Players in the growing personalized vitamins and supplements market should brace for a big new challenger: global packaged food and beverage giant Nestlé.
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Where Obesity Places The Biggest Financial Burden On Healthcare [Infographic]
Today marks World Obesity Day and nowhere is experiencing the financial burden of excess weight quite like the United States.
Chicken Recall, This Is The Listeria About Sandwiches, Salads, Wraps
The U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced that Tip Top Poultry, Inc, is recalling some of its frozen cooked, diced or shredded ready-to-eat chicken products.
HBO Adds Mental Health Advisories Before 14 Shows, Including ‘Euphoria,’ ‘Girls’
The network aims to destigmatize mental illness and educate viewers.
The Multi-Billion Dollar Potential Of Social Innovation
A study by McKinsey and Ashoka argues that social entrepreneur-led solutions are all around us — and societies would do well to adopt them as the new norm.
Viagra May Enhance Stem Cell Treatments For Leukemia
Viagra when combined with another FDA-approved drug may enhance the collection of blood stem cells, used in the treatment of leukemia and several other diseases.
Precision Medicine For Pediatric Patients Gets A Boost From Congress
To ensure appropriate usage of genomic diagnostics, tests must be paid for. A number of barriers for patients, including lack of insurance coverage and inability to see clinical specialists, have impeded access to genomic testing.
Vioxx, Once Vilified Like Thalidomide, May Also Return To The Market
Obviously, the FDA would want to be certain that the benefit for using Vioxx in hemophilic arthropathy outweighed the attendant risk before allowing Vioxx (rofecoxib) to be reintroduced to the marketplace.
Shopping For Medicare? What To Know About The New Plan Finder
The Fall Open Enrollment Period for Medicare is nearly here, running October 15 through December 7.
Buying Junk Food With Taxpayer Dollars: Whether Interventions to Encourage Healthy Purchasing Work
Currently, 1 in 7 Americans receive some kind of government assistance to pay for food. The largest program, SNAP – “supplemental nutrition assistance program” – subsidizes a wide range of food purchases. What would happen if people were only allowed t…
