To meet public health standards and ensure the safety of infants and developing fetuses, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Action Level for mercury in commercial fish should be reduced from 1,000 parts per billion, according to a Purdue University study.
Hard-drinkers -- men who consume an average of three or more alcoholic beverages a day -- are greater than 40% more likely than nondrinkers to suffer a stroke from a blood clot, according to a long-term study.
CoolBrands International Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the yogurt business of Kraft Foods Inc. for approximately $59 million.
Data published in a recent issue of Cancer Research reported that researchers at Texas A&M University, using GE Healthcare's CodeLink microarrays, have identified key changes in gene expression that provide an improved understanding of how dietary fat composition affects the initiation and promotional stages of tumor development in the colon.
Miller Brewing Co. and other alcoholic-drink makers will have to change their formulas for flavored malt beverages, such as Skyy Blue and Smirnoff Ice, because of a new government rule.
According to a study from Canada and Italy, "Dietary carbohydrates have different glycemic and insulinemic potentials depending on type (glycemic index, GI) and amount (glycemic load, GL) of carbohydrate consumed or both. Insulin, in turn, has been implicated as a risk factor for several cancers, including that of the prostate.