Todays Health News
| Your comments: Not even pizza is safe in latest U.S. school lunch overhaul - NJ.com |
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Changes are coming to school lunches across the country that will include less salt and more whole grains, fruits and vegetables. It's the first major nutritional overhaul for school lunches in 15 years. Under the new rules, pizza won't disappear from lunch lines, but will be made with healthier ...
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| Business, social media to prevent babies with HIV - Boston Globe |
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DAVOS, Switzerland—Business and social media leaders teamed up Friday to tackle the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, saying the medicine and the money are largely in place, and with the right organizational skills they can eliminate HIV-infected births by 2015 ...
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| Cancer risk: 7% of Americans carry HPV in mouths - Seattle Times |
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LOS ANGELES — An estimated 7 percent of American teens and adults — about 16 million people — carry the human papilloma virus (HPV) in their mouths, an infection that puts them at heightened risk of developing cancer of the mouth and throat, researchers said Thursday. The study, the first to ...
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| Report details sexual assault by former Wisconsin administrator - Chicago Tribune |
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Wisconsin officials are garnering praise for acting swiftly regarding an incident involving a senior associate athletic director who has since resigned. The report says a student alleged that former senior associate athletic director John Chadima put his hand down the student's pants at the end of a ...
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| Eco18.com Encourages Americans to Take Responsibility for Their Unhealthy Diets and Stop Placing Blame on Celebrity Chefs Like Paula Deen - YAHOO! |
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People everywhere are up in arms over the recent announcement from celebrity chef Paula Deen on the "Today Show" that she has type 2 diabetes and is partnering with diabetes drug maker Novo Nordisk. The green lifestyle site, eco18.com, recently released an article on the news and is shifting the ...
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| USDA Releases School Meal Nutrition Standards, Recognizes the Unique Nutrient Package of Dairy Foods - Yahoo Finance |
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ROSEMONT, Ill., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) new Nutritional Standards for School Meals help ensure the nation's schoolchildren have access to lunches and breakfasts that meet federal dietary guidance for good nutrition. The standards will encourage ...
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| FDA finds fungicide in OJ from Brazil, Canada - msnbc.com |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it had detained shipments of orange juice and concentrate from Brazil and Canada after finding traces of the unapproved fungicide carbendazim. The agency discovered the substance in 11 shipments, six from Canada and five from Brazil. The FDA said ...
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| CDC: Study of freakish mystery illness finds no cause - San Jose Mercury News |
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ATLANTA -- Imagine having the feeling that tiny bugs are crawling on your body, that you have oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin. Sound like a horror movie? Well, at one point several years ago, government doctors were getting up to 20 calls a day from people saying they had ...
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| Putting Minds Together for Alzheimer's Awareness - msnbc.com |
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PEORIA, Ill. -- More than 200,00 people are living with Alzheimer's disease in Illinois, and 30,000 more could be diagnosed in the next 15 years. That's why the Alzheimer's Association is encouraging policy makers to get more involved. Both national and state chapters met with Illinois lawmakers ...
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| Ohio orangutan gets newer birth control device - msnbc.com |
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CLEVELAND (AP) - A Cleveland Clinic women's health specialist has made a house call at the zoo to demonstrate how to fit an orangutan with a newer brand of implanted birth-control device. The Plain Dealer reports ( http://bit.ly/xTqClI ) the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Kitra is the first orangutan in ...
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