Health and Wellness Archive
Restaurant Menus Lack Health Options: Study
CHICAGO — Even though chains like Burger King are announcing plans to eliminate trans fats from their quick-service menus, many consumers still don’t think the food-service industry is providing them with enough healthful options....
BACKPACK SNACKS
Snack food manufacturers will lighten the lunch box load of schoolchildren this September with healthier and portion-controlled snacks. Many newly launched...
GROWING PAINS
The law of supply and demand is catching up with the emerging retail health clinic business. With high-profile chains like CVS, Walgreens and Wal-Mart...
East and West, Supermarkets Open Health Clinics
SPOKANE, Wash. — Rosauers Supermarkets here and a Neptune, N.J., ShopRite store, which is part of the Wakefern Food Corp. cooperative based in Elizabeth, N.Y., have opened in-store convenient care clinics. ...
Personal Products Help Drive HBC Increases: Kline Study
LITTLE FALLS, N.J. — While the market for nonprescription drug sales grew at an overall rate of 2.6%, Rx-to-OTC switches like Plan B and Prilosec, new products in personal lubricants, and cold medications outperformed the market average by large margins, according to data in “Nonprescription Drugs USA 2006,” a new study by Kline & Co. here released last week. ...
FDA Issues Alert on China-Farmed Seafood
WASHINGTON — Frustrated by repeated contaminated shipments, the Food and Drug Administration yesterday announced a public warning on farmed seafood imported from China. ...
Kerr Drug Gives Caregiver, Senior Discounts
RALEIGH, N.C. — Kerr Drug yesterday implemented a cash-back program for caregivers....
AMA Calls for Investigations of Retail Health Clinics
CHICAGO — The American Medical Association here reported yesterday that it will call for investigations into potential conflicts of interest posed by joint ventures between store-based health clinics and pharmacy chains....
FDA Passes Manufacturing Standards for Vitamins and Supplements
ROCKVILLE, Md. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized its manufacturing standards for the dietary supplement industry on Friday....
Interim Approval of Non-Organic Ingredients Granted
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave interim approval here last week to the use of 38 non-organic ingredients in products it certifies organic....
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