Fruit :: Fruit and vegetables health
FAV Health 2007, an International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruit and Vegetables (FAV) is scheduled for the first time in the United States from October 9 till 13 in Houston, TX.
Consumer
Cholesterol :: Corazonas Foods & Brandeis University partner to create cholesterol reducing snacks
Corazonas Foods, Inc., creators of great-tasting, heart-healthy snack foods, has announced an exclusive licensing agreement with Brandeis University to utilize its technology in creating several new categories of heart-healthy snacks. Brandeis’s innovative technology allows high levels of plant sterols to be incorporated into snack foods while retaining the product’s outstanding flavor.
Medicare :: Medicare expects to recover $4 billion from Part D plans following 2006 plan reconciliation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the agency will collect $4 billion from Part D drug plan sponsors due to lower-than-expected drug costs in 2006, the first year of the Medicare drug program. This collection results from the payment reconciliation that CMS has completed for 2006, including the application of risk sharing created under the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA).
Osteoporosis :: UWM researcher finds that food labels confuse consumers
Current food labeling leads to under-consumption of calcium, according to this study. Those who were taught how to translate the information consumed more. Researchers believe the same is true for other beneficial nutrients.
Generic Drug :: FDA to bolster generic drug program
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration outlined a program aimed at increasing the number and variety of generic drug products available to consumers and health care providers. Generic drugs generally cost less than their brand-name counterparts and competition among generics has been a key factor in lowering drug prices.
Psychology :: Can thinking about shopping change the route you take?
Prior research has shown that exposure to business-related objects makes people act more competitively, even though they do not realize it. A fascinating new study by researchers at Stanford extends this research by investigating how different consumers are affected by the same stimuli. The study reveals significant differences between the way men and women subconsciously react after exposure to certain objects.
Tofu :: Quong Hop & Co. expands recall of tofu due to Listeria infection
Quong Hop & Co. of South San Francisco, California is expanding their recall of tofu to include more products due to finding Listeria monocytogenes in three of twenty nine products during the Company’s sampling and in the three swabs in the manufacturing plant.
Medicine :: Statement from Consumer Healthcare Products Association on Pediatric OTC Medicines Safety
Following is a statement by Linda A. Suydam, D.P.A., president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), in response to inaccurate and misleading media reports surrounding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s upcoming joint meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and Pediatric Advisory Committee scheduled for October 18 and 19:
Weight Loss :: Refunds for Consumers Who Purchased CortiSlim or CortiStress
Until October_27, 2007, the Federal Trade Commission will be accepting refund requests from consumers who bought CortiSlim or CortiStress. The FTC alleged that CortiSlim was advertised with false and unsubstantiated weight loss claims and that CortiStress was advertised with false and unsubstantiated disease prevention claims.
Weight Loss :: GSK applies for licence to market OTC weight loss product In Europe
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced its marketing application for non-prescription orlistat 60mg for weight loss has been accepted for review by the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA).