Daniel Fabricant, Ph.D., interim executive director and CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA), will testify today before the Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing examining the illegal marketing of steroids as dietary supplements. Titled “Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids Enforcement Barriers,” the hearing will also [...]

The HealthGrades Fourth Annual Bariatric Surgery Trends in American Hospitals Study released today identifies 88 hospitals as “best” performers (fivestar rated), with mortality rates, complication rates and patient lengths of stay that are dramatically lower than poorly rated hospitals.
In the study, HealthGrades, the nations leading independent healthcare ratings organization, evaluated the quality of bariatric [...]