Health officials in China are investigating a brand of baby formula after 14 infants were treated in hospital for kidney stones.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also ...
... in about five minutes or less. Melamine, a synthetic chemical used in plastics and other products, has been found in baby formula and other milk-based products imported from China. High doses of ...
Similac, Enfamil and other baby formulas contain DHA, choline and uridine (among a host of other ingredients). Turns out that's just what MIT is studying as a treatment for Alzheimer's symptoms in ...
... general from Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware sent letters Friday to 11 companies that make baby bottles and baby formula containers, asking they no longer use the ...
... 2007 and the recent adulteration of milk protein and resultant intoxication of thousands of babies from Asia. The research described in the paper identifies the principal contaminants as melamine and ...
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Babies who were fed formula supplemented with DHA were more likely to get ... no clear consensus on whether infant formula should be supplemented with DHA," notes lead ...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Multinational companies in Vietnam sell baby formula so aggressively that they routinely stretch and sometimes break laws designed to promote breastfeeding, an AP ...
... iron supplement levels and could have huge implications for the baby formula and food industry. "Our results for 25 ... elsewhere.
Iron deficiency occurs because babies grow so quickly they often "grow ...
(AP) -- The head of China's product quality watchdog resigned Monday in the wake of the tainted baby formula scandal that has sickened nearly 53,000 infants, highlighting a ...
... milk powder were found contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine, China's government said Wednesday, further broadening a scandal affecting products ranging from baby formula to chocolate....
... said Friday that tiny traces of the chemical melamine are not harmful in most foods, except baby formula, but it joined the U.S. and EU in setting a strict limit that regulators should impose before ...
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Mice genetically engineered to produce a human protein that protects nursing babies from viruses and bacteria could be a first step toward healthier baby formula, Russian scientists report.
Since lab mice have been kind enough to start making baby formula for us, it might be nice to pay them back. Luckily, two UCLA scientists have the perfect gift: a ...