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Forget fad diets and hypnotherapy; your smartphone could be a key tool to losing those post-Easter egg pounds, according to scientists at the University of Leeds, UK. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-smartphone-weight.html Health Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:30:01 EST news285239803 France said Tuesday it would call for Europe-wide controls on a paper product containing bisphenol A after a watchdog agency said the widely-used chemical may expose unborn children to breast cancer later in life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-plastic-chemical-expose-foetuses-cancer.html Health Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:02:05 EST news284709689 Green calorie labels may lead people to see nutrition-poor foods in a healthier light. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-green-food-nutrition-poor-healthy.html Health Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:50:01 EST news282295789 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 (HealthDay)—In what researchers are calling a first, a new analysis suggests that the greater a woman's exposure to a type of common chemical compound called PFCs, the greater her risk for developing osteoarthritis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-chemicals-cookware-carpets-arthritis-women.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:40:02 EST news280065230 Nearly 800 new records of "food fraud" added to the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention's (USP) Food Fraud Database present new information about foods that are vulnerable to fraudulent manipulation in today's food supply. The first iteration of the database compiled 1,300 records of food fraud published between 1980 and 2010. The update increases the total number of records by 60 percent—and consists mostly of newer information published in 2011 and 2012 in both scholarly journals and general media. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-additions-usp-food-fraud-database.html Other Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:50:18 EST news278157011 The French parliament voted Thursday to ban the use of bisphenol A, a chemical thought to have a toxic effect on the brain and nervous system, in baby food packaging next year and all food containers in 2015. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-france-contested-chemical-bpa-food.html Health Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:55:22 EST news274607715 As obesity rates soar worldwide, the antidote may seem obvious: Eat less! Move more! But the common-sense approach hasn't been terribly effective, prompting some scientists to question the simplicity of the formula. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-triggers-weight-gain-focus-air.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:20:01 EST news268916783 (AP)—Calories. Nutrients. Serving size. How about "produced with genetic engineering?" California voters will soon decide whether to require certain raw and processed foods to carry such a label. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-appetite-gmo-food.html Health Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:44:28 EST news268760658 Exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a manmade chemical used in the manufacture of some common household products, appears to be associated with cardiovascular disease and peripheral arterial disease in a study of 1,216 individuals, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-association-cardiovascular-disease-chemical-exposure.html Cardiology Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:00:16 EST news265890355 (HealthDay) -- The controversial plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is now banned for use in baby bottles and sippy cups, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-fda-bpa-baby-bottles-sippy.html Health Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:20:01 EST news261756259 (Medical Xpress) -- Claims on food labels that a product is organic, locally produced or made by workers subject to fair labor practices may mislead consumers into thinking that such foods are low in calories, says a University of Michigan researcher. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-consumers-fair-trade-foods-lower-calorie.html Health Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:40:02 EST news251105716 A new study finds that perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), widely used in manufactured products such as non-stick cookware, waterproof clothing, and fast-food packaging, were associated with lowered immune response to vaccinations in children. It is the first study to document how PFCs, which can be transferred to children prenatally (via the mother) and postnatally from exposure in the environment, can adversely affect vaccine response. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-pfcs-chemicals-environment-linked-lowered.html Immunology Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:03 EST news246642813 (AP) -- Makers of the controversial chemical bisphenol-A have asked federal regulators to phase out rules that allow its use in baby bottles and sippy cups, saying those products haven't contained the plastic-hardening ingredient for two years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-chemical-makers-bpa-longer-bottles.html Health Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:25:23 EST news237223508 Harmful mineral oils from the printing inks used on cardboard can migrate into food if recycled cardboard is used for food packaging. It may contaminate food even if the recycled cardboard is used for the corrugated card transport box that holds individual packs. In tests on experimental packs of fine noodles, researchers in Zurich, Switzerland, found that food rapidly absorbed 10 times the recommended limit for concentration of these contaminating oils from the transport box. The findings were published in the latest edition of Packaging Technology and Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-recycled-cardboard-food-packaging-contaminating.html Health Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:11:59 EST news227355111