Archive for April, 2006
Herbal Remedy Questions? Reliable Advice Now Online
From ABC News: Consumer Reports Compiles Comprehensive Database Is it true that glucosamine chondroitin relieves arthritis? Or that caffeine may help headaches? The herbal supplement market is a booming business. U.S. consumers spend more than $14 billion on supplements a year. But for people interested in herbal remedies, it can be hard to find accurate [...]
Full StoryParents Sue Soft Drink Cos. Over Benzene
By LIBBY QUAID AP Food and Farm Writer WASHINGTON Apr 11, 2006 (AP)— Two soft-drink companies were sued Tuesday by parents complaining that there might be cancer-causing benzene in kids’ drinks. Attorneys filed class-action lawsuits against the companies in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston and Leon County Circuit Court in Tallahassee, Fla. They accused Polar [...]
Full StoryUniversal Health Care–Almost–in Massachussetts
From the New York Times: Massachusetts is poised to become the first state to provide nearly universal health care coverage with a bill passed overwhelmingly by the legislature Tuesday that Gov. Mitt Romney says he will sign. The bill does what health experts say no other state has been able to do: provide a mechanism [...]
Full StoryThe Lowdown on Sweet?
New York Times: By Melanie Warner WHEN Dr. Morando Soffritti, a cancer researcher in Bologna, Italy, saw the results of his team’s seven-year study on aspartame, he knew he was about to be injected into a bitter controversy over this sweetener, one of the most contentiously debated substances ever added to foods and beverages. Aspartame [...]
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