U.S. regulators moved to discipline vaping companies for inappropriately promoting their flavored nicotine formulas through so-called influencers on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites.
President Donald Trump may soon be able to claim a sweet victory for his deregulation push, with officials preparing to get rid of the decades-old rules for frozen cherry pies.
Before his interview could begin, Dr. Tim Finnigan, director of research and development of UK-based food brand Quorn, throws the...
If you’re doing some last-minute grocery shopping for New Year’s Eve, it pays to check food labels meticulously, ensuring that the packaging and seal of the food items are intact and they were are stored in a clean environment.
A dead-serious, small-time herbal supplement manufacturer has started exploring ways to make the plant called “tawa-tawa” (Euphorbia hirta) an acceptable cure for dengue in the absence of science to back claims of its many healing properties.
Self-medication is a practice—and often a problem—that people do all the time. Advertising has worsened the situation as it persuades people that health woes are solved by the pill or syrup being endorsed by a celebrity.
The name itself sounds like a product built on lies.
Federal regulators have approved an appetite-suppressing implant designed to treat obesity by zapping nerves that connect the stomach and the brain.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has terminated a recall order it issued last year on a batch of antiplatelet drug manufactured in Spain, saying that the drug’s distributor in the Philippines has made “reasonable efforts” to pull out from the market and destroy all the affected products.
Taking a dietary supplement or herbal drink may not be as harmless as people think.
