The Truth About Food Expiration Dates

Since the spinach scare, food safety is foremost on the minds of grocery shoppers nationwide. Dates on labels? Here's what you need to know

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Acrolein: Scientists Identify Potent Tobacco Carcinogen

The chemical acrolein, found in tobacco and also some cooking oils, appears to be a prime cause of smoking-related lung cancer and some nonsmoking-related lung cancers as well, according to studies conducted with lung cancer cells. many women who don't smoke still get lung cancer. However, these women cook with oils that are heated to high tem

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Eat fruits and veggies, avoid too much sugar and fat

Eating less isn't the only way to drop a few pounds.

If you eat the right foods, you can actually eat more and weigh less, says Genesys Regional Medical Center in Michigan...more

Food may be like a drug for some, study shows

The same brain circuits are involved when obese people fill their stomachs as when drug addicts think about drugs, a finding that suggests overeating and addiction may be linked, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.


The finding may help in creating better treatments for obesity -- a growing problem in the United States and elsewhere.

"We wanted to know why, when people are already full, why people are still eating a lot," said Dr. Gene-Jack Wang of Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York...more

Dust mite droppings damage skin's defences

"Faeces deposited on our skin by dust mites may make our skin more permeable to different kinds of allergens and irritants, according to a new study in mice."

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