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Proposed vitamin supplement limits scientifically flawed

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Monday, 22 March 2010 14:38

(NaturalNews) The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Commission (EC) have been working on establishing dosage limits on vitamins and supplements within the European Union (EU) using flawed toxicology risk assessment methods to make such determinations. A recent paper published in the journal Toxicology exposes the approach as "fatally flawed," citing the junk science being used to try to limit access to effective doses of nutritional supplements.

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Extreme Obesity Affecting More Children At Younger Ages

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Monday, 22 March 2010 14:38
Extreme obesity is affecting more children at younger ages, with 12 percent of black teenage girls, 11.2 percent of Hispanic teenage boys, 7.3 percent of boys and 5.5 percent of girls now classified as extremely obese, according to a Kaiser Permanente study of 710,949 children and teens that appears online in the Journal of Pediatrics... Read more... Add new comment

US Preventative Services Task Force Mammography Recommendations Could Hinder Early Detection

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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 21:45
New research findings published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicate that some breast cancers continue to be detected as a palpable lump rather than being found through mammographic screening... Read more... Add new comment

Arteries improve after smokers quit, study finds

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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 19:50
ATLANTA (AP) -- Quitting smoking can turn back time.... Read more... Add new comment

Smoking may impair mental function

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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 19:50

Men and women with a history of alcohol abuse may not see long-term negative effects on their memory and thinking, but female smokers do, a newly released study suggests. In a study of 287 men and women ages 31 to 60, scientists observed that those with past alcohol-use disorders performed similarly on standard tests of cognitive function as those with no past drinking problems........