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Is Your Shampoo Making You Sick?

Aesthetics Advisor

The number of chemicals restricted by the FDA is even more ridiculous when you consider there are over 84,000 different chemicals in use in your personal care products and only 1% of those have been evaluated for safety in humans. (1) 1) The difference between chemical use in the EU and the U.S. Congress (2015 to 2016), Sen.

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Increasing Rate of Medical Mistakes and Misdiagnosis

Aesthetics Advisor

But about 11% of the time, 4 medical conditions are misdiagnosed, according to research published in BMJ Quality & Safety. To place these estimates in context, the number of 371,000 deaths is similar to the number for several of the top 10 causes of death in the USA in 2014, the year used by Newman-Toker et al in their analyses."

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More Evidence That Antioxidants May Make Cancer Worse

Aesthetics Advisor

As of 2014, 422 million adults worldwide have either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. The researchers concluded that in light of their results, further studies should be done on the safety of antioxidant-containing diabetes drugs, especially those being used in patients with cancer.

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Are spray sunscreens illegal? And other sunblock questions – Episode 175

The Beauty Brains

Drug actives require a lot more safety and efficacy data than cosmetic ingredients. President Obama signed the Sunscreen Innovation Act, in November 2014 to help get these things approved more quickly. The reason they are not approved is because the FDA looks at sunscreens as drugs while in the EU sunscreens are considered cosmetics.

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7 Best Slimming Pills in Singapore 2024

Aesthetics Advisor

Let's start with safety first. Although this is a relatively old case (2002), it is a good safety reminder on the potential danger of slimming products like slimming pills. Both terms mean that a person’s weight is greater than that considered healthy for his or her height. In 2015, the U.S.

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Vitamin C Benefits Concealed for 70 Years - Rediscovered

Aesthetics Advisor

In 2014, Alpha Fowler from Virginia Commonwealth University and his team published Phase 1 safety trials for the IV administration of vitamin C in patients with sepsis. The book recorded the clinical experiences of Dr. Frederick R. Klenner, who used vitamin C in the treatment of polio, which I discuss below.

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Major Shift About Whole Milk — Now a Health Food?

Aesthetics Advisor

Iowa Has Legalized Raw Milk Sales The video above is from 2014 and, sadly, not much has changed since then, at least not on the federal level. Even so, the Raw Milk Institute has created standards to look for when choosing raw milk to ensure its quality and safety. It’s simply not safe to drink otherwise.

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