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Fruitful advice for getting the most from a refrigerator and making groceries last longer

After carefully choosing the freshest produce at the market, people face even more choices with vegetables, fruit, meat and dairy products at home that can help prolong freshness, minimize waste and prevent foodborne illnesses. There are several methods to store and preserve food, such ...
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Infant botulism in 10 US states linked to formula being recalled

Federal and state health officials are investigating 13 cases in 10 states of infant botulism linked to baby formula that was being recalled, authorities said Saturday. ByHeart Inc. agreed to begin recalling two lots of the company's Whole Nutrition Infant Formula, the Food and Drug ...
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Yes, you do need to clean your water bottle. Here’s why and how

NEW YORK (AP) - You keep your trusty reusable bottle filled with only clear, delicious water. Do you still need to wash it? Experts say reusable bottles get grubby no matter what liquid they're filled with, and it's important to clean them regularly. Water bottles pick ...
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CRISPR gene therapy slashes ‘bad’ cholesterol, triglycerides by half in small study

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -A single infusion of CRISPR Therapeutics' experimental gene therapy was safe and reduced levels of harmful LDL cholesterol and triglycerides by half in four people taking the highest dose, raising hope for a one-time treatment. "We've never had anything that could ...
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Amgen cholesterol drug cuts risk of first cardiac event by 25%

By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -Adding Amgen's cholesterol drug Repatha to standard therapy reduced major cardiovascular events by 25% for at-risk patients who have never had a heart attack or stroke, according to results from a large study presented on Saturday. In the study of more than ...
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Chicago downtown office space vacancy rate jumps to record high levels

(The Center Square) - With Chicago's downtown office vacancy rate now at a record-high 28%, Illinois Policy Institute researcher LyLena Estabine says city policymakers have become their own worse enemy when it comes to addressing the area's changing demographics. ...
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Diageo considers external candidates for CEO role, including outgoing GSK boss, FT reports

(Reuters) -Diageo, the world's top spirits maker, has considered external candidates to be its chief executive, including outgoing GSK CEO Emma Walmsley, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the situation. Diageo and GSK did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for ...
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People in some states get SNAP food aid while others still wait for their November benefits

People in some U.S. states will be able to buy groceries with federally funded SNAP benefits Saturday while those in other states were still waiting for November food benefits that had been delayed by a protracted legal battle over the federal government shutdown. The Trump ...
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US FDA places clinical hold on Tenaya gene therapy trial for rare heart disease

(Reuters) -Tenaya Therapeutics said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has placed a clinical hold on its trial of an experimental gene therapy for a type of rare inherited heart disease. Shares of the company slipped more than 20% in extended trading. The ...
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James Watson helped crack DNA’s code, sparking medical advances and ethical debates

On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They represented fragments of a DNA molecule, and young James Watson was trying to figure how they fit together in a way that ...
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A study questions melatonin use and heart health but don’t lose sleep over it

WASHINGTON (AP) - Don't lose sleep over headlines linking melatonin to heart failure. That's the message after some scary-sounding reports about a preliminary study involving the sleep-related supplement. It raised questions about the safety of long term use of melatonin for insomnia. Doctors have long known ...
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Union Pacific to ask appeals court for biometrics lawsuit exemption

Though he has said he believes the company's position would lead to legally "absurd" results, a federal judge will still allow freight railroad giant Union Pacific to ask an appeals court to determine if an exemption under Illinois' stringent biometrics privacy law that shields ...
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