Search Results
-
Health Blog
Health Advice and Journalistic Responsibility
After a few days of blog and twitter banter that saw a hyper-defensive Michael Hawthorne refusing to acknowledge and or correct his now comically slanted reporting, on the FDA's new advice to pregnan...
-
Health Blog
Has Trib reporter Hawthorne Joined the Ranks of Jenny McCarthy?
This week the FDA and EPA announced they had evaluated 110 published, peer-reviewed studies and concluded that pregnant women need to eat 4 times as much seafood as they currently do in order to reali...
-
Health Blog
New Seafood Advice for Moms-To-Be and Breastfeeding Moms in the Works
Sometimes it takes nutrition policy a little while to catch up to the science. Today we are happy to report that decade-old seafood advice for pregnant and breastfeeding moms from the U.S. Food ...
-
Health Press Release
FDA Says Pregnant Women Should Eat At Least Four Times As Much Seafood As They Currently Do
Washington, DC June 10, 2014 New advice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) based on a decades worth of progressive, published science, clears the water on outdated seafood guidance for p...
-
New Seafood Advice for Moms-To-Be
In June 2014 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated seafood advice for pregnant and breastfeeding women. After reviewing 110 studies, the new draft advice clears the water on outdated gui...
-
Health Blog
Michael Bender and Edward Groths Willful Ignorance
When young children hear things they dont like, theyve been known to cover their ears, shut their eyes, and yell at the top of their lungs LA-LA-LA-LA-LA! in the hope that if they cant hear or see the...
-
Health Blog
What The New York Times Knew And When They Knew It
In her article, Sorting Out the Risks of Fish, Roni Rabin does some sorting out alright sorting out of the vast majority of seafood science including several studies provided to her in advance of her...
-
Health Press Release
MEDIA ALERT: Reporting On Omega 3 Study Misses Mark
Recent reporting on two studies published simultaneously failed to look past the surface of the supposed report highlights and expose shortcomings of the research that more than marginalize the headli...
-
Health Blog
Evidence Continues To Grow On Benefits of Seafood Consumption
The evidence for the health benefits of eating seafood has been steadily growing over the years. Studies have shown that higher seafood consumption improves cardiac health, boosts fetal and infant cog...
-
Health Press Release
Future Leader Service Project Continues to Give Back
January 13, 2014 Miami, FL Before heading off to the Feeding South Florida food bank in Pembroke Park, the 2013 NFI Future Leaders class tallied a years worth of its cash donations and food contribut...