US supreme court rejects challenge to new cigarette labeling
(HealthDay News) —The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a tobacco industry challenge to a controversial 2009 federal law that mandates graphic warning labels on cigarettes. The high court refused to ...
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Apr 22, 2013 |
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US to revise cigarette warning labels (Update)
The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit.
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Mar 19, 2013 |
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Organic food label imparts 'health halo,' study finds
Don't judge food by its organic label because "organic" doesn't necessarily mean good it's for you. Yet a new study by Jenny Wan-Chen Lee, a graduate student in Cornell's Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, ...
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Apr 27, 2011 |
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Judge blocks plan for graphic cigarette warnings
(HealthDay) -- A federal judge on Wednesday blocked implementation of an FDA mandate that would have forced tobacco companies to place graphic anti-smoking images on packages of cigarettes.
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Mar 01, 2012 |
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Regenstrief study finds that generic drugs often have incorrect safety labeling
Despite U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations requiring generic medications to carry identical warnings to those on corresponding brand-name products, a study by Regenstrief Institute researchers has found that more ...
Medications
Dec 13, 2012 |
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Primatologist argues for changes to caloric values listed on food labeling
(Medical Xpress)—Richard Wrangham, a primatology professor at Harvard University, in a speech given to an audience at this year's American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, advocated that changes be made ...
Overweight and Obesity
Feb 19, 2013 |
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Breakthroughs in diabetes treatment: Better outcomes, lower cost
(Medical Xpress)—When Jeffrey Katula and his research colleagues set out to determine if they could help prevent patients from developing diabetes using group-based problem solving, he didn't expect such ...
Diabetes
Mar 19, 2013 |
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Food nutrition labels influencing health-conscious consumers to choose more calories
In a recent study, Colorado State University marketing Professor Gina Mohr has uncovered facts about nutrition labeling that might change how food purchasing decisions are made.
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Feb 15, 2012 |
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Change your salty ways in only 21 days
Sodium – the everyday meal offender that might make your face feel puffy and your jeans look, and feel, tighter. Did you know that by reducing your sodium intake during a three week period you can change your sodium palate ...
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Jan 02, 2013 |
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Food for thought: Panel discusses how labeling products could be improved
Food labels appear mundane enough, but the tug of war playing out behind them about what's on them is anything but.
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Mar 12, 2013 |
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Organic labels bias consumers perceptions through the 'health halo effect'
The word "organic" can mean many things to consumers. Even so, the power of an organic label can be very strong: studies have shown that this simple label can lead us to think that a food is healthier, through what is known ...
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Apr 01, 2013 |
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What stands out on a label?
With nearly 400,000 items in every grocery store (Food Marketing Institute), there are hundreds of different ways a packaged food can be labeled. Editor A. Elizabeth Sloan gathers statistics about what language on food labels ...
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May 14, 2013 |
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Report: Food labels need Energy Star-like ratings
Just like that Energy Star tag helps you choose your appliances, a new report says a rating symbol on the front of every soup can, cereal box and yogurt container could help hurried shoppers go home with the healthiest foods.
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Oct 20, 2011 |
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Spice allergy: Sugar and spice and everything not so nice
Imagine a world where you could never dine away from home, wear makeup, smell of sweet perfumes or eat a large percentage of food on store shelves. According to allergists at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology ...
Immunology
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Tobacco firms sue US over graphic cigarette labels
Four tobacco companies filed a lawsuit against the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday over what they say are unconstitutional requirements for warning labels on US cigarette packaging.
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Aug 17, 2011 |
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