Food for Thought: ‘Nutrition’ Begins With ‘Nut’
It may not be a coincidence that March is both National Peanut and National Nutrition Month.
Claims in diet-pill ads are too good to be true, Federal Trade Commission says
If you plan on losing weight in 2007, better not pin your hopes on a diet supplement. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced in January that marketers of five major weight-control pills — Xenadrine EFX, CortiSlim, CortiStress, TrimSpa, and One-A-Day WeightSmart — have agreed to pay a combined $25 million in fines for overhyping the products’ powers and to tone down future advertising …
Phone-based therapy eases depression long term
SEATTLE When people receive brief telephone-based psychotherapy soon after starting on antidepressant medication, strong positive effects may continue 18 months after their first session. So concludes a Group Health study in the April Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.