Diabetes
Avocados may help manage obesity, prevent diabetes
Your guacamole may hold the key to managing obesity and helping delay or prevent diabetes, according to a new study by a University of Guelph research team.
Oct 30, 2019
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News tagged with safety testing
Health
Call for greater transparency in gluten-free testing
A celiac disease expert from the University of Western Australia is calling for greater transparency in the testing of gluten free foods. It comes after reports that some gluten free products contain traces of gluten, potentially ...
May 21, 2019
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Health
Getting drugs off the roads
Australians are well aware of the dangers of drink driving. Drinking can reduce your coordination and concentration, reduce your ability to judge speed and distance, and slow your reaction times.
Apr 10, 2019
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Health
Here's why doctors are backing pill testing at music festivals across Australia
For many years experts in the field of drug policy in Australia have known existing policies are failing. Crude messages (calls for total abstinence: "just say no to drugs") and even cruder enforcement strategies (harsher ...
Jan 8, 2019
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Clinical and environmental factors impact absorption of common sunscreen ingredient
With the growing awareness of ultraviolet (UV) exposure resulting in an increased risk of photoaging and skin cancers, consumers are using higher sun protection factor (SPF) sunscreens with frequent reapplication. New research, ...
Nov 7, 2018
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Neuroscience
New ALS therapy in clinical trials—drug extends survival, reverses some neuromuscular damage in animals
About 20,000 people in the United States are living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The invariably fatal disease kills the nerve cells that control walking, eating and breathing. ...
Jul 16, 2018
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Cardiology
Why computer simulations should replace animal testing for heart drugs
Safety is imperative before new medicines are given to patients – which is why drugs are tested on millions of animals worldwide each year to detect possible risks and side effects. But research shows computer simulations ...
Mar 27, 2018
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Health
Time for a makeup refresh?
(HealthDay)—You love a certain shade of lipstick, but do you know how long ago you bought this particular tube of it?
Aug 3, 2017
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Medications
France to tighten up drug trial rules after fatal incident
France's health minister presented a plan on Monday to tighten the rules regarding human drug trials following an experimental test that killed a volunteer in January.
May 23, 2016
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Health
Food safety a new frontier for legal pot
The marijuana in those pot brownies isn't the only thing that can potentially make consumers sick. Regulators are now taking a closer look at how those pot-infused edibles are actually made.
Jun 20, 2014
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