by Dr. Mika | Jan 9, 2015 | News and Notes
Prevention News (prevention.com/health) by Markham Heid October 2, 2014 A class of powerful prescription painkillers called opioids—which includes name-brand drugs like Vicodin and OxyContin—comes with more risks than benefits, argues a new position paper in the...
by Dr. Mika | Jan 7, 2015 | News and Notes
Science Daily (sciencedaily.com) -By University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Monday, September 22, 2014 Americans can take a warning from a University of Florida study of bottled water in China ─ don’t drink the liquid if you’ve...
by Dr. Mika | Nov 25, 2014 | News and Notes
Science Daily (sciencedaily.com) by Tufts University September 1, 2014 It may be possible to train the brain to prefer healthy low-calorie foods over unhealthy higher-calorie foods, according to new research by scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition...
by Dr. Mika | Oct 1, 2014 | News and Notes
The New York Times (nytimes.com) – by Deborah Blum Thursday, August 28, 2014 A few years ago, Jodi Flaws, a bioscientist at the University of Illinois, began testing a theory about the risks to women posed by the widely used industrial compound bisphenol A, or...
by Dr. Mika | Sep 18, 2014 | News and Notes
The Washington Post (washingtonpost.com) -by Lenny Bernstein Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Remember the great phthalate scare of 2008? Congress, in a rare bipartisan response to a clamor from parents and health experts that children’s toys made abroad were laced with...
by Dr. Mika | Sep 2, 2014 | News and Notes
Huffington Post (huffingtopost.com) by Mandy Velez Monday, July 7, 2014 Spray sunscreen may take half the time as lotions to apply, but health officials are unsure if they’re completely safe. The Food and Drug Administration announced their investigation of...