| Does 'middle-child syndrome' really exist?
THIS week, one reader with acne wonders whether chinese medicine can relieve her sypmptons, while our GP explains all about palpitations, and child behaviour expert Amanda Clarkson discusses 'middle child syndrome'. THE ACUPUNCTURIST Da Peng Zhang is director of Chinese medicine at the ShiZhen clinic in Old Trafford. Q: I am 35 years old and have recently noticed more spots on my face and body. I feel like a teenager again and don't know why I should have this problem at my age. Can Chinese medicine help? Da Peng says: Acne is a skin disorder which results in spots, whiteheads, blackheads and in more serious forms, cysts and abscesses, which can leave disfigured pitted scars when they heal. Acne is commonly seen on the face, back and chest.
New Directors Named to AHPA Educational Foundation Board
(May 30, 2007) — A new chair and two new directors have been named to the AHPA Foundation for Education & Research on Botanicals (AHPA ERB Foundation). Monzur Ahmed, senior director of regulatory affairs for Neways International, will serve as the chair. James Fischer, Esq., of the law firm Drinker, Biddle & Reath, and Lyle E. Craker, PhD, professor in the Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, were also appointed to the foundation board. “I'm excited to have this opportunity to further the AHPA Foundation's important initiatives," said Ahmed, who also serves as the vice-chair of the AHPA Board of Trustees. “This foundation provides a place where companies and individuals in the herbal industry can work together to promote education and research on health-promoting herbs." Ahmed, Fischer and Craker will join seven current Foundation directors: - Mitch Coven (Vitality Works) - Ed Croom, PhD (Indena USA, Inc.) - William Keller, PhD (Nature's Sunshine Products) - James Kinsinger (Hain Celestial Group) - Beth Lambert (Herbalist & Alchemist) - Michael McGuffin (American Herbal Products Association) - James Simon, PhD (Rutgers University) The AHPA ERB Foundation is the nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational arm of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA).
Lawyers to feast on dog food scandal
WHEN China executes, America sues: we each have our own culturally idiosyncratic way to protect consumers. So, while Beijing moved with indecent haste to respond to the recent quality crisis involving Chinese products by executing its top food and drug regulator, the US is moving with indecent delay to tackle the problem through the courts. Consider the case of Penelope - or Zeus or Lilly - or the host of other tabbies and mutts whose loving owners are suing pet food companies that allegedly sold them food tainted with poisons imported from China. Dozens of class-action lawsuits have been filed across the US, not only arguing sympathy for the trauma of a beloved pet's death, but also demanding compensation for veterinary bills and burial costs, medical monitoring of the pet's condition, cat kidney transplants and canine replacements.
China pours money into drug, food safety
China's food and drug regulator said Wednesday it would meet regularly with its U.S. counterpart to crack down on counterfeit pharmaceuticals and boost product safety. China is also building new safety testing labs, and upgrading food safety inspection offices at 16 ports and basic infrastructure in central and western China as part of a multiyear, $1.1 billion project, said Yan Jiangying, spokeswoman for the State Food and Drug Administration, The announcement was one of a series made in recent weeks aimed at allaying global fears that China is not doing enough to guarantee the safety of its food and drug exports. "China and the U.S. cooperating to fight fake drugs will help us clean up our medicine market," Yan said at a regularly scheduled news conference.
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