Gerber Products Co is recalling some of its Good Start Gentle powdered infant formula because of an off-odor, the Florham Park, New Jersey, company said. infoZine – Gerber Products Company is proactively retrieving and offering a replacement to consumers who purchased Gerber® Good Start® Gentle powdered infant formula 23.2 ounce plastic package from batch GXP1684 [...]
Resveratrol, a chemical found in red wine and dark chocolate, may work differently in the body than first thought, a new study suggests. If you love to sit back and sip a glass of cabernet or pinot noir, you can feel good knowing that the health benefits of red wine are now a little less [...]
Malaria causes twice as many deaths as previously believed, according to the latest research out today from the highly respected Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), based in Seattle, and published in the Lancet medical journal. The research, published in the British medical journal the Lancet, suggests 1.24 million people died from the mosquito-borne [...]
Birth control pills are known to be nearly 100 per-cent effective when taken properly, but a recall of the drugs could send a shudder through women of childbearing age. Pfizer is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills because there’s a problem with the order of pills in the packaging. It’s an error that [...]
Pfizer said on Tuesday it was recalling about 1 million packets of birth control pills in the United States because they may not contain enough contraceptive to prevent pregnancy. The problem affects 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 tablets and 14 lots of generic Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets. Both products are manufactured by Pfizer and marketed [...]
The reaction has been intense this evening to the news from The Associated Press that “the nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates.” The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation revealed Tuesday it was cutting funds to Planned Parenthood, sparking an outcry from [...]
The majority of women in the US drink approximately 2 cups of coffee per day during their reproductive years. A recent study looking at estrogen levels and caffeine consumption shows that it’s not only what caffeinated beverage you drink, but also your race in conjunction with the beverage, that has an effect on your estrogen [...]
Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter has taken a turn for the worse in his fight against cancer. Doctors at Duke University on Thursday told Carter’s family the former Montreal Expos star has “several new spots/tumours on his brain,”. The family met with doctors at Duke University yesterday to discuss the results and the [...]
Drinking red wine may help cut women’s breast cancer risk, according to a new study from Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre. The study, published online in the Journal of Women’s Health, challenges the widely-held belief that all types of alcohol consumption heighten the risk of developing breast cancer. Doctors long have determined that alcohol increases the body’s [...]
Children of parents who smoke during pregnancy may show signs of vascular damage by the age of 5. Smoking during pregnancy may set their child up for blood vessel damage, a new study shows. Dutch scientists enrolled more than 250 children. When the children were 4 weeks old, their body dimensions and lung function were [...]