Home Of The "Is It Healthy?" Game
The International Food Information Council’s (IFIC) latest survey, The 2009 Food & Health Survey: Consumer Attitudes toward Food, Nutrition & Health, attempts to shed some light on how American consumers are approaching this new era, including how they perceive their own diets, their efforts to improve their nutrition, their understanding of the food components in their diets, and safe food preparation.
What doctors groups really think about our national health care debate.
Health outcomes based on behavior have a financial component. We're going to be paying one way or the other. Why not bet on your health.
Close to 83 million U.S. adults spent $33.9 billion out of pocket on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in 2007, according to a National Center for Health Statistics survey.
Triclosan can create more potent strains of bacteria, increasing antibacterial and antibiotic resistance. So its use in household products may actually contribute to more illnesses. That’s because triclosan kills most — but not all — of the bacteria it encounters. The germs that survive a triclosan onslaught emerge stronger and harder to kill in the future. With the increasing prevalence of triclosan, common bacteria can become more resistant. And if they infect people, treatment with antibiotics could be more difficult.
