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Studies show that cutting back on salt reduces your risk of stroke, heart attack, and more. Photo by mkupiec on Pixabay. — This article is part of a series on American sodium consumption. This is part 2! Read part 1 here. Pass the salt, or pass ON the salt? Why is cutting sodium so important? According to the American Heart Association, it could prevent a projected “450,000 cases of cardiovascular disease and […]

You Should Be Cutting Back on Salt! Here’s Why and ...

November 14, 2021 in Health / Uncategorized tagged American Heart Association / DASH diet / fda / Food and Drug Administration / salt / sodium by Cristin Dickey

Sodium is a rarely talked about cause of widespread disease. The FDA is trying to change that. Photo by Edi Libedinsky on Unsplash. — Brined Inside Growing up in America in the early 2000s, I don’t remember anyone warning me about my sodium intake. It seemed like calories, carbs, sugar, and anything and everything fried got the boot, but I never got any frowns reaching across the dinner table for the saltshaker or licking […]

FDA Reduces American Sodium Limit

November 10, 2021 in Health / Uncategorized tagged DASH diet / fda / Food and Drug Administration / hypertension / low sodium / sodium by Cristin Dickey

Health care in the United States is quite expensive and that affects the cost of medications. Just in 2020 alone, the United States spent 358.7 billion dollars on prescription drugs. Generic medications account for a larger percentage of filled prescriptions but brand-name medications are responsible for the majority of costs. […]

Name-Brand vs. Generic Prescription Drugs

July 8, 2021 in Health / life / Medicare / Uncategorized tagged disease treatment / fda / Prescription drugs by Kayla Gonzalez

According to a CBS news report, Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s drug could significantly raise the premium costs for Medicare patients and make the overall program more costly. Aduhelm, a drug administered via infusion to help people with Alzheimer’s, will cost a whopping $56,000 per year for each patient, according to Biogen. […]

New Alzheimer’s Drug

June 25, 2021 in Health / life tagged Alzheimer’s Disease / fda / medicare / Prescription drugs by Jeffrey Cooperstein

Scientists alarmed by large amounts of carcinogen benzene in household sunscreens. Photo by Anna Tarazevich on Pexels. — Cancer-Causing Sunscreen…? Valisure, an independent research laboratory based in Connecticut, just released a detailed report finding gratuitous amounts of benzene in many commonly available sunscreens. Benzene is a flammable liquid used in producing things like rubber, plastic, pesticides, detergents, gasoline, and the like. Because it evaporates quickly in oxygen, most people […]

Carcinogen Benzene Found in Common Sunscreens

June 9, 2021 in Uncategorized tagged cancer / fda / skincare by Cristin Dickey

The FDA may soon receive a request to extend Moderna's emergency use authorization, in which it would approve Moderna for teens. — Following the recent announcement that Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in 12- to 16-year-olds, Moderna has announced that its COVID-19 vaccine is 100 percent effective in the same age group. Expect to see an announcement from the FDA approving […]

Study Shows 100% Effective Rate of Moderna for Teens

June 6, 2021 in Health tagged covid-19 / fda / Vaccinations by Macee Hall

According to the CEOs of both Pfizer and Moderna, COVID-19 vaccine boosters might be needed in the near future to ensure protection against COVID-19. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told Axios, “The data that I see coming, they are supporting the notion that likely there will be a need for a […]

COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters

May 27, 2021 in Health / life tagged covid-19 / fda / pandemic / Vaccinations by Jeffrey Cooperstein

The Trump administration recently purchased 150 million rapid COVID-19 tests from Abbott Laboratories. — On August 27, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany released an official statement that the Trump administration had signed a $760 million deal to purchase 150 million rapid COVID-19 tests from Abbott Laboratories. These tests will allow millions of Americans to get almost-instant COVID-19 test results and may help slow […]

White House Purchases 150 Million Rapid COVID-19 Tests

September 8, 2020 in Health / Medicare tagged covid-19 / disease awareness / Disease Prevention / fda / pandemic by Macee Hall

genetically modified mosquitoes — Everyone knows that mosquitoes spread infectious diseases, especially those of us that live or grew up near coasts like me. The company Oxitec is trying to solve that problem by releasing 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes into the Florida Keys and Harris County, Texas. What’s Different About The Genetically Modified […]

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Approved

September 1, 2020 in Health / life / Medicare tagged Disease Prevention / fda / nature by Joe Manichia

Collagen Supplements — Collagen Supplements: do they work? Perhaps you have seen Collagen supplements in stores and thought, “What’s this all about?” Countless manufacturers of collagen supplements claim anti-aging benefits including: reducing wrinkles, joint pain relief, wound healing, and bone loss prevention. For that reason, collagen has become quite sought after in the […]

Do collagen supplements work?

January 31, 2020 in Health tagged fda / Food and Drug Administration / Health Goals / healthy body by Jenny McCann