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- FDA Warns Milk Producers to Remove
"Hormone Free" Claims From the Labeling of Dairy Products
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued Warning Letters to four manufacturers of whole milk, reduced fat milk and ice cream, informing them that their products are misbranded because the labels contain the false statements, "No Hormones" or "Hormone Free." "FDA is committed to assuring that consumers are provided with truthful information on product labels," said FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan, MD., Ph.D.. "FDA will continue to take strong action to protect American consumers from...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- FDA APPROVES NEW
NON-NUTRITIVE SUGAR SUBSTITUTE NEOTAME
The Food and Drug Administration today announced its approval of a new sweetener, neotame, for use as a general-purpose sweetener in a wide variety of food products, other than meat and poultry. Neotame is a non-nutritive, high intensity sweetener that is manufactured by the NutraSweet Company of Mount Prospect, Illinois. Depending on its food application, neotame is approximately 7,000 to 13,000 times sweeter than sugar. It is a free-flowing, water soluble, white crystalline powder that is...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Genes and Disease: Maple syrup urine disease
Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) is an inherited disorder so named because one of its first signs is urine that has an odor reminiscent of maple syrup. The underlying defect disrupts the metabolism of certain amino acids. These are amino acids that have a branched side chain. Because they cannot be fully broken down, they accumulate in the urine, along with their metabolites (alpha-ketoacids) to give the distinctive smell. Left untreated, there is progressive neurodegeneration leading to death...
National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Low Free Testosterone Levels Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease in Older Men
Older men with lower levels of free, or unbound, testosterone circulating in their bloodstreams could be at higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) than their peers, according to new research. This prospective observational study is believed to be the first to associate low circulating blood levels of free testosterone with AD years before diagnosis. The study appears in the January 27, 2004 issue of the journal Neurology. This work was conducted by investigators at the National...
National Institutes of Health
- How to Create a Dust-Free Bedroom
If you are dust-sensitive, especially if you have allergies and/or asthma, you can reduce some of your misery by creating a "dust-free" bedroom. Dust may contain molds, fibers, and dander from dogs, cats, and other animals, as well as tiny dust mites. These mites, which live in bedding, upholstered furniture, and carpets, thrive in the summer and die in the winter. They will, however, continue to thrive in the winter if the house is warm and humid. The particles seen floating in a shaft of...
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Organizations
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- Maple Syrup Urine Diseases Family Support Group - http://www.msud-support.org/
- Insulin-Free World Foundation -
- Physicians for a Violence-Free Society - http://www.pvs.org/
- Partnership for a Drug Free America - http://www.drugfree.org
- National Center for Tobacco Free Kids - http://tobaccofreekids.org/
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- High Blood Sugar Linked to Cancer Risk
WebMD - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:46 EST
- High Blood Sugar Linked to Cancer Risk
WebMD - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- High Blood Sugar Linked to Cancer Risk
MedicineNet - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Australian Medical Association Calls For Ban On Duty-free Cigarettes
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Chinese province offers free treatment to HIV/AIDS patients
The Earth Times - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:28 EST
Clinical Trials
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- CSII in Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed T1D
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00357890 - Recruiting
Type 1 DM
- Rebif® New Formulation in Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis (RMS)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00110396 - Active, not recruiting
Multiple Sclerosis
- Steroid-Free and Long-Term Calcineurin-Free Trial in Islet Cell Transplantation
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00315627 - Recruiting
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
- Iron Depletion Therapy for Type 2 DM and NAFLD
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00230087 - Recruiting
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Diabetes Mellitus
- CSP #512 - Options in Management with Anti-Retrovirals (OPTIMA)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00050089 - Active, not recruiting
AIDS; HIV Infections

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