Color additives made from insects will have to be disclosed on food and cosmetics labels by 2011 because of the possibility of allergic reactions, under a new rule from the Food and Drug Administration.
The red dyes derived from carmine and cochineal extract — from the cochineal insect — must be named specifically instead of described generically as “artificial color,” as they are now, the FDA said. The labels won’t have to disclose that the ingredients Read the rest of this entry »

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THURSDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) — A powerful clot-busting drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in stroke patients in 1996 is still rarely used in Medicare patients, new research shows.
Only 2.4 percent of the more than 495,000 admissions for stroke at the 4,750 hospitals evaluated were given tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), said study author Dr. Dawn Kleindorfer, an associate professor of neurology at the University Read the rest of this entry »

By Samantha Frank, guest blogger
is 21 and all grown up.
After running out of big cities, the show has returned to New York. But this time, it’s the borough of Brooklyn.
Just as Brooklyn brings together all walks of life, so does
house.
The hour-long season premiere introduced an array of characters with plenty of substance instead of just looks. It’s a nice change from recent past seasons.
Ryan has it all. He fought in Iraq in the U.S. Read the rest of this entry »

ScienceDaily (Jan. 12, 2009)
— University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have solved the mystery surrounding a “rogue protein” that plays a role in the release of neurotransmitters and hormones in the brain.
The scientists found abundant amounts of the puzzling protein — whose main location and function were unknown until now — in a specific area of the pituitary gland. Like someone at a control knob, the protein may adjust Read the rest of this entry »

In three separate lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Connecticut, the states and groups sought an immediate court order preventing the regulation from going into effect Jan. 20 and a permanent decision voiding the rule.
“The Bush administration has left a ticking political time bomb that is set to go off,” said Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who filed one of the suits on behalf of his state as well as California, Illinois, Read the rest of this entry »

Short, Intense Workouts May Fight Diabetes
Posted on: Tuesday, 17 February 2009, 07:40 CST
New research announced on Monday says that just a few moments of concentrated exercise weekly is as beneficial as thirty minutes of normal physical activity a day for reducing the risk of acquiring type 2 diabetes.
“It is possible to gain significant health benefits from only 7.5 minutes of exercise each week — if that is all that you find the time to Read the rest of this entry »