Public Release: 9-May-2016 The JAMA Network Journals Daily consumption of artificially sweetened beverages by women during pregnancy may be associated with increased infant body mass index (BMI) and may be associated with an increased risk of being overweight in… Read More ›
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High-fructose diet during pregnancy may harm placenta, restrict fetal growth
Public Release: 4-May-2016 Drug prescribed to treat gout, kidney stones may negate the sugar’s ill effects Washington University in St. Louis Consuming a high-fructose diet during pregnancy may cause defects in the placenta and restrict fetal growth, potentially increasing… Read More ›
Class Says Starbucks’ Iced Drinks Stiff Consumers
Friday, April 29, 2016 By JACK BOUBOUSHIAN CHICAGO (CN) — A consumer class claims Starbucks’ cold drinks are almost half ice and the coffee chain misrepresents the fluid ounces of its popular, and profitable, iced coffee and tea beverages. … Read More ›
Fructose alters hundreds of brain genes, which can lead to a wide range of diseases
Public Release: 22-Apr-2016 UCLA scientists report that diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids can reverse the damage University of California – Los Angeles A range of diseases — from diabetes to cardiovascular disease, and from Alzheimer’s disease to attention… Read More ›
Fast food may expose consumers to harmful chemicals called phthalates
Public Release: 13-Apr-2016 George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health WASHINGTON, DC (April 13, 2016) — People who reported consuming more fast food in a national survey were exposed to higher levels of potentially harmful chemicals… Read More ›
Banning words on Instagram doesn’t help — it makes it worse
Public Release: 9-Mar-2016 Study finds that communities rally around censored terms and engage more Georgia Institute of Technology A new Georgia Tech study finds that Instagram’s decision to ban certain words commonly used by pro-eating disorder (pro-ED) communities has… Read More ›
Breeding wildness back into our fruit and veg
Public Release: 9-Feb-2016 Newcastle University Wild tomatoes are better able to protect themselves against the destructive whitefly than our modern, commercial varieties, new research has shown. The study, published today in the academic journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development, shows… Read More ›
University of Leicester discovery identifies harmful bacterial molecules in processed foods
Public Release: 9-Feb-2016 Bacterial molecules discovered in processed foods could unlock key to healthier diets University of Leicester discovery identifies harmful bacterial molecules in processed foods and how to prevent them from arising University of Leicester IMAGE: This image… Read More ›
High Fructose Diet in Pregnancy Leads to Fetal Programming of Hypertension, Insulin Resistance and Obesity in Adult Offspring
Public Release: 4-Feb-2016 Impact of high fructose on health of offspring Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine ATLANTA (Feb. 4, 2016)–In a study to be presented on Feb. 5 in the oral session at 1:15 p.m. EST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal… Read More ›
The ugly consumer: Ridiculing those who shop ethically
Public Release: 4-Jan-2016 When you don’t seek out ethical products, you denigrate those who do Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio – No one wants to knowingly buy products made with child labor or that harm the environment. But a… Read More ›
Country-of-Origin Labels Repealed for Beef, Pork
(CN) – Most beef and pork sold in the United States no longer requires a country-of-origin label after such requirements were stripped through an omnibus budget attachment passed by Congress. The country-of-origin labeling rule, or COOL, was repealed… Read More ›
Vanilla yogurt makes us feel happy, suggests research
Public Release: 9-Nov-2015 Foods that are more — or less — delicious than we expect can also cause mood changes Elsevier Amsterdam, November 9, 2015 – We all know what it’s like to take a bite of something expecting… Read More ›
Class Sues Apple Over Data-Eating IPhone App
By NICHOLAS IOVINO SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Apple didn’t warn that its new Wi-Fi Assist app automatically switches iPhones from wireless to cellular data, causing some users to exceed data limits and pay higher phone bills, customers claim in… Read More ›
Lower doses of common product ingredient might increase breast cancer risk
Public Release: 27-Oct-2015 Safety tests may be underestimating chemicals’ potency Silent Spring Institute Estrogen-mimicking chemicals called parabens, which are commonly found in an array of personal care products, may be more dangerous at lower doses than previously thought, according to… Read More ›
York U researchers list products expectant mothers should avoid during first trimester
Public Release: 26-Oct-2015 The list is long and includes cleaning solvents, pesticides, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs York University TORONTO, October 26, 2015 — Expectant mothers in their first trimester should avoid certain cosmetics, cleaning agents and medicines, to protect the… Read More ›
Crash Strands Users of Prepaid ‘RushCard’
“plaintiffs say card users who have regained access to their accounts have found discrepancies in their account balances, including some balances being completely wiped out” By JOE HARRIS MANHATTAN (CN) – A computer glitch with a prepaid Visa card… Read More ›
Processed Fructose bad for the Brain TBI
Processed Fructose from corn ( as in HFCS) – The sweetener interfered with the ability of neurons to communicate with each other, rewire connections after injury, record memories and produce enough energy to fuel basic functions. We review the study… Read More ›
New research exposes the health risks of fructose and sugary drinks
Public Release: 28-Sep-2015 as high as a 26 percent greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a 35 percent greater risk of heart attack or fatal heart disease, and a 16 percent increased risk of stroke Researchers call for more… Read More ›
Slave Labor Makes Purina Cat Food, Class Says
By MATT REYNOLDS LOS ANGELES (CN) – Nestle Purina profits from slave labor to make its Fancy Feast cat food with fish, consumers claim in a federal class action. The lawsuit cites a July 27 New York Times… Read More ›
Coca-Cola Hires Scientists to Convince Us That Obesity and Diet Aren’t So Related
“There’s no ‘compelling evidence’ that fast food and sugary drinks are related to the poor state of American health, according to the group’s vice president.” The beverage giant has hired scientists to promote a message of exercise over diet,… Read More ›
Research reveals link between age and opinions about video games
Public Release: 19-Aug-2015 Study published in Computers and Human analyzes the opinions of 109 clinicians asking them whether video games are a problem for society Elsevier The older the clinician, the more likely they are to think playing video games… Read More ›
Counterfeiting improves fashion quality, new INFORMS Marketing Science study finds
Public Release: 19-Aug-2015 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Credit: University of British Columbia CATONSVILLE, MD, August 19, 2015 – Counterfeit products have the power to stimulate innovation in the fashion industry and benefit consumers, according to a… Read More ›
‘Pure’ Huggies Diapers Are Toxic, Class Claims
By ADAM KLASFELD MANHATTAN (CN) – Marketed in a soft-green font and tree imagery, Huggies “pure & natural” diapers market themselves safe and environmentally sound, but they have a synthetic ingredient that can “strip skin of pigment,” a… Read More ›
Soybean oil causes more obesity than coconut oil and fructose
Public Release: 22-Jul-2015 UC Riverside scientists found mice on high soybean oil diet showed increased levels of weight gain and diabetes compared to mice on a high fructose diet or high coconut oil diet University of California – Riverside IMAGE:… Read More ›
Physicians testified for tobacco companies against plaintiffs with cancer, Stanford study finds
Public Release: 17-Jul-2015 Stanford University Medical Center Despite scientific evidence to the contrary, a small group of otolaryngologists have repeatedly testified, on behalf of the tobacco industry, that heavy smoking did not cause the cancer in cases of dying patients… Read More ›
Major oil companies, including Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell conspired to create false gasoline shortages in Southern California….?
Price-Gouging Conspiracy in SoCal Oil Crunch, Class Says SAN DIEGO (CN) – Major oil companies, including Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell conspired to create false gasoline shortages in Southern California and gouge prices, an Escondido gas station claims in an… Read More ›
Omnidirectional free space wireless charging developed
Public Release: 7-Jul-2015 The simultaneous charging of multiple mobile devices at 0.5 meter away from the power source is now possible under the international electromagnetic field guidelines The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon, Republic of Korea,… Read More ›
Fructose produces less rewarding sensations in the brain
Public Release: 25-Jun-2015 University of Basel Caption The MRI image clearly shows how the brain’s reward, or limbic, system behaves differently when administered a placebo (top) or one of two types of sugar, glucose (center) and fructose (bottom). Credit:… Read More ›
High Fructose Sweetener can lead to fatal heart failure
Fructose powers a vicious circle ETH Zurich ‘Walk through any supermarket and take a look at the labels on food products, and you’ll see that many of them contain fructose, often in the form of sucrose (table sugar)’ — that’s… Read More ›
Top Ramen, Ching’s and Foodles don’t mention MSG as ingredient–India
– “Doctors say that the consumption of MSG may cause problems like burning sensations in mouth, head and neck. It may cause weakness in arms or legs, headaches and upset stomach approximately 15 minutes after MSG is consumed. Other problems… Read More ›
Organic agriculture more profitable to farmers
Public Release: 1-Jun-2015 Large profit margins show room for growth Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash.–A comprehensive study finds organic agriculture is more profitable for farmers than conventional agriculture. In spite of lower yields, the global study shows that the profit… Read More ›
High Fructose decreases physical activity and increases body fat signifigantly over glucose
Public Release: 1-Jun-2015 “Fructose decreases physical activity and increases body fat without affecting hippocampal neurogenesis and learning relative to an isocaloric glucose diet,” Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology In the last 40 years, fructose, a simple carbohydrate derived… Read More ›
Why Americans can’t buy some of the best sunscreens
Public Release: 27-May-2015 American Chemical Society With summer nearly here, U.S. consumers might think they have an abundance of sunscreen products to choose from. But across the Atlantic, Europeans will be slathering on formulations that manufacturers say provide better protection… Read More ›
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals in baby teethers
Public Release: 21-May-2015 Two out of 10 plastic rings release chemicals with hormone-like effect Goethe University Frankfurt FRANKFURT. In laboratory tests, two out of ten teethers, plastic toys used to sooth babies’ teething ache, release endocrine disrupting chemicals. One product… Read More ›
Popular electric brain stimulation method detrimental to IQ scores
Public Release: 5-May-2015 In a double-blinded, randomized study, UNC researchers found that the IQ scores of people who underwent tDCS brain stimulation improved markedly less than did the IQ scores of people in the placebo group University of North Carolina… Read More ›
Apple Watch Not Working on People with Tattoos
Friday, 01 May 2015 Apple has come out and admitted that there is an issue affecting the Apple Watch when warn on tattooed wrists. Earlier in the week, numerous reports emerged claiming that the Apple Watch was giving off strange… Read More ›
NEJM perspective: ‘Patient CARE Act’ Medicaid block grant likely unconstitutional
Public Release: 22-Apr-2015 George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health WASHINGTON, DC (April 22, 2015)–The Medicaid block grant proposed as part of the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility and Empowerment Act (“Patient CARE Act”) would radically transform Medicaid without… Read More ›
Sellers of Fake Amazon Reviews Face Lawsuit
By JUNE WILLIAMS SEATTLE (CN) – Leaving little to the imagination, four websites with names like “buyamazonreviews.com” are giving rave reviews on Amazon for a price, the online retail giant claims in court. Amazon.com says in the April 8… Read More ›
Delicate magnolia scent activates human pheromone receptor
Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Scent molecule Hedione triggers different brain activities in men and women Ruhr-University Bochum The question if humans can communicate via pheromones in the same way as animals is under debate. Cell physiologists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have… Read More ›
New report links frequency of diet soda use to waist increases
Public Release: 6-Apr-2015 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio SAN ANTONIO, Texas, U.S.A. (April 6, 2015) — Those who drink diet soda thinking it will help them shed unwanted belly fat may see their waistlines expand instead…. Read More ›
Diet soda linked to increases in belly fat in older adults
Public Release: 17-Mar-2015 Wiley A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society shows that increasing diet soda intake is directly linked to greater abdominal obesity in adults 65 years of age and older. Findings raise concerns… Read More ›
Exposure to fluoridated water significantly correlated with ADHD : New Environmental Health Study
Research Highlights – As reviewed by Ralph Turchiano Artificial water fluoridation prevalence was significantly positively associated with ADHD prevalence, while natural water fluoridation prevalence was either negatively or not significantly associated with it. Silicofluorides appear to react synergistically with lead,… Read More ›
Health law has failed in cutting insurers’ rate of overhead spending: Study
Public Release: 12-Mar-2015 Study finds Affordable Care Act’s requirement that health insurers spend at least 80-85 percent of premiums on actual medical care had no impact in the law’s first 3 years Physicians for a National Health Program Despite claims… Read More ›
Gut Chaos caused by 2 Gluten Free Food Additives
Gut Chaos caused by 2 Gluten Free Food Additives * Please pass on to those with digestion concerns – Widely used food additive promotes colitis, obesity and metabolic syndrome, research shows The team fed mice two very commonly used emulsifiers,… Read More ›
Chinese-Made Flooring emits illegal levels of carcinogenic formaldehyde by up to 1300% ?
Chinese-Made Flooring Protests Gather Steam (CN) – Lumber Liquidators faces a slew of class actions across the country accusing it of falsely advertising Chinese-made flooring that emits illegal levels of carcinogenic formaldehyde. Eleven class actions in March, from California… Read More ›
How public water can contribute to obesity and more
How public water can contribute to obesity and more Water fluoridation linked to higher rates of underactive thyroid – The clear association found in our analyses between fluoride levels in drinking water and variations in hypothyroidism prevalence appears to confirm… Read More ›
Widely used food additive promotes colitis, obesity and metabolic syndrome, research shows
Public Release: 25-Feb-2015 Georgia State University ATLANTA–Emulsifiers, which are added to most processed foods to aid texture and extend shelf life, can alter the gut microbiota composition and localization to induce intestinal inflammation that promotes the development of inflammatory bowel… Read More ›
Blockbusters: Can EEGs predict a movie’s success better than surveys?
Public Release: 25-Feb-2015 American Marketing Association Seventy five percent of movies earn a net loss during their run in theaters. A new study in the Journal of Marketing Research finds that brain activity visible through EEG measures may be a… Read More ›
Drug makers and the FDA hid from the public Risperdal side effects
PHILADELPHIA (CN) – Regulators failed to act on signs that the popular antipsychotic Risperdal causes teenage boys to grow breasts, a federal complaint from the law firm Sheller PC alleges. Sheller notes in the Jan. 29 action that it represents… Read More ›
Profitable phishing schemes slyly tinker with our heads, then rip us off
Public Release: 22-Jan-2015 ‘The claws that catch’ alter cognitive processing to get what they want University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. – In the first study of its kind, researchers at the University at Buffalo have found evidence that the incredible… Read More ›
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