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...Salt consumption spiraled into a public-health problem only after World War II, when postwar prosperity buoyed appetites for restaurant meals and presalted, processed and frozen foods. Salt-free cookbooks were already appearing by the 1950s, and two decades later manufacturers dropped salt from baby food. By 1981 the FDA had launched sodium-education initiatives aiming to cut U.S. salt intake. Three years later, sodium was added to the list of ingredients required to be mentioned on nutrition labels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief History: Salt in U.S. Food | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

...panel of advisors to the FDA that recommended this potential ban also suggested requiring parental consent forms. This means of restrictions is much more reasonable than a full-out ban. Minors should be able to maintain the right to too much UV radiation exposure, even if they are aware of the cancer risks, as apparently 40 to 60 percent of surveyed teenaged girls did. Let them risk cancer if they must—it’s not like they haven’t been warned...

Author: By Ayse Baybars | Title: To Bronze or Not to Bronze | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

Many doctors may be so unfamiliar with the side effects of statins, says Golomb, that they deny their connection to the drugs. That may contribute to the underfiling of adverse-drug-reaction reports with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Statins Work Equally for Men and Women? | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...FDA seems unperturbed by criticism of the Jupiter trial. In February, on the basis of Jupiter data, the agency expanded the eligible patient population for Crestor to include older healthy at-risk adults. The move could increase the number of women taking statins by many millions, according to calculations by Dr. Jon Keevil of the University of Wisconsin. Researchers will continue to disagree over whether that is heartening news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Statins Work Equally for Men and Women? | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...levels of lead found in Indian spices and powders in the current study may not set off the FDA's alarms, but, as Lin and her team note, it should alert pediatricians to diagnosing lead poisoning and getting exposed youngsters into treatment sooner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Lead Poisoning Could Lurk in Spices | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

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