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...scientific paper stating that mothers who eat seafood during pregnancy have smarter children.The study, published in the October issue of the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives, is a new wrinkle in the debate over the safety of fish consumption for pregnant women.Currently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that pregnant women limit their seafood intake to two servings per week.FDA guidelines say that some types of fish, such as shark, swordfish, and king mackerel, contain high levels of mercury, which has been shown to cause nervous system defects and occasional death in infants. “For most...
Wilson's exertions have been matched by those of his counterparts across the packaged-food industry. A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule goes into effect on Jan. 1 requiring nutrition labels to include the trans-fat content of packaged foods in which it exceeds half a gram per serving. Eager to pre-empt the requirement, manufacturers--from ABC Bakers, maker of Girl Scout Cookies, to Campbell Soup Co.--have been scrambling to come up with trans-fat- free recipes for their products...
...1990s that trans fats are doubly bad for the heart. They boost bad-cholesterol (LDL) levels and depress good-cholesterol (HDL) levels in the blood. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that processed foods and oils account for 80% of the national intake of trans fats. The FDA suggests you cut down as much as possible on the fats. One study concluded that eliminating hydrogenated oils could prevent up to 100,000 premature coronary deaths a year...
...HORIZON: THE FIRST CANCER VACCINE A large-scale trial found Merck's experimental vaccine Gardasil 100% effective against two strains of human papillomavirus thought to cause 70% of all cervical cancers. If FDA approved, it may arrive...
Such concerns led to the Administration's own Plan B. While remaining at NCI, von Eschenbach will turn over day-to-day management to deputy Dr. John Niederhuber. The acting FDA chief also reassured his staff that he "will not participate in certain FDA matters in which NCI is a party"--unless requested. --By Claudia Wallis and Eric Roston