Chronic Bits:
New info on FDA hearing on food labeling for allergens
-Posted: 8/26/2008
Please Don't Pass the Nuts is doing some comprehensive reporting on a Food and Drug Administration public hearing on "Food Labeling; Current Trends in the Use of Allergen Advisory Labeling: Its Use, Effectiveness, and Consumer Perception." The hearing is September 8 and celiacs (and folks with food allergies) are paying big attention to the process and potential outcomes...and MSNBC breaks it down for the laypeople.
Grand Rounds @ Rural Doctoring
-Posted: 8/26/2008
Rural Doctoring hosts Grand Rounds today , with a quirky Shakespearean theme. Huzzah!
Fruit juice and medicines don't mix, apparently
-Posted: 8/20/2008
Thought it was only grapefruit juice you couldn't take your medications with? Think again, Babes. BBC reports new research shows that orange juice, and maybe apple juice, too, can interfere with meds. Ugh.
Grand Rounds meets the Card Catalog at Six Until Me
-Posted: 8/19/2008
Of course, anyone new to the site is reading that headline and saying, whuh? Grand Rounds, our fave blog carnival of "the best of the medical blogosphere," is being hosted this week by Six Until Me, one of our fave ladybloggers.
The patient to patient relationship
-Posted: 8/18/2008
She does it again: Laurie Edwards comes up with a vital point regarding patient-to-patient relationships. What a fantastic article, Babes!
A bunch of tips for coping with pain
-Posted: 8/14/2008
In case you missed it, How to Cope with Pain hosted a contest, and its winning entries are terrific. Get some fresh tips on coping with pain today.
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