http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—New labeling laws for sunscreen will help American consumers choose the product that provides the best sun protection, experts say. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-sunscreen.html Health Fri, 10 May 2013 14:40:01 EST news287413993 (AP)—The horse meat scandal that is hitting Europe has yet to spread to the United States, allowing American consumers to rest easier when buying ground beef or sitting down for a plate of meatballs at Ikea. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-qa-chances-horse-meat-scandal.html Health Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:21:46 EST news281290898 Fish sold in the United States is often deliberately mislabeled, making American consumers the unwitting victims of "widespread seafood fraud," according to a report out Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-americans-frequent-victims-seafood-fraud.html Health Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:14:01 EST news280685632 For millions of people around the world being sick doesn't mean making a trip to the local pharmacy for medicines like Advil and Nyquil. Instead it means turning to the forest to provide a pharmacopeia of medicines to treat everything from tooth aches to chest pains. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-traditional-natural-medicines-economic-benefits.html Medications Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:18:39 EST news262865911 US regulators Wednesday denied a request to change the name of high-fructose corn syrup to merely "corn sugar," in a high-profile dispute between two industries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-denies-disputed-sweetener.html Health Thu, 31 May 2012 04:30:59 EST news257657436 Big Corn and Big Sugar are locked in a legal and public relations fight in the US over a plan to change the name of a corn-based sweetener that has gotten a bad name. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-big-corn-sugar-bitter-row.html Health Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:32:37 EST news243318722 Amid ongoing concerns about E. coli, Salmonella and other food-borne illnesses, a new facility will take a unique approach to make imports bound for the United States safer: Give foreign technicians who test those foods intensive, hands-on lab training in U.S. government methods, standards and technology, as well as acceptable alternatives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-safer-food-imports-foreign-lab.html Other Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:41:02 EST news234538812