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By JESSICA YADEGARAN | Contra Costa Times | April 20, 2011
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- After the birth of her daughter five years ago, Cynthia Li, of Berkeley, Calif., was diagnosed with a severe thyroid condition and was unable to breast feed. Knowing the benefits of human milk, Li didn't want to use formula and lamented her situation to a friend. The friend offered to send out a mass e-mail on Li's behalf asking like-minded moms to donate their extra breast milk. "I didn't even know people did that sort of thing," Li said. Within one day, she received 20 calls.
April 1, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- So now Japan's radioactive fallout is showing up in milk on the U.S. West Coast. Not to worry, though. It turns out that traces of radioactivity are in many foods we eat, the air we breathe and the water we swim in. Based on current radiation levels leaking from the stricken Japanese nuclear plant, experts say it's very unlikely that health problems will develop in the United States and other places far from Japan. "This amount of radiation is tiny, tiny, tiny compared to what you get from natural sources every day," said John Moulder, a professor of radiation oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee who studies the effects of radiation exposure.
March 31, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Very low levels of radiation turned up in a sample of milk from Washington state, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday, but federal officials assured consumers not to worry. The FDA said such findings were to be expected in the coming days because of the nuclear crisis in Japan, and that the levels were expected to drop relatively quickly. Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power complex began leaking radiation after it was damaged by a devastating earthquake and tsunami earlier this month.
By ANGIE JACKSON Capital News Service | October 7, 2010
LANSING -- Got milk? Unpasteurized milk, that is. Whether consumers should be allowed to purchase unpasteurized milk has been a hot topic in Michigan for years. Although its sale is illegal in the state, the debate over its availability and health risks is ongoing. There's no pending legislation to permit its sale, but farmers can legally provide unpasteurized milk through so-called "herd share" agreements. Herd sharing is an arrangement in which consumers pay farmers a boarding fee, which makes them partial owners of the cows and gives them the right to their milk.
From the Chicago Tribune | November 17, 2009
When we learned there was a backlash against chocolate milk, we were eager to join the cause. Nature's Perfect Food is best enjoyed unadulterated by milk or anything else. But it turns out the fight is over the chocolate part, not the milk part, and the battleground is the school cafeteria, so we're not allowed to joke about it. Childhood obesity is a serious threat, and chocolate milk is an insidious contributor. Or is it? More than half the chocolate milk sold in America is packaged in those little half-pint containers that are a staple of the national school lunch program.
November 11, 2009
HEALTH MATTERS DR. PAUL DONOHUE Q. What makes a strep throat something special? Is it more serious than other sore throats? How do you tell if it is strep throat? A. Almost half of all sore throats are caused by viruses. Treating those sore throats with antibiotics does no good but plenty of harm. It wastes money and contributes to the rise of resistant bacteria. Viral sore throats don't usually raise body temperature above 101 F (38 C). They make people feel bad, but not so bad that they cannot swallow.
By LAURA VOZZELLA The Baltimore Sun | October 21, 2009
Milk: Conventional milk comes from cows that might have been treated with antibiotics and injected with synthetic growth hormone. The animals also may eat feed treated with chemical pesticides. No added hormones: Milk from cows not treated with synthetic bovine growth hormones. Sometimes billed as ?hormone-free,? but all milk has naturally occurring hormones. Organic: From cows not treated with antibiotics or artificial growth hormones. The animals also eat feed raised without chemical fertilizers or pesticides and must have ?
Kim Kilbride | April 14, 2009
I admit I was skeptical when I first heard about AldiÂ?s new skincare line, Lacura. The discount grocerÂ?s German skincare brand has been touted as one of the most acclaimed in Europe. Out of sheer curiosity, I gave a few of the products a try. LacuraÂ?s Hydrating Facial Cleanser, priced at about $3 for an 8-plus ounce bottle, is wonderful. It leaves my skin feeling clean and smooth. Likewise, the Lacura Q10 Anti-Wrinkle Day Cream ($4.99) works as well as any much more expensive moisturizer IÂ?
By SARAH AVERY McClatchy Newspapers | April 8, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. Â? There is nothing smooth about a cool glass of camel's milk. The animals aren't cooperative, milk production is less than stellar and it's illegal to sell across state lines. Still, proponents, led by Millie Hinkle of Pittsboro, N.C., say camel's milk may be an elixir, curing maladies from allergies to autism to diabetes Â? although the science behind such claims is thin. The prospect of a cure-all is what inspires Hinkle, a naturopathic physician who read about the health benefits in a magazine three years ago and decided to lead a national drive for approval of camel's milk in the United States.
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