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...from Baxter International, the big multinational health-care company (2007 sales: $11.26 billion) based in Deerfield, Ill., arrived in Zhejiang province, China, about two hours by car from Shanghai, to inspect a facility owned by one of its key suppliers. CZ-SPL is a joint venture controlled by Scientific Protein Laboratories LLC (SPL), a Waunakee, Wis., company started in 1976 by Oscar Meyer, of hot-dog fame. (The connection: pigs naturally produce proteins used in pharmaceuticals.) CZ-SPL makes a key ingredient, what in the pharmaceutical business is called an active pharmaceutical ingredient, or API, for a drug called heparin...
...Paul Ridker at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, the study tracked about 17,800 people in 26 countries. Participants included men ages 50 and older and women ages 60 and older, who had high levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) but normal cholesterol levels and no history of heart disease. Half the participants were given rosuvastatin (Crestor), and half were given a placebo daily for just under two years. The statin group reduced their CRP levels by 37%; their LDL, or bad cholesterol, levels dropped 50% to about 55 mg/dL. Among the 8,901 statin-takers, 31 suffered...
...desert island for one month, and could only eat one HUDS dish, which would it be? Ted A. Mayer (TAM): If I was stranded and could only eat one dish, which would it be? Well, I would pick something that had vegetables in it, and somehow provided a complete protein. It may not be the one that I like the most, but a month is a long time and I would like to remain healthy.2. FM: Very practical. But what’s the most popular meal at HUDS?TAM: Probably popcorn chicken or something like that.3. FM: Then...
...were stranded on an island and could choose a replenishable supply of one HUDS item, what would it be? a) Chicken parm—a delectable blend of protein, dairy, and sauce: 25% b) Carnival cookie—bringing the partay to the island since 1636: 29% c) None—I’d take the quick and relatively less painful death...
...kidney problems, and parents raised complaints that were ignored by company and local government officials. When the news finally broke in September, tests found four infants had died and more than 60,000 were sickened from formula tainted with melamine, a chemical used in plastics that can make the protein content of milk - and many other food products - appear higher, and, when consumed, can also cause kidney failure. Expanded inspections found traces of melamine in milk powder from 22 of the country's 109 producers. The substance also showed up in whole milk and dairy products ranging from White Rabbit...