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.