McDonald's announced it would be cutting the level of trans fats in its cooking oil to 2 percent by 2008 in its European restaurants, and claimed it was the first fast food chain on the continent to be doing so.
After the move, more than 6,300 McDonald's restaurants will sell food with less than 0.5 grams of trans fats per serving. This is good news for fast food consumers, as trans fats have been linked to obesity, increased heart disease risk, and higher blood pressure.
Also, the Journal of the American Medical Association published an apology letter from a team of researchers who failed to disclose pharmaceutical industry ties in an arthritis drug study published last May.
The study, conducted by a Mayo Clinic professor, examined the association between tumor necrosis factor-alpha blockers, or TNFs -- used to treat rheumatoid arthritis -- and an increased risk of cancer and infections. The study found that certain TNFs, including Remicade, Enbrel and Humira, were linked to an increased risk of cancer -- particularly lymphoma -- as well as a higher risk of infection.
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