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Report: Safety of drug testing gets little FDA scrutiny

WASHINGTON (AP) Clinical trials that enroll millions of patients in tests of experimental drugs and medical devices get scant government oversight, according to a watchdog report released Friday.
Over a six-year period, the Food and Drug Administration inspected just one of every 100 trial sites, raising questions about the agency’s ability to ensure the […]

Experts warn of detox diet dangers

Popular detox diets promise to flush poisons from your body, purge pounds of excess fat, clear your complexion and bolster your immune system.
But experts say there’s little evidence that extreme regimens such as the Master Cleanse or Fruit Flush do anything more than lead to unpleasant, unhealthy side effects.
Still, these super-restrictive eating plans […]

10 Meatless Snack and Meals

eDiets readers liked our original meatless meals article, so we came up with more fresh vegetarian ideas for you. This time we consulted Robin Robertson, author of 12 vegetarian cookbooks and a regular contributor to VegNews Magazine and Vegetarian Times. Her latest book “Carb Conscious Vegetarian” (Rodale, 2005) features 150 low-to-moderate-carb vegetarian recipes that contain […]

Speed Up Your Fat Loss

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
– Benjamin Disraeli
Have you been trying to lose body fat, but find it comes off at a snail’s pace? Tired of losing a pound a month as you exercise and diet your brains out? If youre working out with efficiency and maintaining […]

Really?: The Claim: Regular Use of Hot Tubs Can Hurt Fertility in Men

THE FACTS
For years, doctors have warned men having trouble conceiving to stay away from hot baths and whirlpool tubs, saying there was reason to suspect that long exposure to hot water could worsen their problems.
Much of that was based on speculation. But earlier this year, a team of urologists at the «topics.nytimes.com», San […]