WEDNESDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) — New tobacco company marketing campaigns that target women and girls are the most aggressive in more than a decade, a new report concludes.
That marketing needs to be curbed by giving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority over tobacco products, according to the report, released Wednesday by a coalition of major U.S. public health organizations.
Campaigns launched in recent years by the nation’s two Read the rest of this entry »

Jelena Jankovic had a stellar 2008, earning the world No. 1 ranking and reaching the semifinals or better at three of the four GrandSlams.
But the 23-year-old Serbian says she has never before tried hard to stay in good physicalshape.
“I have never paid so much attention to being fit. Many people thought I was very fit because I look fit. But in general, I was never really fit and I always had problems when I had to play tough matches,” Jankovic Read the rest of this entry »

So Jan, the eclectic fitness instructor who likes to mix these kickboxing moves with aerobics routines, yoga poses and dance steps, suggests a mental image: “Think of clearing off the top of a dresser.”
Okay. I pivot, sweep my tensed arm and fist to the left, and picture jewelry, makeup and crystal atomizers of Eternity by Calvin Klein, all toppling onto the floor with a satisfying smash.
Jan approves. “That’s it!”
We continue to clear dresser Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: Oct. 24, 2008
Lawmakers, scientists and advocacy groups intensified their criticism Thursday of a government report declaring bisphenol A to be safe.
• A group of 36 international scientists issued a blistering assessment of the Food and Drug Administration report, calling it seriously flawed.
• A congressman whose committee oversees the FDA wrote the commissioner, renewing his call for a ban of the controversial Read the rest of this entry »