The Michelin Guide’s star awards for New York City restaurants won’t be announced until Monday, but Manhattan’s superstar chefs are already celebrating their honors in the latest global survey of the 1,000 best places to eat in world. For the third year in a row, French seafood palace Le Bernardin was named the best American … Read more
Billionaires are funding the creation of life-extending pills that will eventually be on the market for people to buy, according to one CEO – and he says it will turn the rich into “privileged zombies”. The dire warning comes amid fears that AI and biotechnology are evolving at such a rapid pace that anti-aging pills … Read more
Government researchers have found that a widely prescribed asthma drug originally sold by Merck & Co may be linked to serious mental health problems for some patients, according to a scientific presentation reviewed by Reuters. US researchers found that the drug, sold under the brand name Singulair and generically as montelukast, attaches to multiple brain … Read more
Hyaluronic acid supplements sold in the US through Amazon are being recalled by their manufacturer after the FDA found they were contaminated with two over-the-counter drugs. MXBBB is voluntarily recalling some of their Umary Hyaluronic Acid supplements after laboratory tests showed the presence of diclofenac and omeprazole. The recall comes after the FDA warned three … Read more
A popular prescription anti-anxiety drug is being recalled nationwide for a “potentially life-threatening” error in the packaging. Pennsylvania-based drugmaker Endo announced this week that it is expanding the recall of clonazepam tablets because some boxes have the wrong drug strength and the wrong drug code. Clonazepam is a benzodiazepine used to treat panic disorders and … Read more
A broad coalition in New York is backing state legislation that would impose a first-in-the-nation cap on medical bills — aimed at hospitals that own or house outpatient clinics and that charge higher fees than private practices. Under the Fair Prices Act, patient billing costs will be capped at 150% of federal Medicare program fees … Read more
The famed Garden Restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel seems to have been stuck in a time warp as the iconic property finally reopened its doors on Friday after being closed for four years. The very same 20-foot tall acacia trees still tower majestically among the 86 identical sites that made the Garden a favorite … Read more
At least 104 people have been sickened, with 34 hospitalized, in an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning linked to onions served on McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers, federal health officials said Wednesday. Cases have been detected in 14 states, according to an update from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One person has … Read more
A federal judge said Kraft Heinz must face a proposed nationwide class action alleging it misled consumers by claiming its Kraft macaroni and cheese, one of its most popular products, does not contain artificial preservatives. In a ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland said the Illinois, California and New York consumers who led the … Read more