School vending machines are getting a facelift – say goodbye to the candy bars and hello to dried fruit and granola. Under the United States’ plan to impose nutritional guidelines for sodas, snacks and other foods sold outside the regular meals. Due to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposal, which is a part of the […]
The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released the list of foods that are commonly linked to outbreaks, and leafy, green vegetables cause nearly half of them. According to the CDC, kale and spinach are the most likely cause of outbreaks. The list also included poultry, nuts, fruit and dairy. According to […]
The Food and Drug Administration issued new guidelines regarding many popular sleep aids, like Ambien, that have the active ingredient Zolpidem. The agency now demands that the recommended dosage from women be reduced by half from 10 milligrams to five milligrams and have recommended to doctors that men have the same cut. According to the […]
Food allergies… they are tough, and when it comes to children, it can be even tougher. And, it doesn’t get any easier in school. According to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers, nearly one-third of the food-allergy children are being bullied because of their food allergy. Eight percent of kids around the nation […]
Doctors are warning the public about the dangers associated with eating grapefruit and taking some kinds of medications. The fruit may cause some drugs not to be broken down by the liver and intestines, causing overdoses. Researchers who identified the link between the two said the amount of medications affected by the grapefruit is rapidly […]
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating 5-hour ENERGY, a dietary supplement, after reports that 13 people have died after experiencing negative effects. While any person can make a report about a negative effect, and no official cause/effect relationship has been noted, the FDA, by law, is looking at the issue. Just because there is […]
Kellogg is voluntarily recalling 282,000 boxes of its Mini-Wheats cereal on fears that the popular breakfast food contains metal scraps. According to the company, some boxes of Mini-Wheats Unfrosted Bite Size cereal and Bite Size original may be affected due to a faulty manufacturing plant. The Michigan-based company said no injuries have been reported but […]
On Oct. 6, another two deaths in Michigan were linked to the meningitis outbreak, bringing the total number dead to seven. According to officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, there are a total of 65 cases in nine states including Minnesota and Ohio. People falling ill did so after getting steroid injections that […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has pulled a generic antidepressant from the market, acknowledging that it was not a copycat of GlaxoSmithKline’s Wellbutrin XL. Teva Pharmaceuticals, the world’s biggest producer of generic drugs, halted shipping and began removing its extended release bupropion (Budeprion 300mg XL) from the shelves of its U.S. markets. The move […]
The amount of U.S. meningitis cases continues to rise with 50 people now stricken with the rare form of the disease in seven states. Five people have died since the outbreak began. The latest (and seventh) state to confirm cases of the fungal meningitis is Michigan, where six have been noted to have fallen ill […]