The Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health have launched a nationwide study of smokers and nonsmokers to understand more about tobacco use.
Grapefruit juice can affect how well some medicines work, and it may cause dangerous side effects. Learn more at www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm292276.htm
Caution! Spinbrush can harm your teeth--or worse. Learn how to avoid the risks of injury with Spinbrush at http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm291790.htm
FDA warns about hair regrowth products that may cause a rapid or irregular heartbeat, popular over-the-counter medications that may contain the wrong tablets in the pill bottles, and vaginal products sold as cosmetics that contain an anesthetic drug ingredient and harmful bacteria. Learn about these and other safety alerts at http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ […]
With corporations infiltrating the food business, pretty much every food item we consume is now adulterated in one way or another. Sometimes the adulteration is a deliberate act to increase the profit margins while at times the adulteration is indispensable.
Organic kelp supplements started to become popular in the United States since the nuclear disaster started. This is because kelp, a form of seaweed and one of the most common members of the brown algae family contains high levels of natural iodine. When the thyroid absorbs it, it helps prevent the thyroid from taking harmful levels of radioactive iodine pres […]
If you are suffering from swollen and painful joints or even arthritis, or actually any health condition that could be the result of a chronic accumulation of excess inflammation - then it is likely that your search for relief has led you to learning more about a green lipped mussel powder supplement. But regardless of whether you are considering this supple […]
So let's begin by discussing who needs to take multivitamins. Are they essential and needed by everyone? Are they just another one of those supplements which are hyped up by nutritionalists, scientists, personal trainers and celebrities but not actually needed?
To me, a classic definition of promotion would be the discussions on major national television shows about the health benefits of a grape supplement. I haven't studied snake oil benefits or salesmen who sell it, but I know it pays to do your homework before you part with your hard-earned money on any health supplement.