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McDonald's Happy Meals Get a Healthier Overhaul
12:00PM 7/26/2011
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For more than 30 years, the standard McDonald's Happy Meals have been exactly the same -- a burger or chicken nuggets, fries and a soda. But no more. In an attempt to help youngsters make healthier food choices, the fast food chain is making big changes to its kid's-meal-in-a-box.
The 11 Best Cities for Telecommuters
6:30AM 12/02/2010
With high-speed Internet access becoming ubiquitous, today's telecommuters can live just about anywhere. DailyFinance has gone hunting for the cities that offer the best combination of urban charm, culture and recreation, at prices that New Yorkers and Angelenos would envy.
Thanksgiving Alert: Smoked Turkey Recalled over Listeria Risk
10:15AM 11/16/2010
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, New Braunfels Smokehouse of Texas has recalled about 2,609 pounds of ready-to-eat smoked turkey breast products that may be contaminated with Listeria, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service found the...
Dieters looking for a little extra willpower to avoid putting junk food in their grocery carts might want to leave their credit cards at home. New research shows that buying groceries with plastic instead of good old-fashioned folding money makes people more likely to buy unhealthy foods.
Proposed ban on toys in children's fast food meals expands
8:15AM 10/05/2010
San Francisco's proposed ban on toys in McDonald's Happy Meals and other kids' meals unless the food meets certain nutritional guidelines has been expanded to include breakfast as well.
The changed proposal now targets meals including breakfast and also adds another requirement that if bread is...
Carrot farmers want to convince young eaters to put down that bag of chips and pick up a pack of baby carrots. So, a new ad campaign will use weapons favored by the junk-food giants: flashy snack bags, video games, humor and YouTube videos.
Need an excuse to raise a glass? A new study finds that alcohol may reduce both the severity of rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of getting it in the first place. But don't overdo it: more research is needed, and excessive drinking can do more harm than good.
Massucci's Take: Can a fat tax fix our health care system?
2:15PM 12/09/2009
How much does your illness cost you and your insurer? According to a recent study by General Electric (GE) and the U.S. Department of Health's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a 50-year old with diabetes will rack up more than $6,600 in medical bills over the course of a year; someone...
It seems that for Pfizer (PFE), the saga of Prempro is just beginning. Barely a month after the world's largest pharmaceutical company lost a case related to Wyeth's Prempro hormone replacement therapy drug and was ordered to pay punitive damages on top of earlier compensatory damages, it lost the...
The dirty little secrets of Glade, Pledge and Windex are all coming clean courtesy of venerable consumer products company SC Johnson. The Racine, Wis. outfit said last week it had launched a new website that lists the ingredients of more than 200 of its products. The WhatsInsideSCJohnson site...
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