On our Lab Notes page CalorieLab’s editors select and rank the day’s essential health news items in real time. Readers can suggest, vote and comment on items. Below are brief summaries of yesterday’s (March 17, 2010) Lab Notes items. To see today’s items, visit Lab Notes.
1. FDA Approves Implantable Amplifier for the Deaf
A bionic sound amplifier that can be implanted in the human ear, with no visible components, to restore hearing has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat sensorineural hearing loss.
2. Small Slaughterhouses Support Local Food Trend
Market demand for locally produced food is encouraging the expansion of small, local slaughterhouses, and writer Samuel Fromartz profiles the movement.
3. Almost 2M in California Lost Insurance
Nearly two million people in California have lost their health insurance thanks to the recession, a study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research says.
4. Omega-3 Enhanced Soybeans to Improve American Diets
Farmers are embracing biotechnology by growing soybeans enhanced with higher levels of Omega-3 fatty acids.
5. It’s Not a Scientology Diet, Says Kirstie Alley
On the Today show ex-Jenny Craig diet spokeswoman Kirstie Alley laughed off suggestions that the Church of Scientology is behind her new weight loss company.
6. Vitamin D Greatly Reduces Risk of Heart Disease
Vitamin D supplementation can greatly reduce the risk of cardiovascular and other diseases, according to two recent studies of more than 40,000 patients.
7. Replace Movie Popcorn with Yogurt: Sony Film Exec
Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton has proposed that popcorn, candy and soda be replaced by yogurt, fruit salad, vegetable crudités and granola bars, with a long-term view to introducing tubs of broccoli and cups of prune juice to the snack bar.
(By CalorieLab editors)
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