According to Dr. Meghan Lyman, lead author of a study on the rapid increase of Candida auris cases in the United States, there are 4 action items...
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Whenever a product with EPA-registered Public Health Claims puts those claims in writing, you'll see an * or t after the word bacteria or germs. For...
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Canada's PMRA and the United States' EPA Registrations: A Comparison
Almost every country has a government agency responsible for the health and safety of its citizens and its environment. Where those two departments...
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DALYs and QALYs + HAIs: The Costly Connection
In our previous posts about DALYs and QALYs, we have defined the terms and presented how the healthcare field calculates these two measures of...
Many products in the marketplace have an EPA registration. What does that mean? An Environmental Protection Agency's Registered Public Health Claim...
In the first part of this series, we explored how quality of life is calculated, a complex process used by healthcare researchers as they attempt to...