Food company health claims show little regard for science
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You may think that a genuine interest in consumer health prompts food companies to market products that claim to reduce the risk of heart disease or cancer or help people lose weight.
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NEW YORK  - The tobacco industry for many years claimed that it was unaware of biological evidence that smoking is harmful to health, but that was untrue according to a medical journal report.
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British consumers increasingly take  animal welfare into account in food purchases, but they don't  want to know the gory details, a report said on Tuesday.
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A leading medical journal casts doubts on the much-touted health benefits of dark chocolate.
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FDA advisory panel isn't convinced that MEVACOR deserves OTC status.
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The chief executive of Merck &amp; Co on Wednesday said negative media coverage of a clinical trial of the company's blockbuster Vytorin cholesterol drug has unfairly overlooked benefits of the medicine.
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Exploring the reasons people swear by treatments that have no scientific evidence backing them.
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The European Union's food safety watchdog may start checking whether food manufacturers are telling the truth when they claim food is "low fat" or "high in vitamins," the agency's head said on Monday.
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Unwary customers could suffer from supplements' lack of government scrutiny.
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A new report by a national health advocacy group calls state and national policies ineffective tools in the war against obesity. The Trust for Americaâs Health, a nonprofit organization based in Washington
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The research, published in this week&#39;s Lancet medical journal, should bolster the arguments against those in the food industry who claim that the obesity is caused not by what you eat but how little exercise you take.
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By Kevin G. DeMarrais, The Record, Hackensack, N.J.  Jan. 30--A Mahwah-based company and two of its executives have been sued  by the Federal Trade Commission for making unsubstantiated claims about a  dietary supplement that supposedly enhances male fertility.
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The curative power of yogurt to prevent cases of thrush when taking antibiotics has been debunked by a University of Melbourne researcher.
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Concern over growing levels of obesity has sparked a lively debate among food sector professionals and health experts about how to halt a trend that is medically and economically harmful.
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Schering-Plough Corp and Merck & Co are defending their shared cholesterol treatments, Vytorin and Zetia, in advertisements after a failed study generated negative publicity.
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Some nutrition experts think partial-whole-grain breads mislead consumers.
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PARMA, Italy  - The European Union's food safety  watchdog may start checking whether food manufacturers are  telling the truth when they claim food is "low fat" or "high in  vitamins," the agency's head said on Monday.