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Scientists have managed to successfully engineer small functioning livers from human liver cells in a laboratory setting. They say this is the first step towards creating functioning livers for transplantation. They now plan to determine whether the livers will function properly when transplanted into an animal model. This research was presented by scientists from the [...]

Consumers are warned to steer clear of shellfish, some crustacean parts, or small fish that have been sport-harvested offshore of the Channel Islands, Southern California, because they might contain elevated levels of domoic acid – a toxin. The Channel Islands of California consist of eight islands along the Santa Barbara Channel, five of them – [...]

On Tuesday, food ed Heather Meldrom and I were lucky enough to attend an Italian wine tasting event at Eataly, the new Italian-foods super-store that Mario Batali and his partner, Joe Bastianich, recently opened in NYC. Plenty has been written about the place, and by all accounts the crowds are insane (sometimes there’s a line [...]

Mr. Austin J. DeCoster, owner of Quality Egg LLC of Galt, Iowa received a warning letter from the FDA, dated 15th October, 2010 in which it states that failure to take prompt corrective action may result in further action without prior notice, which may include seizure or injunction… Credits to:Health News from Medical News Today

Please tune in to the Martha Stewart show on Tuesday, October 19 to see the roasted soups from our October issue come to life! Sarah Carey will be on with Martha to demonstrate some of these great, cool-weather recipes. (Go to marthastewart.com/tv for listings.) Credits to:Everyday Food Blog – MarthaStewart.com

Photo: Flickr It’s no wonder that kids are blowing up like balloons more every year. According to Kids Health, the percentage of overweight children in the United States is growing at an alarming rate–one out of three kids are now considered overweight or obese. And even worse, a new study released by the National Cancer [...]

Image credit: joshDubya/Flickr I am currently in the little town with the really big secret: Taiji, Japan, made famous by the Academy Award winning documentary The Cove . I am here as a volunteer for Save Japan Dolphins and Earth Island Institute. This is my second trip here since the killing season began on September [...]

Abbott Laboratories says it is to voluntarily withdraw diet drug Meridia (Sibutramine) – an appetite suppressant, a weight loss pill – aimed at obese patients from the USA market after an FDA (Food and Drug Administration) request. Medications targeted at obese patients have not had much success in staying on the market. Regulatory agencies in [...]

Photo via Edward Farrell The starry smooth-hound shark is considered an abundant species off the Irish coast, and they were thought to grow and reproduce quickly. However, new research shows that they actually take twice as long to mature as previously thought, and produce just one pup every two years. Knowing this, along with the [...]

Parents should stop using infant sleep positioners, warn the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Sleep positioners are devices with cushions aimed at stopping the baby from rolling over. The FDA informs that there have been 12 reports of infants aged between 1 and 4 months who died of suffocation [...]