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• High Fructose Corn Syrup Is the Same As Honey?

  Some of my best friends are honest PR professionals. I know such critters exist. But honest PR professionals must not work for the high fructose corn syrup industry. How do I know this?   Read More... Posted Jul 06 2008, 03:00 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: food, FDA, honey, maple syrup, high fructose corn syrup, PR

• It's Official: FDA Says No Cough Meds for Very Young

  We've been expecting this for months. The FDA has finally, officially, issued a warning against giving over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to children under 2. This includes even those marketed to and labeled for infants and young children. Since October, manufacturers quit selling many version of their remedies that were targeted at infants and toddlers. (Though you still see a lot on the shelves, no?) Read More... Posted Jan 18 2008, 08:27 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: recall, cold medication, FDA, cough medicine, honey, emergency room, children's medication, infant medication

• Hey Honey! Stop That Cough

  I hate daycare. And winter. And my husband's place of employment, and lots of other things that I am typically in favor of, because I think they have contributed to the germfest that has turned my house into a near approximation of a TB ward over the last few weeks. It sucks, and because I am pregnant I can’t take anything, and because my daughter is under six she can’t either. My husband? He prefers complaining to actually doing anything about it refuses to in solidarity with us.  With all the news lately about risk of overdose, ineffective medicines and so on I just don’t want to mess with giving my kid cold medicines. So I greeted this news of a study which was published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, with great joy. Apparently, just a teaspoon of honey works as well as cough medicine and better than no treatment at all.     Read More... Posted Dec 04 2007, 03:46 PM by AmyinMotown with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: cold medication, cough medicine, home remedies, honey