology. This new study was collaborated by the Bloomberg School's Center for a Livable Future and Arizona State's Biodesign Institute and it focused on looking for drugs and other harmful residues found in feather meal which is a common additive in chicken, swine, fish and ...

Baby Food Insufficient In Micro-Nutrients

A study from the University Of Greenwich School Of Science shows that ready-made baby foods have very low micro-nutrient content. The results show that these products actually contained less than a fifth of baby’s recommended daily amounts of minerals like calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc. The study involved testing 8 different varieties produced by 4 popular baby food brands. The study used a testing instrument called an Inductivity Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometer which can analyze the content of various elements in food. The tested samples included in the study ...

Including Aspirin In Cancer Prevention Guidelines?

Experts from the American Cancer Society are eager to report that there is new data that shows aspirin’s potential role in reducing risk of cancer death. It won’t be long when cancer prevention may be included in the clinical guidelines in the use of aspirin in preventive care. This new report was published in online Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. It is known that current guidelines in the use of aspirin only affirms the use of the drug for preventing cardiovascular problems; these are all weighted against the potential risk of aspirin-induced bleeding. Studies has shown that daily ...

Zip Code Important Factor In Childhood Obesity

A study called the “Obesogenic Neighborhood Environments, Child and Parent Obesity: The Neighborhood Impact on Kids Study" was published in an issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. This study was led by Brian Saelens, PhD, of Seattle Children’s Research Institute. This was all about the significance of the location where a child lives and his risk of developing childhood obesity and other illnesses related to obesity like type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. It was revealed that nearly 18% of US school aged kids and adolescents are obese; this figure has ...

Antioxidant May Help Reduce The Effects Of Alzheimer’s Disease

A new study shows that when iron levels are reduced in blood plasma, the brain may be protected from the changes that are related to Alzheimer’s disease. AD is considered the sixth leading cause of death among Americans that affects 1 out of 8 people over the age of 65. At the moment, there is no current treatment that can stop the course of the disease but recent study shows that there are changes in the way our body handles iron and other important metals like copper and zinc may start years before the first onset of AD symptoms. The study was led by Dr. Othman Ghribi, PhD, Associate Professor, ...

More Trans Fat Consumption Linked To Greater Aggression, Researchers Find

A study conducted by the researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine revealed that consumption of dietary trans fatty acids (dTFAs) is associated with irritability and aggression. The study was conducted by each of a range in measures, in men and women of all ages and in Caucasians and minorities. The respondents were nearly 1,000 men and women. The UC San Diego team determined the baseline dietary and behavioral assessments of 945 adult men and women. They then conducted a survey measuring several factors such as the life history of aggression and various ...