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 Food Information - January 9, 2009
| A new study shows yoga may help the middle aged keep weight off. Researchers find overweight people in their 50's, who practice yoga regularly, lose about five pounds over 10 years, while a group in the same age range, who doesn't practice yoga, gained 13 1/2 pounds over the same period | | A new insomnia drug, Rozerem, has been approved by The Food and Drug Administration, becoming the first drug of its kind not to be classified as a controlled substance. Because of its non-addictive classification, reports WCVB-TV in Boston, Rozerem can be used for long-term use | | Doctors are trying every angle to win the war on obesity, but a new study out of University of California at Irvine is going to leave many wondering just who to believe when giving advice on dieting. A team led by psychologist Elizabeth Loftus is trying a new method to lose the bulge 1 in 3 Americans are carrying around their waist: Lying | | Perrigo Co. says it is voluntarily recalling four types of liquid pain, cough and cold drops packaged with syringes that could prove inaccurate when measuring doses for children. The company declares the recall will cost about $2 million | | A recall of infants' oral drops made by the Perrigo Co. has been announced by The Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a news release Monday, the FDA said the drops come with a syringe that could make it confusing for parents to give their children the proper dose, leading to overdose | |
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