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Does your antibacterial soap or body wash actually do more harm than good? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is calling on all soap makers to ensure that all added ingredients, such as triclosan, are safe and effective at killing germs. "The proposed rule covers only those consumer antibacterial soaps and body washes that are
READ MOREThe annual list of the safest new cars was released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Last year's list contained 130 cars, while stricter safety standards cut this year's list down to 39 cars. The cars that earned the best ratings were those that helped to prevent accidents by alerting drivers, or actually
READ MOREEnergy drinks led almost 21,000 people in the U.S. to the emergency room in 2013, according to a report from the Substance and Mental Health Services Administration. This influx of emergency room visits led a team of cardiac radiologists to seek a reason behind the problems caused by energy drinks. Consuming lots of caffeine can
READ MOREDo you make time to talk directly to your toddler? It’s important for your child's verbal development, since a new study by Stanford University has found that overhearing conversations or watching TV doesn’t help language development as much. The study found that toddlers who were spoken to had more extensive vocabularies and were able to
READ MOREChildren are increasingly using cell phones and other devices, but do we really know the health impact this is having? Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are emitted from cell phones as well as other household electronics that we use daily, and can be especially harmful for little ones because their immune systems are still developing. EMFs from
READ MOREFor decades, animals (such as cows, pigs, chickens, and turkeys) have been fed antibiotics to make them fatter faster. But many health experts have worried all these years about what those antibiotics do to humans when we ingest them, since this ingestion can lead to future antibiotic-resistant infections. Finally, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is cracking down and asking that antibiotics no longer be included in animal feed.
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