Americans : "Reduce Your Salt Intake" Says CDC

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced, fairly definitively, that Americans eat too much salt, and action needs to be taken to reduce the nation’s salt consumption.

Ground Turkey Contaminated With Salmonella Heidelberg Sickens 107 People In 31 States, CDC Update

107 people are confirmed to have become infected with Salmonella Heidelberg in 31 US states after consuming tainted ground turkey, says the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). So far one death has been reported since the outbreak began in March 2011…

Planet Health Obesity Prevention Curriculum: Cost/Benefit Analysis Shows Net Savings For Obesity And Eating Disorders

Teaching middle-school children about nutrition and exercise and encouraging them to watch less TV can save the health care system a substantial amount of money, suggests an economic analysis from Children’s Hospital Boston and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

USDA Secretary Vilsack And HHS Secretary Sebelius Launch First Joint National Multimedia Campaign To Help Families Prevent Food Poisoning

The Ad Council is joining the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, in partnership with the U.S.

To Salt Or Not To Salt, That Is The Question

A new eight year long European study concludes that salt consumption is not dangerous and may in fact be beneficial. This is certainly contrary to advice from American Medical Association, American Heart Association and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which says higher sodium consumption can increase the risk of heart disease…

Heat Up Your Cold Meat And Avoid Listeria Risk, CDC Tells The Over 50s

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA, is warning people aged 50 years or more to reheat their cold meat before eating, to avoid listeriosis – listeria infection.

New Fully Automated Vitamin D Assay Submitted For FDA Clearance

According to a recent report from the U.S.

Putting The Pinch On Salt To Address High Sodium Intake Might Help Address Some Health Issues

Taking in too much sodium may turn out to be quite a salty situation. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2010 high blood pressure cost the United States $76.6 billion in health care services, medications, and missed days of work

Those With High Alpha-Carotene Blood Levels Live Much Longer

People with high levels of alpha-carotene in their blood, that is, those who eat lots of fruit and vegetables, have a smaller risk of dying early and are more likely to live longer than others, researchers from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Atlanta, Georgia wrote in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine…

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