Wright County Egg LLC Of Galt Can Ship Shell Eggs Again, FDA Says

After being shut down since August for having salmonella-tainted shell eggs and substandard farming conditions, Wright County Egg LLC of Galt, Iowa can resume trading again from two hen houses on one of its six farms, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed today…

Caltrate® Soft Chews Offer A New And Delicious Way To Help Americans Reach Their Recommended Daily Calcium And Vitamin D Intake

On the heels of the Institute of Medicine increasing the daily recommended intake of vitamin D to maintain bone health, Americans may be left wondering how to meet the new guidelines…

BioTrends Report Characterizes Chronic Kidney Disease Patients And Identifies Factors That Drive Decisions To Treat Disorders Of The Bone

BioTrends Research Group, Inc. released ChartTrends®: Bone and Mineral Metabolism in Chronic Kidney Disease Non-Dialysis (CKD-ND), an annual syndicated publication based on patient and laboratory data collected from over 1,000 U.S. CKD-ND patient charts…

IOM Report Sets New Dietary Intake Levels For Calcium And Vitamin D To Maintain Health And Avoid Risks Associated With Excess

The majority of Americans and Canadians are getting enough vitamin D and calcium to meet their needs, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Most people up to age 70 need no more than 600 international units, or IUs, of vitamin D per day, and those 71 and older may need as much as 800 IUs, the report finds…

Have Yourself A Mindful Merry Christmas

For many of us, the festive season around Christmas brings out our worst over-indulgent habits: we eat, drink and spend more than we would normally do, and regret it come New Year when we step on those scales, or the credit card bill lands on the doormat…

Got Expert? Nutrition Professor Discusses New Calcium Guidelines

More emphasis needs to be placed on consuming calcium in light of the new 2010 dietary reference intake guidelines, says a Purdue University expert…

Chemist Researches The Authenticity Of Pomegranate Juice

You pick up a bottle of pomegranate juice at the store because you’ve learned that, although it costs more than most juices, it is replete with antioxidants that bring health benefits…

Scientists Develop Tool To Trace Metabolism Of Cancer-Fighting Tomato Compounds

The University of Illinois scientists who linked eating tomatoes with a reduced risk of prostate cancer have developed a tool that will help them trace the metabolism of tomato carotenoids in the human body. And they’ve secured funding from the National Institutes of Health to do it…